Melanie Gibbons

Melanie Rhonda Gibbons (born 18 September 1978[citation needed]) is an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Menai from 2011 to 2015 and Holsworthy for the Liberal Party from 2015 to 2023.

Gibbons was born and raised in Woronora in the Sutherland Shire and worked as a real estate agent before becoming a development manager for Technical Aid to the Disabled.

[9] As a result of O'Farrell government changes to electoral requirements, Gibbons was ineligible to seek re-election to Sutherland Shire Council in 2012 due to her status as a member of state Parliament.

[2] In 2012, Gibbons pleaded guilty and was sentenced, without a recorded conviction, for failure to comply with Election Funding Authority regulations regarding the submission of political donation returns for 2010, when she was a Sutherland Shire Councillor.

Gibbons was re-elected to Sutherland Shire Council in September 2024 as the Liberal Party's lead candidate on the B Ward ticket.