Michelle O'Byrne

She was an organiser for the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union,[3] and electorate officer to Senator Kerry O'Brien before entering politics.

[3] Many put this down to concern about loss of forestry jobs under Labor's environment policy, which had the potential to adversely affect O'Byrne's electorate.

She topped the poll in the five-member electorate, receiving 23.3% of first preferences, helping ensure that Bass was the only seat to record a swing to Labor.

Until the defeat of the Labor government in the 2014 state election, she served in the Tasmanian cabinet as Minister for Health, Children and Sport & Recreation.

A proud product of the public education system O'Byrne and her partner, Priam Arumugam, live in Launceston with their two teenage daughters.