Last updated at the end of the Ninth Assembly (17 October 2020) Go to Elizabeth Lee's current (Tenth Assembly) biography
Elizabeth LEE
Canberra Liberals, Kurrajong electorate
CONTACT
Ph: (02) 6205 1919
lee@parliament.act.gov.au
GPO Box 1020,
Canberra, ACT 2601
ASSEMBLY SERVICE
- Elected 26 October 2016
COMMITTEE SERVICE
Standing Committees
Education, Employment and Youth Affairs (November 2018 – April 2019; and December 2019 – October 2020)
Justice and Community Safety (December 2016 – November 2018, in the position of Chair from March 2018)
Justice and Community Safety (Legislative Scrutiny Role) (December 2016 – November 2018, in the position of Chair from March 2018)
Select committees
Estimates 2018-2019 (March 2018 – July 2018)
Independent Integrity Commission (December 2016 – October 2017)
Independent Integrity Commission 2018 (June 2018 – October 2018, Deputy Chair)
PARLIAMENTARY POSITIONS
- Assistant Speaker (December 2016-present)
- Shadow Minister for Education (February 2018-present)
- Shadow Minister for Disability (November 2016–present)
- Shadow Minister for the Environment (November 2016–present)
VIDEOS
QUALIFICATIONS AND OCCUPATIONS BEFORE ENTERING THE ACT LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Laws/ Bachelor of Asian Studies (ANU)
- Masters of Laws (ANU)
- Cert III in Fitness (Australian Fitness Network)
Occupations
- Law Lecturer, ANU and UC
- Associate, Meyer Vandenberg Lawyers
- Lawyer, Australian Government Solicitor
- Legal Officer, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department
- Group Fitness Instructor
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Vice President, ACT Law Society
- Councillor, ACT Law Society
- Chair, Australian Young Lawyers Committee, Law Council of Australia
- ACT Representative, Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers Working Group, Law Council of Australia
- Chair, ACT Young Lawyers Committee, ACT Law Society
- Volunteer Lawyer, Legal Advice Bureau, ACT Law Society
- Supporter – Cerebral Palsy Alliance ACT; UN Women; Lifeline Canberra and Dainere’s Rainbow Brain Tumour Research Fund
PERSONAL
Elizabeth migrated to Australia from South Korea in 1986 when she was 7 years old and grew up in Western Sydney. She moved to Canberra at 18 to study law at the ANU and has lived and worked in Kurrajong ever since.
INTERESTS
Group fitness (sh’bam and body balance), dancing, karaoke, yoga and watching live sport especially football (all codes).