Biography

Parliamentary service

• Declared elected 19.4.2017 as a Senator for South Australia by the High Court of Australia, vice R Day (disqualified under section 44 (v) of the Constitution, 26.2.2017). Defeated at general elections 2019.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: Parliamentary Library served from 5.2.2018 to 30.6.2019
• Joint Statutory: Human Rights served from 5.2.2018 to 30.6.2019
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Education and Employment: Legislation served from 5.2.2018 to 6.2.2018; Education and Employment: References served from 5.2.2018 to 10.9.2018; Education and Employment: Legislation served as Chair from 7.2.2018 to 10.9.2018; Community Affairs: Legislation served from 10.9.2018 to 12.9.2018; Community Affairs: References served from 10.9.2018 to 12.9.2018; Community Affairs: References served as Deputy Chair from 13.9.2018 to 30.6.2019; Community Affairs: Legislation served as Chair from 13.9.2018 to 30.6.2019
• Senate Select: Future of Work and Workers served as Deputy Chair from 16.11.2017 to 15.2.2018; Stillbirth Research and Education served from 28.3.2018 to 30.6.2019
• Senate Standing: Publications served from 5.2.2018 to 30.6.2019

Parliamentary party positions

• Independent. Served: 26.04.2017 to 05.02.2018
• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 05.02.2018 to 30.06.2019
• Family First. Served: 19.04.2017 to 26.04.2017

Personal

• Born: 23.9.1962, Nyeri County, Kenya
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BCom(Acc) (University of Nairobi).
• LLB (University of South Australia).
• GradDipLegPrac (University of Adelaide).
• Auditor for Ernst & Young from 1987 to 1991.
• Auditor at Postbank, Kenya from 1991 to 1994.
• Internal Auditor at Action Aid, Kenya.
• Audit Manager at Madison Insurance Company, Kenya.
• Auditor for the Department of the Auditor General (SA).
• International Student Liaison at Careers Australia International College.
• Lawyer at the Women's Legal Service (SA).

Publications

• Behind the smile: from the slopes of Mount Kenya to the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia, Lucy Muringo Gichuhi, 2019.