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Ann Sudmalis
Ann Elizabeth Sudmalis (née Hardinge; born 16 September 1955) is an Australian former politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Gilmore in New South Wales, from September 2013 until April 2019.
Sudmalis was born in Milton, New South Wales. Her father, Norris Hardinge, was a manual arts teacher and freelance photographer for the local newspaper. Her mother, Valerie, was a British immigrant. Sudmalis has one brother, Stuart. As a child, Sudmalis and her family moved to Sydney to live with her grandmother.
Sudmalis completed an undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree at Australian National University and a diploma in Education at Canberra College of Advanced Education.
Sudmalis worked as a waitress, cook and cleaner from 1974 to 1977, and as a science teacher for 10 years, from 1979 to 1988, in Canberra.
Sudmalis and her family moved to Kiama where she started a fudge business, Gran's Fudge, with her husband in 1988. In her maiden speech, Sudmalis said of this business "We changed a small cottage industry with just three employees to a business with over 40 staff, exporting to six international destinations." She was company director for 17 years, from 1988 to 2005.
In 2003 Sudmalis spent six months in India as a volunteer teacher. In she 2006 worked as a community art teacher. Sudmalis completed a master's degree in education at Charles Sturt University and in 2011 taught part-time at the University of Wollongong as a tutor for the Diploma of Education program. Sudmalis worked as an electorate officer from 2007 to 2012. She undertook a Certificate IV in Visual Arts in 2012.
Sudmalis has three adult children.
Sudmalis served as a councillor on the Kiama Council and worked as an advisor to Joanna Gash, the member for Gilmore between 1996 and 2013. At the 2007 New South Wales state election, Sudmalis contested the seat of Kiama, running unsuccessfully against Labor incumbent Matt Brown.
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Ann Sudmalis
Ann Elizabeth Sudmalis (née Hardinge; born 16 September 1955) is an Australian former politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Gilmore in New South Wales, from September 2013 until April 2019.
Sudmalis was born in Milton, New South Wales. Her father, Norris Hardinge, was a manual arts teacher and freelance photographer for the local newspaper. Her mother, Valerie, was a British immigrant. Sudmalis has one brother, Stuart. As a child, Sudmalis and her family moved to Sydney to live with her grandmother.
Sudmalis completed an undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree at Australian National University and a diploma in Education at Canberra College of Advanced Education.
Sudmalis worked as a waitress, cook and cleaner from 1974 to 1977, and as a science teacher for 10 years, from 1979 to 1988, in Canberra.
Sudmalis and her family moved to Kiama where she started a fudge business, Gran's Fudge, with her husband in 1988. In her maiden speech, Sudmalis said of this business "We changed a small cottage industry with just three employees to a business with over 40 staff, exporting to six international destinations." She was company director for 17 years, from 1988 to 2005.
In 2003 Sudmalis spent six months in India as a volunteer teacher. In she 2006 worked as a community art teacher. Sudmalis completed a master's degree in education at Charles Sturt University and in 2011 taught part-time at the University of Wollongong as a tutor for the Diploma of Education program. Sudmalis worked as an electorate officer from 2007 to 2012. She undertook a Certificate IV in Visual Arts in 2012.
Sudmalis has three adult children.
Sudmalis served as a councillor on the Kiama Council and worked as an advisor to Joanna Gash, the member for Gilmore between 1996 and 2013. At the 2007 New South Wales state election, Sudmalis contested the seat of Kiama, running unsuccessfully against Labor incumbent Matt Brown.