Gladys Liu
Gladys Liu | |
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Liu in 2014 | |
| Councillor of the City of Melbourne | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2024 | |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Chisholm | |
| In office 18 May 2019 – 21 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Julia Banks |
| Succeeded by | Carina Garland |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Liu Sim-ngor 6 April 1964 British Hong Kong |
| Citizenship | Hong Kong |
| Nationality | Australia (1992–present) China (July 1997 – September 2018) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Education | Belilios Public School |
| Alma mater | Hong Kong Polytechnic (HD) La Trobe University (BAS) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 廖嬋娥 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 廖婵娥 | ||||||||||
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Gladys Liu (Yue Chinese: 廖嬋娥, pronounced [liːu̯ siːm ŋɔː]; born 6 April 1964) is a Hong Kong-born Australian politician who currently serves as a councillor of the City of Melbourne. She previously represented the Division of Chisholm in Victoria for the Liberal Party from her election in 2019 until her her defeat in 2022. Liu was the first ethnically Chinese woman ever elected to the House, defeating the Labor Party's Jennifer Yang, before being defeated by Labor candidate Carina Garland at the 2022 federal election.
Between 2003 and 2015, Liu was a member of the Guangdong provincial chapter of the China Overseas Exchange Association, a bureau within the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) responsible for influencing overseas and returning Chinese residents.
During her time in federal parliament, Liu had been the subject of media and intelligence investigations over her connections to entities and figures that had ties to the CCP.