Marianne Frances Saliba was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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Saliba is the daughter of Alex and May Hudson and was the born in Barrhead

Barrhead

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, Scotland

Scotland

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 and migrated to Australia in 1964 with her parents. She was educated at St Anne’s College, Dapto

Dapto, New South Wales

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 and did Secretarial Studies at the Dapto TAFE. She completed her Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Education

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 at the University of Wollongong

University of Wollongong

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 in 1999. She later worked for Terry Rumble

Terry Rumble

Terrence John "Terry" Rumble is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Illawarra in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1999....

, former member for Illawarra

Electoral district of Illawarra

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. She is married with two sons and two daughters.

Saliba represented Illawarra for the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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from March 1999 to March 2007. She retired from parliament at the 2007 election and the seat was renamed Shellharbour.
In 2011 she re-entered politics and was elected Deputy Lord Mayor for the Shellharbour City Council, under Liberal Mayor Kellie Marsh.