Cynthia Lui

{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Cynthia Lui | honorific_suffix = MP | image = | office = Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly | status = Acting | 1blankname = {{nowrap|Speaker}} | 1namedata = Joe Kelly (acting) | term_start = 23 May | term_end = 12 September 2023 | predecessor = Joe Kelly | successor = Joe Kelly | office1 = Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Cook | term_start1 = 25 November 2017 | term_end1 = 26 October 2024 | predecessor1 = Billy Gordon | successor1 = David Kempton | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|2|17}} | birth_place = Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | party = Labor | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | signature = | website = {{URL|https://www.cynthialui.com.au/}} }} '''Cynthia Lillian Lui''' (born 17 February 1977) is an Australian former politician. She was the Australian Labor Party member for Cook in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/qld-election-2017/guide/cook/|title=Cook|work=Queensland Election 2017|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|last=Green|first=Antony|author-link=Antony Green|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419160146/http://www.abc.net.au/news/qld-election-2017/guide/cook/|archivedate=19 April 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Originally from Yam Island in the Torres Strait, Lui is the first Torres Strait Islander to be elected to any parliament.<ref name="torres">{{cite news|last1=Caldwell|first1=Felicity|title=Traditional Torres Strait Islander adoption practices to be acknowledged under Labor|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland-election-2017/torres-strait-islander-traditional-adoption-practices-would-be-acknowledged-20171115-p4yx0s.html|accessdate=27 November 2017|work=Brisbane Times|date=15 November 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042621/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland-election-2017/torres-strait-islander-traditional-adoption-practices-would-be-acknowledged-20171115-p4yx0s.html|archivedate=1 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-29/first-torres-strait-islander-elected-to-queensland-parliament/9204004|title=New Torres Strait Islander MP Cynthia Lui aims to inspire next generation of Indigenous politicians|date=29 November 2017|work=ABC News|access-date=16 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216000148/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-29/first-torres-strait-islander-elected-to-queensland-parliament/9204004|archive-date=16 February 2018|url-status=live|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> She worked as a community worker in Cairns to win internally as a representative for Cook, she then went on to secure her place within the Labor Party as the preferred candidate.<ref name="cairns">{{cite news|title=Cairns social worker gets nod by ALP to run in Cook for upcoming state election|url=http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/alp-endorses-cairns-social-worker-for-seat-of-cook-in-upcoming-state-election/news-story/673fe06591d7acf9ad8085a326243741|accessdate=27 November 2017|work=The Cairns Post|date=10 July 2017}}</ref> Lui gave her maiden speech in the Queensland Parliament on 15 February 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Caldwell|first1=Felicity|title='Today I stand on the shoulders of giants': Lui's tearful maiden speech|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/today-i-stand-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-lui-s-tearful-maiden-speech-20180215-p4z0gq.html|accessdate=16 February 2018|work=Brisbane Times|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216144014/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/today-i-stand-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-lui-s-tearful-maiden-speech-20180215-p4z0gq.html|archivedate=16 February 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

*[https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/MemberDetails?ID=84787299 Parliamentary Profile]

{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-qld}} {{s-bef|before=Billy Gordon}} {{s-ttl|title=Member for Cook|years=2017–2024}} {{s-aft|after=David Kempton}} {{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lui, Cynthia}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland Category:Indigenous Australian politicians Category:Torres Strait Islanders Category:Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Category:21st-century Australian politicians Category:21st-century Australian women politicians Category:Torres Strait Islander women