# Cynthia Lui
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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Cynthia Lui
| honorific_suffix = [MP](/source/Parliament_of_Queensland)
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| office = [Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly](/source/Speaker_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_of_Queensland)
| status = [Acting](/source/57th_Parliament_of_Queensland)
| 1blankname = {{nowrap|[Speaker](/source/Speaker_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_of_Queensland)}}
| 1namedata = [Joe Kelly](/source/Joe_Kelly_(Queensland_politician)) (acting)
| term_start = 23 May
| term_end = 12 September 2023
| predecessor = Joe Kelly
| successor = Joe Kelly
| office1 = Member of the [Queensland Legislative Assembly](/source/Queensland_Legislative_Assembly) for [Cook](/source/Electoral_district_of_Cook)
| term_start1 = 25 November 2017
| term_end1 = 26 October 2024
| predecessor1 = [Billy Gordon](/source/Billy_Gordon)
| successor1 = [David Kempton](/source/David_Kempton)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|2|17}}
| birth_place = [Thursday Island](/source/Thursday_Island), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), Australia
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| party = [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch))
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| 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](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)) member for [Cook](/source/Electoral_district_of_Cook) in the [Queensland Legislative Assembly](/source/Queensland_Legislative_Assembly) from 2017 to 2024.[{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/qld-election-2017/guide/cook/|title=Cook|work=Queensland Election 2017|publisher=[Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/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}}] Originally from [Yam Island](/source/Yam_Island_(Queensland)) in the [Torres Strait](/source/Torres_Strait), Lui is the first [Torres Strait Islander](/source/Torres_Strait_Islander) to be elected to any parliament.[{{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](/source/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}}][{{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](/source/ABC_News_(Australia))|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](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)}}] 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.[{{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](/source/The_Cairns_Post)|date=10 July 2017}}] Lui gave her maiden speech in the Queensland Parliament on 15 February 2018.[{{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}}]
==References==
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*[https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/MemberDetails?ID=84787299 Parliamentary Profile]
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{{s-bef|before=[Billy Gordon](/source/Billy_Gordon)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member for [Cook](/source/Electoral_district_of_Cook)|years=2017–2024}}
{{s-aft|after=[David Kempton](/source/David_Kempton)}}
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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
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