Jacqui Scruby

{{short description|Australian politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jacqui Scruby | honorific_suffix = MP | image = File:Jscruby2024.jpg | alt = | caption = Scruby in 2024 | constituency_AM = Pittwater | assembly = New South Wales Legislative | majority = | term_start = 19 October 2024 | term_end = | predecessor = Rory Amon | successor = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | citizenship = | party = Independent | spouse = Michael Scruby | partner = | relations = | children = 2 | alma_mater = University of Technology Sydney | occupation = Sustainability consultant<ref name="abc by">{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Antony |title=Pittwater By-election - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/nsw/2024/guide/pitt |website=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=28 October 2024 |language=en-AU |date=24 October 2024}}</ref><br>Environmental lawyer<ref name="abc by"/> | other_party = | signature = }}

'''Jacqueline Claire Scruby'''<ref name="NSWEC">{{cite web |title=2024 Pittwater State by-election |url=https://elections.nsw.gov.au/elections/state-elections/2024-pittwater-state-by-election |website=elections.nsw.gov.au |publisher=New South Wales Electoral Commission |access-date=19 October 2024 |language=en-au}}</ref> is an Australian independent politician who was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in the 2024 Pittwater state by-election on 19 October 2024. She had previously unsuccessfully contested the seat at the 2023 New South Wales state election,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Alexandra |title=Jacqui Scruby set to win Pittwater, teals' first NSW state seat |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/i-am-nervous-nsw-liberals-sweat-on-byelection-results-20241019-p5kjnr.html |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Entertainment |date=19 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Costin |first1=Luke |title=Independent wins beach battle in Liberal-teal fight |url=https://www.singletonargus.com.au/story/8796361/independent-wins-beach-battle-in-liberal-teal-fight/ |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=The Singleton Argus |date=19 October 2024 |language=en-AU}}</ref> coming within 606 votes of winning.<ref name="abc by"/> Described as a "teal independent", her candidacy was backed by the organisation Climate 200.<ref name="aap">{{cite news |title=Teal independent Jacqui Scruby coasts to byelection win in Sydney Liberal heartland |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/20/teal-independent-jacqui-scruby-coasts-to-byelection-win-in-sydney-liberal-heartland |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=The Guardian |agency=Australian Associated Press |date=19 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="lewis">{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Alexander |last2=Dole |first2=Nick |title=Jacqui Scruby set to become first teal MP in NSW parliament after snatching Pittwater by-election |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-20/jacqui-scruby-to-become-the-first-teal-mp-in-nsw-parliament/104493630 |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=ABC News |date=19 October 2024 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Education and career== Scruby received a Bachelor of Medical Science and a Bachelor of Laws from University of Technology Sydney in 2007. She also received a Graduate Certificate of Legal Practice from the College of Law in 2007<ref>{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=2309 |name=Ms (Jacqui) Jacqueline SCRUBY, MP |access-date=17 November 2024 |former=No}}</ref> and subsequently worked as a sustainability consultant, an environmental lawyer and as an adviser to federal Independent MPs Sophie Scamps and Zali Steggall.<ref name="abc by"/>

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