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Ayor Makur Chuot will be WA's first MP of African descent — but that's just part of her story


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Ayor Makur Chuot will be WA s first MP of African descent — but that s just part of her story
AprApril 2021 at 9:18pm
Ayor Makur Chuot will become WA s first MP of African descent when she is sworn in next month.
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Ayor Makur Chuot s life now is worlds apart from where it all began — in a refugee camp in Kenya. 
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The 31-year-old accountant has been elected to WA s Upper House
She hopes to create pathways to politics for other refugees
Once an international model, the 31-year-old accountant is set to become Western Australia s first MP of African descent and Australia s first South Sudanese MP when she is sworn in next month. ....

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WA election: Model citizen set to become Australia's first South Sudanese MP


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Ayor Makur Chuot, 31, was a long way from the Kenyan refugee camp her family lived in for nearly a decade on Saturday night as she realised she would soon be elected to the West Australian Parliament.
Surrounded by a boisterous crowd of Labor die-hards at Seafood Nation at Hillarys Boat Harbour and watching Liberal seats tumble, the accountant and former model running for the upper house said she started to get excited when she saw Hillarys candidate Caitlin Collins would take the traditional blue-ribbon seat.
Labor North Metropolitan MLC-elect Ayor Chuot.
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“I knew if we had a big swing from Caitlin’s section and also other bigger areas, it means I was going to have a big chance of getting in the upper house,” she said. ....

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UnionsWA secretary pre-selected for safe Labor seat ahead of state election


UnionsWA secretary pre-selected for safe Labor seat ahead of state election
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UnionsWA secretary Meredith Hammat has been pre-selected to run in one of Labor s safest seats ahead of the March election.
Ms Hammat was chosen to contest Mirrabooka at a state executive meeting on Monday night.
Labor s candidate for Mirabooka Meredith Hammat.
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The aspiring politician has spent the past eight years with UnionsWA, the state s peak union group, representing 140,000 members across 30 affiliates. ....

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