Margaret Quirk

**Margaret Mary Quirk** (an haife ta a ranar 26 ga Yuni 1957) 'yar siyasa ce ta Australiya wadda ta kasance memba a Jam'iyyar Labour a Majalisar Dokokin Yammacin Australiya daga 2001 zuwa 2025. Ta yi aiki a matsayin minista a gwamnatocin Geoff Gallop da Alan Carpenter tsakanin 2005 da 2008.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Quirk a Adelaide, Kudancin Ostiraliya, ga Helen Marian Sykes da James Patrick Quirk. A lokacin yarintarta, ta zauna na tsawon lokaci a Perth, Yammacin Ostiraliya, da Oxford, Ingila, amma daga ƙarshe ta koma Adelaide, ta kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Unley. Quirk ta ci gaba da karatun lauya a Jami'ar Adelaide, inda ta kammala karatun digiri na farko a fannin Shari'a a shekarar 1975. Ta koma Canberra bayan kammala karatunta, da farko ta yi aiki a sashen bita na gudanarwa na Ma'aikatar Shige da Fice da Harkokin Kabilanci ta gwamnatin tarayya. Daga baya ta yi aiki a ofishin Daraktan Shari'a na Jama'a na Commonwealth . Quirk ta koma Yammacin Ostiraliya a shekarar 1988 don yin aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga gwamnatin Labour ta Peter Dowding kan harkokin makamashi da muhalli. An ɗauke ta aiki a dokar kasuwanci daga 1989 zuwa 1991, sannan ta yi aiki a Hukumar Laifuka ta Ƙasa har zuwa lokacin da aka zaɓe ta a matsayin 'yar majalisa. 

## Siyasa
Quirk ta shiga majalisar dokoki a zaɓen jiha na 2001, inda ta maye gurbin Ted Cunningham mai ritaya a Girrawheen, kujera mai aminci ga jam'iyyar Labour. An naɗa ta mai mulki jim kaɗan bayan zaɓenta, kuma ta zama sakatare a majalisar dokoki a 2003.  A wannan shekarar, ta kuma kammala karatun digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Murdoch a fannin manufofin jama'a.  A watan Nuwamba na 2005, an ɗaukaka Quirk zuwa ma'aikatar, ta zama Ministan Ayyukan Nakasassu, Ministan 'Yan ƙasa da Al'adu da dama, da kuma Ministan Tsofaffi da Sa-kai. Lokacin da Alan Carpenter ya maye gurbin Geoff Gallop a matsayin firayim minista a watan Janairu na 2006, ta kuma zama Ministar Bukatun Mata, amma ta rasa mukamin manyan jami'ai ga David Templeman. Bayan 'yan watanni, a ranar 8 ga Mayu 2006, Quirk ta maye gurbin John D'Orazio a matsayin Ministar Shari'a, inda D'Orazio ta karɓi ragamar ayyukanta na baya (ban da buƙatun mata).   Duk da haka, D'Orazio ta yi murabus daga ma'aikatar washegari, kuma Quirk ta sake samun sauran mukaman na ɗan lokaci kafin daga ƙarshe ta miƙa su ga Tony McRae. A cikin wannan sauye-sauyen ministoci, an soke matsayin Ministan Shari'a, inda Quirk ya zama Ministan Ayyukan Gyara.

A watan Nuwamba na 2006, an naɗa Quirk Ministar Ƙananan Kasuwanci a madadin Norm Marlborough, wacce aka kora daga ma'aikatar.[1] [2] Ta bar wa Sue Ellery mukaminta na mata a watan Maris na 2007, amma ta ci gaba da zama Ministar Ayyukan Gyara da kuma Ministar Ƙananan Kasuwanci har zuwa lokacin da gwamnatin Labour ta sha kaye a zaɓen jihar na 2008.[3] An ci gaba da riƙe Quirk a ma'aikatar inuwar ƙarƙashin sabon shugaban jam'iyyar Labour (kuma Shugaban 'Yan adawa ), Eric Ripper, kuma ta ci gaba bayan da Mark McGowan ya maye gurbin Ripper a matsayin shugaba a watan Janairun 2012.[3] Ta riƙe Girrawheen a zaɓen jihar na 2013, duk da rashin kyawun sake rarrabawa wanda ya sa ta zama kujera mai rabewa. An gano Quirk a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar Labour Right.[4] [5]

A ranar 2 ga Afrilu 2024, an sanar da cewa Quirk za ta yi ritaya a zaben jiha na 2025.  Shugaban ma'aikatan Firayim Minista Roger Cook, Daniel Pastorelli, ya gaje ta.

## Duba kuma

* Mata a Majalisar Dokokin Yammacin Ostiraliya

## Manazarta