Matthew Swinbourn
Matthew Dean Swinbourn (born 3 April 1975) is an Australian politician. He was educated at Kent Street Senior High School. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2017 state election, as a Labor member for the East Metropolitan Region. His term began on 22 May 2017. Following the 2021 Western Australian state election, Swinbourn was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Minister for Electoral Affairs, John Quigley. Before entering politics, Swinbourn worked at several trade unions. In 2002, he was employed by the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union as a workers ' compensation officer. He took a position at the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union as an industrial officer in 2007 for three years, before taking a position at the Health Services Union. Swinbourn returned to the CFMEU in 2012, where he worked as a lawyer until his election.