Bernard Finnigan

Bernard Finnigan

Bernard Finnigan is an Australian politician, and an Australian Labor Party member of the South Australian Legislative Council since being appointed in 2006, filling the remainder of the term left vacant by the death of Terry Roberts.

Bernard was born in Mount Gambier in 1972 and grew up on the family dairy farm at Eight Mile Creek. He studied at the University of Adelaide and received a Bachelor of Arts. Previous to entering politics, Finnigan was the Assistant Secretary of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association.

Finnigan's policy interests include economic development, industrial relations, federal-state relations, family issues and building social capital.

On June 18, 2008, Finnegan joined Liberal and Family First MLCs in voting down an amendment to give same sex couples legal access to gestational surrogacy. [cite news |last=Vaughan |first=Joanna |title=Gay couples lose surrogacy access |work=AdelaideNow |publisher=News Limited |date=2008-06-19 |url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23887612-5006301,00.html |accessdate=2008-06-19 ]

External links

* [http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Internet/DesktopModules/memberdrill.aspx?pid=3165 Parliament Profile]

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