The Honourable
Ayor Makur Chuot
MLC
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for North Metropolitan
Assumed office
22 May 2021
Personal details
Born (1989-08-04) 4 August 1989
Gambela, Ethiopia
Political partyLabor
RelativesAkec Makur Chuot (sister)
OccupationAccountant  • model

Ayor Makur Chuot (born 4 August 1989)[1] was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor Party member for North Metropolitan region at the 2021 state election,[2] and as the first WA state MP of African and South Sudanese ancestry.[3]

Prior to being elected Chuot was an accountant and international model.[3]

Chuot and her family emigrated to Australia refugees in 2005, after her father was killed in the Second Sudanese Civil War.[3] Prior to migrating, the family had spent ten years in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Her sister is Akec Makur Chuot, an AFLW player for Richmond.[4]

Ayor was accused of being a hypocrite by Doctor Joanna Howe who stated that Ayor had been campaigning on the virtue of being a Christian, while at the same time voting for Abortion up to Full term in the Western Australian Parliament with the Labor party during its Historic Aboriton bill in September of 2023.

References

  1. ↑ "Hon. Ayor Makur Chuot MLC". Parliament of Western Australia.
  2. ↑ "Northern Metropolitan Region Results - Western Australia Election 2021 guide | WA Votes". ABC News. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ayor Makur Chuot will be WA's first MP of African descent — but that's just part of her story". ABC News. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Kruijff, Peter de (16 March 2021). "Model citizen set to become Australia's first South Sudanese MP". WAtoday. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

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