Madeleine Ogilvie MP |
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Member of the Tasmanian Parliament for Denison |
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Assumed office 15 March 2014 |
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Born |
Hobart, Tasmania |
25 January 1969
Political party | Australian Labor Party |
Alma mater |
University of Tasmania University of Melbourne |
Profession | Solicitor |
Madeleine Ruth Ogilvie (born 25 January 1969) is an Australian barrister and solicitor and politician from Hobart, Tasmania. She was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Australian Labor Party in the Division of Denison at the 2014 state election.
Ogilvie grew up in Lenah Valley and attended Roseneath Primary School, The Friends' School, and Hobart College. She was a keen netballer in her youth and represented Tasmania. She studied Classics, Philosophy and History graduating from the University of Melbourne (BA). Ogilvie was resident at Ormond College. She graduated in law (LLB) from the University of Tasmania Law School (1993) and later studied at the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) at the University of New South Wales. After working for several years in Australia for Allens and CSIRO Division of Minerals, Ogilvie worked for UNESCO in France on international cultural heritage law, Indonesia on telecommunications infrastructure projects, and the United States of America, in Silicon Valley. Ogilvie was a General Manager Commercial & Contracts with Telstra Corporation responsible for some of Australia's largest telecommunications deals. Ogilvie returned to Hobart, Tasmania to raise her family.