Lidia Thorpe, politician

Lidia Thorpe, politician

Lidia Thorpe made history when she won the Victorian state by-election in the division of Northcote and has been a Senator for Victoria since 2020. She is a Gunnai-Gunditjmara woman and the first Aboriginal woman elected to Victorian state parliament. Lidia studied at Preston TAFE, now part of Melbourne Polytechnic.