Ryan Park

Who is Ryan Park?

Ryan John Park is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since March 2011, representing the electorate of Keira.

Park was born in Wollongong and attended local state schools. He went onto study teaching at the University of Wollongong and taught at Lake Illawarra High School.

Park then went onto work further in the NSW public service and was a Chief of staff to his predecessor David Campbell. After Campbell resigned from the ministry in early 2010, Park was named as deputy director-general of the Department of Transport. Later in the year, Campbell announced he would not contest the upcoming election and Park was chosen as the endorsed Labor candidate where he retained the seat with a significantly decreased majority after suffering a swing of over 18% during the Coalition's landslide win into office. He held on against the Liberal party candidate, John Dorahy, a former rugby league player.

Park lives in Corrimal with his wife Kara and son Preston.