Yvette Berry

Who is Yvette Berry?

Yvette Simone Berry is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2012 ACT election, as a Labor Party member for Ginninderra.

Berry is the daughter of Wayne Berry, who was a member of the assembly for Ginninderra from 1989 to 2008. She is the first family member of a current or previous member to be elected to the ACT assembly. Prior to her election, Berry had worked as an organiser for the United Voice trade union. She was active in the Clean Start campaign to improve jobs for cleaners in the CBD office cleaning industry and the Big Steps campaign to win professional wages in the early childhood education sector.