Andrew Braddock (politician)
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Andrew Braddock | |
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 Braddock in 2024 | |
| Deputy Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 6 November 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Parton |
| Acting Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 10 November 2025 – 2 December 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Parton |
| Succeeded by | Jeremy Hanson |
| Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Yerrabi | |
| Assumed office 17 October 2020 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 January 1978 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Party | ACT Greens |
| Children | 2 |
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Andrew Duncan Braddock (born 1978)[1] is an Australian politician. He is a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the multi-member electorate of Yerrabi since 2020 representing the ACT Greens.
Braddock was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to social worker and maths professor parents in 1978.[2]
Braddock graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Environmental Engineering (Honours) and moved to Canberra in 2002 to join the Public Service.[citation needed] He went on to obtain a Masters of Management Studies from the University of New South Wales.[citation needed]
Braddock was a public servant and environmental engineer.[3]
Political career
Braddock stood for election to the ACT Legislative Assembly at the 2016 ACT Election as a candidate for the ACT Greens in the new electorate of Yerrabi. The Greens were unsuccessful in winning a seat in Yerrabi obtaining 7.1 per cent of the vote. In 2019, he ran for The Greens in the Federal election for the Seat of Fenner where he obtained 14.42 per cent of the vote, a swing to The Greens of 1.42 per cent. Braddock stood as the ACT Greens lead candidate for Yerrabi for 2020 ACT election and secured a seat with primary vote of 10.2 per cent (a swing to the Greens of 3.1%).
