Sam Birrell
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Sam Birrell | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Nicholls | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Damian Drum |
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| Born | 5 April 1975 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
| Party | National |
| Education | Shepparton High School, Assumption College, Kilmore |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne, (BAppSc), La Trobe University (MBA) |
| Occupation | Politician Agronomist |
Samuel Birrell (born 5 April 1975)[1] is a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the division of Nicholls in northern Victoria for the National Party since the 2022 Australian federal election.
Birrell grew up on a property on Victoria's Goulburn River between the towns of Murchison and Toolamba. His father was a lawyer and his mother was a schoolteacher. He attended Shepparton High School for two years then completed his secondary education as a boarder at Assumption College, Kilmore. After leaving high school, Birrell worked on a farm in Ardmona for two years before completing a degree in agricultural science at the University of Melbourne's Dookie campus.[2] He later completed an MBA at La Trobe University's Shepparton campus in 2017.[3]
