Josh Burns (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Josh Burns (politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Feb-1987

Place of Birth: Caulfield, Victoria, Australia

Profession: politician, political adviser

Nationality: United Kingdom, Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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Joshua Solomon Burns (born 6 February 1987) is an Australian politician.
Representing the Australian Labor Party, he was elected as the member for the Division of Macnamara in Melbourne (formerly Melbourne Ports) at the 2019 Australian federal election. Burns was born and raised in Caulfield, a Melbourne suburb which is in his electorate.
He is the grandson of a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany.
He was educated at Gardenvale Primary School and Mt Scopus Memorial College.
He then went to Monash University, where he studied politics.
He worked in a number of jobs before entering politics, including as a teacher's aide.
Most recently he worked as a Senior Adviser to the Premier of Victoria, Daniel Andrews. Burns ran as the Labor candidate for the seat of Caulfield in the 2014 Victorian state election and gained a 4.9% swing against Liberal incumbent David Southwick.At the 2019 election, the renamed electorate of Macnamara was considered a vulnerable seat for Labor.
Burns increased Labor's primary vote and comfortably won the seat. Burns married Zoe Klein in 2015 and they have one daughter, Tia.