Senator for Western Australia

Jordon Steele-John

Senate · Australian Greens

WA SenatorFirst elected 2017
Public profile

Biography

Jordon Alexander Steele-John (born 14 October 1994) is a British-born Australian politician and disability rights advocate. He is a Senator for Western Australia and a member of the Australian Greens. He began his political career in 2013, and was elected by declaration to the Senate in 2017. Steele-John holds the portfolios of Health, Disability Rights and Services, Foreign Affairs and Peace & Nuclear Disarmament for the Australian Greens.

Adapted and shortened from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Date of birth
1994-10-14
Place of birth
Northampton, England
APH identifier
250156

Political connections

First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.

Open in full network
Preparing the network…
Official record

Parliamentary and professional history

Current and senior roles

  • 4 June 2025–presentAustralian Greens Spokesperson — for — Health and Mental Health, Disability Inclusion and the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Youth
  • 17 June 2022–4 June 2025Australian Greens Spokesperson — on — Health, Foreign Affairs, Peace, Nuclear Disarmament and Disability Rights and Services
  • 15 September 2021–17 June 2022Australian Greens Spokesperson — on — Disability Rights and Services, Youth, Peace and Disarmament (covers Defence), Nuclear, Veterans' Affairs and Health (covers Dental and Mental Health)
  • 9 September 2020–15 September 2021Australian Greens Spokesperson — on — Disability Rights and Services, Youth, Trade, Peace and Disarmament (covers Defence), Nuclear and Veterans' Affairs
  • 5 July 2019–9 September 2020Australian Greens Spokesperson — for — Disability Rights and Services, Trade, Youth, Peace, Disarmament and Veterans' Affairs

Committee service

  • 26 July 2022–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References
  • 26 July 2022–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation
  • 26 August 2021–7 April 2022Senate Select — COVID-19
  • 21 June 2021–19 October 2021Joint Standing — Trade and Investment Growth
  • 27 November 2019–25 March 2022Senate Select — Autism
  • 22 July 2019–2 February 2021Joint Standing — Treaties

Qualifications

  • Date not recorded(BA(Pol&Hist))

Occupations

  • Date not recordedYouth advocate and activist.
  • Date not recordedStudent.
  • Date not recordedDisability advocate and activist.

Current parliamentary service

  1. 2025 PresentRe-elected 2025Source
  2. 2019 2025Elected to the Senate for Western Australia 2019.Source
  3. 2017 2019Declared elected 10.11.2017 as a Senator for Western Australia by the High Court of Australia,vice S Ludlam (disqualified under section 44 (i) of the Constitution).Source

Sources and methodology