Background
Ryall grew up in Blackburn North, Victoria, where she attended and gained her Higher School Certificate from Blackburn High School.
Ryall grew up in Blackburn North, Victoria, where she attended and gained her Higher School Certificate from Blackburn High School.
Ryall completed her Certificate of Nursing at The Alfred Hospital in 1988 and in 1991 completed a Bachelor of Nursing from Louisiana Trobe University. Ryall is involved in various community organisations such as the Whitehorse Business Group, the Ringwood Chamber of Commerce and the Ferntree Gully Bushfire Relief Centre following Black Saturday bushfires at Upwey. Ryall contested the 2010 Victorian State election in the marginal electorate of Mitcham in metropolitan Melbourne, representing the Liberal Party, winning 52.90% of the vote after preferences had been distributed.
Mitcham had been held by Brumby Government Minister Tony Robinson on a margin of 2%.