Background
Hancock grew up in Chatswood and attended Chatswood and Artarmon Primary Schools and North Sydney Girls High School.
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Shelley Hancock
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She completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney.
Career
Hancock is the first female speaker in New South Wales state history. She was a former joint owner of the H Ranch at Milton and was a School teacher at Ulladulla High School for 26 years. Hancock is married to Ossie and they have three children.
Hancock served on Shoalhaven City Council for 16 years, serving on a number of Council committees.
Hancock was also elected Deputy Mayor from September 2000 to September 2001. Hancock has represented South Coast for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2003.
The same reports suggested that Labor had unsuccessfully tried to publish the same allegations at the 1991, 1995 and 2003 elections as well. Subsequent to the election, on 3 May 2011, Hancock was appointed Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Achievements
Politics
At the 2011 general election, Hancock was re-elected to the South Coast with a swing of 11.2 points and won the seat with 70.4 per cent of the two-party vote.
Membership
Hancock has been a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly seat of South Coast since 2003. The source of the phone contact was revealed to be a staff member of the Labor Party candidate Michelle Miran, an employee of the New South Wales Department of State and Regional Development.
