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Robert Andrew Simms (born 26 March 1984) is an Australian politician. Elected as a City of Adelaide councillor in 2014, he resigned on 8 September 2015 and was appointed to fill a casual vacancy as an Australian Greens member of the Australian Senate on 22 September 2015, representing the state of South Australia. At 31 years of age, he is the nation’s youngest Senator and the second youngest member of the Federal Parliament. Simms has worked in the community sector as a policy advocate, served on the boards of a number of community organisations including the Youth Affairs Council and AIDS Council of South Australia, and worked briefly as a radio journalist. He is also a freelance writer and resides in Adelaide. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (Honours), a Bachelor of Arts (majoring in politics and sociology) and a Graduate Certificate in Journalism.〔 In 2008 he was admitted to the Supreme Court as a Barrister and Solicitor. Simms is partway through a PhD in political philosophy at Flinders University where he has also taught in the politics department.〔 Previously, Simms has stood as a candidate for the Greens in Enfield at the 2010 state election, and the Electoral district of Adelaide in the 2014 state election. As of 2015, he is a co-convenor of the SA Greens. Upon his appointment, Simms was made the Greens spokesperson on higher education, LGBT rights and marriage equality—portfolios previously held by Senators Lee Rhiannon and Janet Rice. Simms is openly gay, and is the fourth LGBT member of the current Senate, after Penny Wong, Dean Smith and Janet Rice. == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Simms (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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