Laura Henderson (Australian politician)

Laura Henderson (née Curran) is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the South Australian Legislative Council since the 2022 state election.^[2]

The Honourable Laura Henderson MLC
Member of the Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 March 2022
Personal details
Born	1996 or 1997 (age 28–29)[1]
Political party	Liberal

Henderson grew up in Saudi Arabia before moving to Adelaide for study.^[3] She was president of the Liberal Women's Council and a staffer to Senator Alex Antic, and is associated with the religious rightwing conservative faction of the Liberal Party.^[4]

Prior to being elected to the Legislative Council in 2022, Henderson had been the Liberal candidate for the state lower house seat of Reynell in 2018 and the federal seat of Kingston in 2019. She was studying the final year for a Bachelor of Laws at University of South Australia during the 2018 election campaign.^[5]