Cassandra Fernando

Cassandra Fernando
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Holt
Assumed office
21 May 2022
Preceded byAnthony Byrne
Personal details
Born (1987-09-18) 18 September 1987
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Political partyLabor
Alma materBox Hill Institute
OccupationPastry cook
Trade unionist

Cassandra Fernando (born 18 September 1987) is a Sri Lankan-born Australian politician and trade unionist who has served as the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Holt since 2022. She is a member of the Labor Party and the first Sri Lankan-born woman to be seated in the Australian parliament.