Dai Le
Dai Le | |
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Le in 2011 | |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Fowler | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Chris Hayes |
| Deputy Mayor of Fairfield | |
| Assumed office 8 October 2024 | |
| Mayor | Frank Carbone |
| Preceded by | Charbel Saliba |
| In office 21 December 2021 – 27 September 2022 | |
| Mayor | Frank Carbone |
| Preceded by | Peter Grippaudo |
| Succeeded by | Reni Barkho |
| Councillor of the City of Fairfield for Fairfield/Cabravale Ward | |
| Assumed office 4 December 2021 | |
| Preceded by | New ward |
| Councillor of the City of Fairfield for Cabravale Ward | |
| In office 9 September 2012 – 4 December 2021 | |
| Succeeded by | Ward abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1968 Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Independent (since 2016) |
| Other political affiliations | Western Sydney Community (since 2023; local affiliation) Australian Women's Party (since 2019; local affiliation) Liberal (until 2016) |
| Spouse | Markus Lambert |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater | Macquarie University |
| Signature | |
| Website | daile |
Dai Trang Le (Vietnamese: Lê Thị Trang Đài, pronounced [lej˧˧ ʈaːŋ˧˧ ʔɗaːj˨˩]; born 1 April 1968) is a Vietnamese-born Australian politician concurrently serving as the federal member for Fowler, councillor for Fairfield/Cabravale Ward at City of Fairfield, and deputy mayor at Fairfield City Council.
Le arrived in Australia in 1979 as a refugee of the Vietnam War after fleeing Saigon in April 1975 and spending four years with her family in refugee camps in the Philippines and Hong Kong. She became an ABC journalist and politician. She was named as one of the 100 most influential Australian women in 2014.
In 2012 she was elected as an Independent councillor for the City of Fairfield in New South Wales and was the deputy mayor between 2021–2022 and since 2024. At the 2022 federal election, she successfully ran as an independent candidate in the Division of Fowler in Western Sydney. Le is the first refugee and Vietnamese Australian to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives. Le was re-elected for a second parliamentary term at the 2025 federal election.