Ali France

Allison Anne France (pron. "AYY-lee"; née Lawlor; born 13 May 1973) is an Australian politician who has served as the member for Dickson in the House of Representatives since 2025 as a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

France previously contested her seat in 2019 and 2022, both times losing to the incumbent Liberal Party MP Peter Dutton. She also became the first challenger to defeat a sitting Opposition Leader in their own seat.

Early life and education France is the daughter of Peter Lawlor, former MP for Southport in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. She was born in Durban, South Africa and educated on the Gold Coast, Toowoomba and Canberra. as well as in Hong Kong, and worked as communications manager for indigenous production company Carbon Media in Brisbane.

In 2016, France represented Australia in paracanoeing, winning two team gold medals and a silver at the Outrigger Canoe World Sprint Championships.

France has been a critic of offshore detention, France is the third challenger since Federation to defeat a major-party leader in their own seat, and the first to unseat an Opposition Leader.

In 2011, France and her younger son were at a shopping centre when an elderly man lost control of his car and ran into them. While she pushed her son, who was in his pram at the time, out of the way, she was seriously injured and as a result had her leg amputated.

In 2024, her eldest son died of leukaemia. France faced some criticism on social media for talking about her grief and loss during the election campaign. She responded by saying, "Politics is personal, actually ... my whole life is the reason I got into politics. I will never stop talking about him and I don't care whether it causes people to feel discomfort."