title: Kristy McBain
text: # Kristy McBain
  
  Kristy Louise McBain (born 29 September 1982) is an Australian politician. She currently represents the division of Eden-Monaro, and is the Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  McBain was born in Traralgon, Victoria. Her family moved to the Bega Valley in the 1990s and ran a small sporting store in Merimbula.
  
  McBain attended Eden Marine High School, before completing a double degree in Law/Communications at the University of Canberra.
  
  McBain met her husband Brad in high school and runs a small plumbing business. They and their three children live in Tura Beach.
  
  ## Political career
  
  McBain became a councillor for Bega Valley Shire in September 2012 and became the mayor in September 2016.
  
  McBain resigned as mayor and councillor in March 2020 to contest the July 2020 Eden-Monaro by-election for the Labor Party. She won the seat for the party with 50.4% of the two-party-preferred vote and was sworn in as a member of parliament on 24 August 2020.
  
  