Sonia Hornery

Sonia Kathleen Hornery (born 4 December 1961) is an Australian politician representing the seat of Wallsend for the Australian Labor Party. She has been in Parliament since 24 March 2007.

Hornery grew up in Windale and Edgeworth living in Housing Commission housing, before moving to rented accommodation in Wallsend and West Wallsend.

She attended Newcastle University and studied teaching. She later returned and obtained a Bachelor of Arts, with Honours, in history.

Her first teaching appointment was to Walgett High School. She then taught at Kempsey High School and other schools around the Hunter Region.

In 2002 she was elected to Newcastle City Council.

She was elected to the New South Wales Parliament in 2007. On 8 May 2007 she was appointed parliamentary secretary assisting the Minister for Transport but was demoted on 16 November 2009 as a parliamentary secretary, for opposing the Premier Nathan Rees on privatisation of public owned assets in her electorate, and campaigning within the Labor Party caucus to replace Nathan Rees as Premier of New South Wales.