Benjamin Capovilla

Benjamin Capovilla (born 29 October 2001) is an aspiring Australian Politician from the Australian Young Labor Party, current Youth MP for Holsworthy (former Youth MP for Heathcote) and school captain of Aquinas College, Menai.
He was first elected to the YMCA New South Wales Youth Parliament in 2018 representing the electorate of Heathcote and re-elected in 2019 representing the electorate of Holsworthy.
Political career
Benjamin was first elected to the YMCA New South Wales Youth Parliament in 2018 representing the electorate of Heathcote and elected as Youth Premier. Later that same year, and while juggling the role of Youth Premier of NSW and his studies, Benjamin was selected as one of six young people to be a Premier's Youth Ambassador for 2018, travelling to historic battlefields in Europe and the Middle East. On his return the school community endorsed him as their college captain for 2019, a position he currently holds at Aquinas.
In 2019 due to an electorate redistribution, Benjamin stood for Holsworthy and was re-elected with a small swing against him. Returning to Macquarie Street he vacated the leadership allowing Campbelltown Youth MP Hamani Tanginoa to become the first Indigenous youth premier of NSW. With a new premier and subsequent cabinet reshuffle, Capovilla became the Leader of the House, overseeing government business and also the Minister for Civics and Youth where he drafted legislation to encourage and foster an interest of politics in young people.
During the 2019 ALP NSW Leadership contest, Capovilla supported and campaigned for Chris Minns, however Minns was unsuccessful in securing the party's leadership.
Personal life
Benjamin is currently studying and preparing to sit his end of school, exams at Aquinas Catholic College with the aim of attending university next year. During his tenure as school captain, he has overseen a number of charitable initiatives including 'Aquinas Roses Day', raising money for Project Compassion in order to assist improvised people across the globe.
During the 2019 parliamentary sitting term of the YMCA Youth Parliament, Benjamin met his current romantic partner on the opposing side of politics, Ms Holly Mack (Independent Youth MP for Wagga Wagga). The two quickly hit it off and the relationship was encouraged by members from all sides with many including political mentor Lachlan Hyde (Youth MP for Cabramatta) commenting "It's lovely to see two individuals, from quite different walks of life come to together in this manner..."

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