Sophie Panopoulos

Sophie Panopoulos (born 27 October, 1968), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2001, representing the Division of Indi, Victoria. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was previously a solicitor and articled clerk from 1995 to 1997. From 1998 until her election to Parliament, she worked as a barrister.

Panopoulos has been a member of the Liberal Party since 1987. She was president of the Melbourne University Liberal club, vice-president of the Australian Liberal Students' Federation, a delegate to the Liberal Party State Council of Victoria and is also a member of numerous Policy Assembly Committees. She became well-known during the debate on Australia becoming a republic as a prominent advocate for retaining the constitutional monarchy, and was an elected member of the 1998 Constitutional Convention.

In the federal Parliament Panopoulos is a member of the Employment and Workplace Relations and Legal and Constitutional Affairs committees.