Caroline Hogg is a former Australian politician for the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council

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 from 1982 to 1996 and a minister in the governments of John Cain

John Cain II

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 and Joan Kirner

Joan Kirner

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.

Born Caroline Jennifer Kluht in Somerset

Somerset

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, England, she emigrated to Australia in 1950 with her mother. She trained to become a teacher and in 1967, married Bob Hogg

Bob Hogg

Robert Duncan Hogg AO is an Australian Labor Party identity, and former ALP National Secretary.-Career:* 1976-78: Secretary of the Victorian Branch of the ALP.* 1983-86: Senior adviser to then Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke...

, who later became national secretary of the ALP. They had a son and a daughter.

Caroline Hogg worked as a teacher at Fitzroy High School

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 for fifteen years and became an executive member of the Victorian Secondary Teachers Association

Victorian Secondary Teachers Association

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. She was elected to Collingwood City Council

City of Collingwood

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 in 1970 and was mayor from 1979-79. In 1982 she was elected to a seat in Melbourne North Province

Melbourne North Province

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 of the Legislative Council and three years later she was appointed Minister of Community Services. She later served as Minister for Education, Minister for Health and Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs.

Since leaving politics, she has been a board member of organisations such as Beyond Blue, the Infertility Authority and the Victorian Grants Commission. Her marriage to Bob Hogg ended in 1996 and she has since remarried.