Catherine King
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Catherine Fiona King Australia
n politician, has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives
since November 2001, representing the Division of Ballarat
, Victoria
for the Australian Labor Party
.
King was the only Labor candidate to win a seat at the 2001 election from the Liberal Party of Australia
, and secured a 5.5% swing, the largest swing to a Labor candidate in the poll. She maintained her seat at the 2004 and 2007 elections.
King was born in Melbourne
, Victoria, and was educated at the Phillip Institute of Technology (now Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
) where she earned a Bachelor of Social Work and the Australian National University
, earning a Master of Public Policy
. Before entering politics, King was a social worker, research officer and public servant. She was Assistant Director, Population Health Division, and then Aged Care Director, Injury Prevention, Population Health Division, at the Commonwealth Dept of Health and Aged Care, and a Senior Manager at KPMG Consulting.
Catherine was re-elected in the 2004 Federal Election with a slightly reduced majority and was then appointed the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development. In mid 2005 she was then Promoted to Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury. She was reelected for a third term at the Federal election in 2007 increasing her majority from 2.2% to 8.15%. In the 2010 Federal election she increased her margin in the Federal seat to 11.7% and was appointed to serve in the Second Gillard Ministry being sworn in on the 14th September 2010 as the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician, has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
since November 2001, representing the Division of Ballarat
Division of Ballarat
The Division of Ballarat is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the provincial city of Ballarat....
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
for the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
.
King was the only Labor candidate to win a seat at the 2001 election from the Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
, and secured a 5.5% swing, the largest swing to a Labor candidate in the poll. She maintained her seat at the 2004 and 2007 elections.
King was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria, and was educated at the Phillip Institute of Technology (now Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
) where she earned a Bachelor of Social Work and the Australian National University
Australian National University
The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
, earning a Master of Public Policy
Master of Public Policy
The Master of Public Policy , one of several public policy degrees, is a master's level professional degree that provides training in policy analysis and program evaluation at public policy schools. The MPP program places a focus on the systematic analysis of issues related to public policy and the...
. Before entering politics, King was a social worker, research officer and public servant. She was Assistant Director, Population Health Division, and then Aged Care Director, Injury Prevention, Population Health Division, at the Commonwealth Dept of Health and Aged Care, and a Senior Manager at KPMG Consulting.
Catherine was re-elected in the 2004 Federal Election with a slightly reduced majority and was then appointed the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development. In mid 2005 she was then Promoted to Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury. She was reelected for a third term at the Federal election in 2007 increasing her majority from 2.2% to 8.15%. In the 2010 Federal election she increased her margin in the Federal seat to 11.7% and was appointed to serve in the Second Gillard Ministry being sworn in on the 14th September 2010 as the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Transport.