Jenny Mikakos
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Jenny Mikakos is an Australian politician for the Australian Labor Party
. She is currently the Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, and a Member of the Legislative Council
for Northern Metropolitan Region.
From 1999 until 2006, Mikakos represented the Legislative Council
province of Jika Jika in the State of Victoria for the Australian Labor Party
.
She attended Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
, Thornbury High School, and the University of Melbourne
where she obtained a law degree. Before her election to Parliament, Mikakos worked as a tax lawyer for a firm called Jerrard & Stuk. She was briefly a Councillor with the City of Northcote in the early 1990s.
She was first elected as the Member for Jika Jika Province in September 1999. After the 2002 election she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Justice with particular responsibility for the Aboriginal Justice Forum, the Attorney-General's Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Issues and the Women's Correctional Services Advisory Committee.
Mikakos' electorate was abolished at the 2006 election
as part of major reforms of the Legislative Council introduced after the 2002 election, but she won the second position on the Labor ticket for the replacement electorate, the larger, five-member North Metropolitan Province, and was returned for a third term.
Mikakos voted against the therapeutic cloning of stem cells research bill. The vote was subject to a conscience vote by the 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...
. She is currently the Victorian Parliamentary Secretary for Planning, and a Member of the Legislative Council
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 2006-2010
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council, as elected at the 2006 state election....
for Northern Metropolitan Region.
From 1999 until 2006, Mikakos represented the Legislative Council
Legislative Council
A Legislative Council is the name given to the legislatures, or one of the chambers of the legislature of many nations and colonies.A Member of the Legislative Council is commonly referred to as an MLC.- Unicameral legislatures :...
province of Jika Jika in the State of Victoria 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...
.
She attended Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School
Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar School, is an independent, Anglican, day school for girls, located in Ivanhoe, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
, Thornbury High School, and the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
where she obtained a law degree. Before her election to Parliament, Mikakos worked as a tax lawyer for a firm called Jerrard & Stuk. She was briefly a Councillor with the City of Northcote in the early 1990s.
She was first elected as the Member for Jika Jika Province in September 1999. After the 2002 election she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Justice with particular responsibility for the Aboriginal Justice Forum, the Attorney-General's Advisory Committee on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Issues and the Women's Correctional Services Advisory Committee.
Mikakos' electorate was abolished at the 2006 election
Victorian state election, 2006
An election for the 56th Parliament of Victoria took place on Saturday, 25 November 2006. Just over 3 million Victorians registered to vote elected 88 members to the Legislative Assembly and, for the first time, 40 members to the Legislative Council under a proportional representation system...
as part of major reforms of the Legislative Council introduced after the 2002 election, but she won the second position on the Labor ticket for the replacement electorate, the larger, five-member North Metropolitan Province, and was returned for a third term.
Mikakos voted against the therapeutic cloning of stem cells research bill. The vote was subject to a conscience vote by the Labor Party.
Further reading
- Healy, Ernest (1995), 'Ethnic ALP Branches - The Balkanisation of Labor Revisited,' in People and Place, Vol.3, No.3, Pages 48-53.
- Lovell, D.W.; McAllister, I.; Maley, W.; Kukathas, C.; (1998), The Australian Political System, Longman, South Melbourne. ISBN 0-582-81027-2