Annette Ellis
Annette Ellis | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Canberra | |
| In office 3 October 1998 – 19 July 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Bob McMullan |
| Succeeded by | Gai Brodtmann |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Namadgi | |
| In office 2 March 1996 – 3 October 1998 | |
| Preceded by | New seat |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 October 1946 |
| Party | Labor |
| Occupation | Public servant |
Annette Louise Ellis (born 13 October 1946) is an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from the Australian Capital Territory, from March 1996 to July 2010, representing the Division of Namadgi 1996–98 and the Division of Canberra 1998–2010.
In the 1996 federal election she contested the newly created seat of Namadgi against the Liberal Member for Canberra, Brendan Smyth. Notionally, the seat was very safe for Labor; as originally drawn it had a notional Labor majority of 10.9 percent. However, due to the heavy swing nationwide against the Keating government, Ellis was only assured of victory when she received a large flow of Green preferences on the third count.[1] Ellis become one of the few Labor candidates to defeat a Liberal during the landslide election that brought the Howard government to power. Namadgi was abolished after only one cycle, and most of its territory was merged back into Canberra. Ellis transferred to Canberra, and won it easily. She continued to hold it with little difficulty until her retirement prior to the 2010 federal election.[2][3]
Ellis was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was a public servant, electorate adviser and ministerial adviser before entering politics. She was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 1995.[3]
In Federal Parliament Ellis was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry between 2001 and 2004. She served as Shadow Minister for Ageing and Seniors and Shadow Minister for Disabilities until the 2004 election, after which she retired from the shadow ministry.[3]
She was re-elected in November 2007—with an increased majority—in the election that returned Labor to power federally under new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
She is a leading member of the ACT right wing Labor caucus, Centre Coalition.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Search or browse Hansard for Annette Ellis at OpenAustralia.org
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- 1946 births
- Living people
- Public servants from Melbourne
- Australian Labor Party members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Canberra
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Namadgi
- Women members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
- Labor Right politicians
- 21st-century Australian women politicians
- Women members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- 20th-century Australian women politicians
- Australian MPs 1996–1998
- Australian MPs 1998–2001
- Australian MPs 2001–2004
- Australian MPs 2004–2007
- Australian MPs 2007–2010
- Politicians from Melbourne