Catherine King

Infobox Deputy Prime Minister


name = Catherine King
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MP
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constituency_MP2 =Ballarat
parliament2 =Australian
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term_start2 =10 November 2001
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predecessor2 =Michael Ronaldson
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nationality =Australian
party =Australian Labor Party
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residence =Ballarat, Victoria
alma_mater =Australian National University, Philip Institute of Technology
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website = [http://www.catherineking.com.au/ CatherineKing.com.au]
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Catherine Fiona King (born 2 June 1966), Australian 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. [cite web |title=A landslide that never was |publisher=The Age |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/03/08/1015365745621.html |accessdate=2008-07-22 ] 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 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%.

References

External links

* [http://www.catherineking.com.au Personal website]

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NAME=King, Catherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=King, Catherine Fiond (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=June 2, 1966
DATE OF DEATH=living
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