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Revision as of 02:14, 10 July 2014
Steph Key BA JP MP | |
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| Minister for Social Justice | |
| In office 6 March 2002 – 5 March 2004 | |
| Succeeded by | Jay Weatherill |
| Minister for Housing | |
| In office 6 March 2002 – 5 March 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Dean Brown |
| Succeeded by | Jay Weatherill |
| Minister for Emplyoment, Training and Further Education | |
| In office 5 March 2004 – 23 March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Jane Lomax-Smith |
| Succeeded by | Paul Caica |
| Minister Youth | |
| In office 6 March 2002 – 23 March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Brindal |
| Succeeded by | Paul Caica |
| Minister for the Status of Women | |
| In office 2 March 2002 – 23 March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Diana Laidlaw |
| Succeeded by | Gail Gago |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Ashford | |
| Assumed office 2002 (seat created) | |
| Member of the South Australian Parliament for Hanson | |
| In office 1997 – 2002 (abolished) | |
| Preceded by | Stewart Leggett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 December 1954 Woodville, South Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater | Flinders University |
Stephanie (Steph) Wendy Key (born 13 December 1954) us an Australian politician representing the South Australian House of Assembly in the seat of Hanson from 1997-2002 until the seat was abolished and the seat of Ashford since 2002 as a member of the Australian Labor Party.
Early life
Born at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide's western suburbs, Key attended the Largs Bay Primary, Port Adelaide Girls Technical and Marryatville Adult Education Schools before completing a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Politics and Sociology at Flinders University, where she was elected as the first female General Secretary of the Flinders University Students Association.
Prior to entering Parliament, Key worked as waitress, cook, cleaner and clerk as well as a number of positions within the (TWU),[1] the Australian Council of Trades Unions (ACTU) and the United Trades and Labour Council of South Australia (UTLC).
Key also served as the director of the Working Women’s Centre and as a member of the South Australian Housing Trust's board of directors.
Parliament
Key was elected as member for the electoral district of Hanson in 1997, and immediately assumed shadow ministerial responsibilities for industrial affairs, youth affairs and assisting in multicultural and ethnic affairs. Changes in the Shadow Cabinet during 2000 saw her responsibilities change to housing and urban development, employment and training, local government and youth affairs.
The 2002 election saw they seat of Hanson abolished ans Key was re-elected to parliament as member for Ashford.
With the election of the Rann Government in 2002, Key became Australia’s first Minister for Social Justice, with further portfolio responsibilities for community and disability services, ageing, housing, youth and the status of women,[2]. Key oversaw a comprehensive overhaul of South Australia’s child protection laws and strategies to improve and sharpen the way in which Government responds to the needs and welfare of children in care.[3] and the redrafting of South Australia’s anti-discrimination legislation and the Equal Opportunity Act.
Following a mid-term Cabinet reshuffle in 2004, Key became the Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education while also retaining the youth and status of women portfolios.[4]
Electoral results
At the 2002 election Key won the newly created seat of Ashford with a swing of 0.8 per cent, increasing that margin at the 2006 election with a swing of 12.4 per cent. [5] Key again retained the seat at the 2010 state election by a margin of 4.8 per cent, but this was later reduced to 0.6 per cent after an redistribution held under the state's electoral fairness criterion.[6] At the 2014 State Election against the odds, Key was re-elected at the with a 1.9 per cent margin gaining 51.9 per cent of the two party preferred vote. [7]
See also
- South Australian House of Assembly
- Electoral district of Ashford
- Electoral district of Hanson
- Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
External links
References
- ^ Mayne, Stephen (25 January 2006). "Tracking the unionists in parliament". Crikey. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
- ^ Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836-2007: Parliament of South Australia
- ^ "Child protection overhaul to be headed up by QC - Ministerial" (2002-03-28)
- ^ ABC News Online"SA Premier unveils Cabinet reshuffle" (2004-03-04)
- ^ ABC Election Results "Electorate Results Seat of Ashford"
- ^ ABC Election Results "Ashford Results"
- ^ 2014 State Election Results "District of Ashford Results"