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Jacinta Allan
Jacinta Marie Allan (born 19 September 1973) is an Australian politician serving as the 49th and current premier of Victoria since 2023. She has been the leader of the Victorian Labor Party since 2023 and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the district of Bendigo East since 1999. She previously served as the 29th deputy premier of Victoria from 2022 to 2023. Allan is the longest-serving female minister in Victorian state history and currently the most senior sitting member of the Assembly.
Allan was born on 19 September 1973 in Bendigo, Victoria. A member of a prominent Bendigo political family, she is the granddaughter of William Allan who was the president of the Bendigo Trades Hall Council. Her father, Peter Allan, played for South Melbourne in the VFL under-19s in 1963 and was a State Electricity Commission worker as well as a member of the Electrical Trades Union.
Allan was educated at St Joseph's Primary School in Quarry Hill and at Catholic College Bendigo. She completed the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Hons) at La Trobe University. While at university she worked part-time as a grocery bagger at Coles.
Allan joined the ALP at the age of 19 and interned for federal MP Lindsay Tanner while at university. She subsequently worked as a political staffer for state MPs Steve Gibbons and Neil O'Keefe, before her election to parliament. In 1997, she was one of the leaders of a campaign to prevent a lap dancing bar from opening in Bendigo.
Allan was first elected at the 1999 state election at the age of 25, making her the youngest ever elected female parliamentarian in Victoria. She defeated incumbent Liberal state government minister Michael John as part of a large swing to Labor in regional Victoria. Her victory helped Labor form a minority government with the support of three independents.
Allan entered the ministry after the 2002 election, serving as Minister for Education Services and Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs. She was the youngest minister in state history and the youngest Victorian government minister since Alfred Deakin in the 1880s.
After a cabinet reshuffle in 2006, Allan's responsibilities were altered slightly, losing Youth Affairs in exchange for Women's Affairs. She was promoted in August 2007, in a reshuffle sparked by the accession of John Brumby to the premiership. In 2010, she became Minister for Industry and Trade. Allan was targeted by Right to Life organisations during her election campaign in 2010, having voted for abortion reform in parliament during 2008.
After the defeat of the Brumby government in November 2010, Allan became manager of opposition business in the Legislative Assembly, as well as opposition spokeswoman for Roads, Regional and Rural Development and Bushfire Response. Since this time, Allan has also served as police and emergency services spokesperson.
Jacinta Allan
Jacinta Marie Allan (born 19 September 1973) is an Australian politician serving as the 49th and current premier of Victoria since 2023. She has been the leader of the Victorian Labor Party since 2023 and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the district of Bendigo East since 1999. She previously served as the 29th deputy premier of Victoria from 2022 to 2023. Allan is the longest-serving female minister in Victorian state history and currently the most senior sitting member of the Assembly.
Allan was born on 19 September 1973 in Bendigo, Victoria. A member of a prominent Bendigo political family, she is the granddaughter of William Allan who was the president of the Bendigo Trades Hall Council. Her father, Peter Allan, played for South Melbourne in the VFL under-19s in 1963 and was a State Electricity Commission worker as well as a member of the Electrical Trades Union.
Allan was educated at St Joseph's Primary School in Quarry Hill and at Catholic College Bendigo. She completed the degree of Bachelor of Arts (Hons) at La Trobe University. While at university she worked part-time as a grocery bagger at Coles.
Allan joined the ALP at the age of 19 and interned for federal MP Lindsay Tanner while at university. She subsequently worked as a political staffer for state MPs Steve Gibbons and Neil O'Keefe, before her election to parliament. In 1997, she was one of the leaders of a campaign to prevent a lap dancing bar from opening in Bendigo.
Allan was first elected at the 1999 state election at the age of 25, making her the youngest ever elected female parliamentarian in Victoria. She defeated incumbent Liberal state government minister Michael John as part of a large swing to Labor in regional Victoria. Her victory helped Labor form a minority government with the support of three independents.
Allan entered the ministry after the 2002 election, serving as Minister for Education Services and Minister for Employment and Youth Affairs. She was the youngest minister in state history and the youngest Victorian government minister since Alfred Deakin in the 1880s.
After a cabinet reshuffle in 2006, Allan's responsibilities were altered slightly, losing Youth Affairs in exchange for Women's Affairs. She was promoted in August 2007, in a reshuffle sparked by the accession of John Brumby to the premiership. In 2010, she became Minister for Industry and Trade. Allan was targeted by Right to Life organisations during her election campaign in 2010, having voted for abortion reform in parliament during 2008.
After the defeat of the Brumby government in November 2010, Allan became manager of opposition business in the Legislative Assembly, as well as opposition spokeswoman for Roads, Regional and Rural Development and Bushfire Response. Since this time, Allan has also served as police and emergency services spokesperson.
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