| Ariana Doolan | |
| Term Start: | 26 October 2024 |
| Term Start1: | January 2020 |
| Term End1: | December 2020 |
| Residence: | Beachmere, Queensland, Australia |
Ariana Doolan is an Australian politician in the state of Queensland. Doolan is a state MP for the electoral district of Pumicestone in Queensland's south-eastern region. She was elected at the 2024 state election (26 October) and is the youngest female MP in the state's history.[1]
Doolan was born to Yonell and Fenton Doolan.[2] Both her parents are teachers and work in education in the Moreton Bay area.[2] Doolan has stated that her grandparents fled South Africa during the apartheid era.[3] She attended Hercules Road State School in Kippa-Ring and Glasshouse Christian College in Beerwah,[2] and from a young age was involved in her families newsagency.[3] After announced as the winner of the Pumicestone electorate Doolan told The Courier-Mail she was subject to racial bullying at school, being called the N-word.[2]
In 2019 Doolan starred in Australian comedy TV series Lunatics on Netflix.[4] [5] The following year she produced and directed a tourism commercial with Robert Irwin and Baz Luhrmann's daughter Lily.[5]
Doolan is currently studying at Griffith University[6] and resides in Beachmere[2] [3] with her parents.[1]
Upon graduating school in 2019,[7] at 18-years-old, Doolan became a Youth Parliament member, when announced as the Youth Member for Glass House.[7] Doolan served as a Youth Member from the start to the end of 2020.[8] She indicated that inspiration for applying to the youth model parliament was to gain experience potentially to become a politician.[7] Doolan worked as an Assistant Electorate Officer to Glass House MP Andrew Powell in late 2023.[8]
By March 2024 it was revealed that Doolan was the Liberal National (LNP) candidate for the seat of Pumicestone.[9] In early November 2024 it was announced that Doolan had won the seat by around 290 votes,[2] becoming the youngest female state MP in Queensland.[10]