Harriet Shing | |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLC |
Birth Date: | 17 October 1976 |
Office: | Minister for Housing |
Termstart: | 2 October 2023 |
Predecessor: | Colin Brooks |
Premier: | Jacinta Allan |
Office1: | Minister for Equality |
Premier1: | Daniel Andrews Jacinta Allan |
Term Start1: | 27 June 2022 |
Predecessor1: | Martin Foley |
Office2: | Minister for Water |
Premier2: | Daniel Andrews Jacinta Allan |
Term Start2: | 27 June 2022 |
Predecessor2: | Lisa Neville |
Office3: | Minister for Commonwealth Games Legacy |
Term Start3: | 5 December 2022 |
Term End3: | 27 July 2023 |
Premier3: | Daniel Andrews |
Predecessor3: | Shaun Leane |
Successor3: | Position abolished |
Office4: | Minister for Regional Development |
Premier4: | Daniel Andrews |
Term Start4: | 27 June 2022 |
Term End4: | 2 October 2023[1] |
Predecessor4: | Mary-Anne Thomas |
Successor4: | Gayle Tierney |
Office5: | Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Victoria Region |
Term Start5: | 29 November 2014 |
Party: | Labor Party |
Harriet Claire Su Mei Wong King Shing[2] (born 17 October 1976) is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council, having represented the Eastern Victoria Region since 2014.[3]
Shing is the first openly lesbian member of the Parliament of Victoria.[4] She is also a member of the Labor Left faction of the Labor Party.[5]
In June 2022, Shing was appointed Minister for Equality, Regional Development and Water.[6] This made her Victoria's first cabinet minister with a Chinese background, and along with Steve Dimopoulos, became one of Victoria's first openly gay frontbenchers.[7]