Ingrid Stitt Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Ingrid Stitt
Honorific-Suffix:MLC
Birth Place:United Kingdom
Office1:Minister for Workplace Safety
Premier1:Daniel Andrews
Term Start1:29 September 2020
Predecessor1:Jill Hennessy
Office2:Minister for Early Childhood
Premier2:Daniel Andrews
Term Start2:29 September 2020
Predecessor2:New ministry
Office3:Member of the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region
Term Start3:24 November 2018
Party:Australian Labor Party

Ingrid Stitt (born 1965/1966) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2018, representing Western Metropolitan Region.[1] She is a former union leader who won preselection over Jane Garrett in November 2017.[2]

In September 2020, Stitt was appointed Minister for Workplace Safety and Minister for Early Childhood in the Second Andrews Ministry.[3]

Stitt is a member of the Labor Left faction of the Labor Party.[4]

Early life

Stitt was born in the United Kingdom to artists Peter and Daphne Stitt.[5] [6] In 1974, when Ingrid was 8,[7] the Stitts moved to Australia when Peter took up a lecturing job at the Prahran College of the Arts in Melbourne.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Western Metropolitan. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. Web site: Victorian Labor MPs ask 'what's the party thinking?' as Garrett loses preselection. Willingham. Richard. 2017-11-15. ABC News. en-AU. 2019-06-19.
  3. Web site: Ingrid Stitt joins Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' ministry following departure of Jenny Mikakos. ABC News. 29 September 2020. 29 September 2020.
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  5. https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/feisty-celt-revealed-his-inner-self-through-art-20071005-ge5z68.html Feisty Celt revealed his inner-self through art
  6. https://www.pressreader.com/australia/alpine-observer/20180808/281526521876617 Daphne Stitt
  7. Web site: Ingrid Stitt Joins The Ministry. Premier of Victoria. 29 September 2020. 29 September 2020.