Vicki Ward | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
Constituency Am: | Eltham |
Assembly: | Victorian Legislative |
Term Start: | 29 November 2014 |
Predecessor: | Steve Herbert |
Birth Date: | 1969 6, df=y |
Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Party: | Labor Party |
Alma Mater: | La Trobe University |
Office1: | Minister for Prevention of Family Violence |
Premier1: | Jacinta Allan |
Term Start1: | 2 October 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Ros Spence |
Office2: | Minister for Employment |
Term Start2: | 2 October 2023 |
Premier2: | Jacinta Allan |
Predecessor2: | Ben Carroll |
Office3: | Parliamentary Secretary for Education |
Premier3: | Daniel Andrews Jacinta Allan |
Minister3: | Natalie Hutchins |
Term Start3: | 5 December 2022 |
Term End3: | 2 October 2023 |
Predecessor3: | Tim Richardson (as Parliamentary Secretary for Schools) |
Successor3: | Darren Cheeseman |
Office4: | Parliamentary Secretary for Transport |
Premier4: | Daniel Andrews |
Minister4: | Jacinta Allan |
Term Start4: | 27 June 2022 |
Term End4: | 5 December 2022 |
Predecessor4: | Herself (as Parliamentary Secretary for Public Transport and Infrastructure) |
Successor4: | Josh Bull |
Vicki Ward (born 30 June 1969) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Eltham.[1] She has been Minister for Prevention of Family Violence and Minister for Employment since October 2023.
From 1998 to 2014, she was an advisor and electorate officer to federal Labor MP Jenny Macklin.[2]