Kate Ellis

Kate Ellis

Infobox Politician


caption = Kate Ellis MP in the House of Representatives.
honorific-prefix = The Honourable
name =Kate Ellis
honorific-suffix =
MP
birth_date =Birth date and age|1977|9|22|df=y
birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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office = Minister for Youth and Minister for Sport
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term_start = 3 December 2007
term_end =
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constituency_MP2 = Adelaide
parliament2=Australian
term_start2 = 9 October 2004
predecessor2 = Trish Worth
party = Australian Labor Party
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Katherine Margaret "Kate" Ellis, MP (born 22 September 1977) is an Australian politician and has been Minister for Youth and Minister for Sport since December 2007.

Ellis was born in Melbourne and grew up in rural South Australia along the Murray River, moving to Adelaide for her senior education. She studied international relations at Flinders University where she was General Secretary of the Students Association and an editor of "Empire Times", although she did not finish a degree. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she worked as a research officer for state and federal parliamentarians. She was a ministerial adviser to South Australian state minister Rory McEwen and then for the Deputy Premier of South Australia, Kevin Foley.

Ellis was elected to the House of Representatives for the Division of Adelaide, South Australia at the 2004 federal election. She defeated Liberal Party incumbent Trish Worth. At the 2007 federal election, Ellis retained her seat with a 48.6% primary vote, and a 58.4% two-party preferred vote. She is the second-youngest member of the House of Representatives.

After the election Kevin Rudd appointed Ellis Minister for Youth and Minister for Sport. This made her the youngest person ever to become an Australian government minister, a record until then held by former Prime Minister Paul Keating.cite news|title=Rudd and the Sisters Ministry|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/federal-election-2007-news/rudd-and-the-sisters/2007/11/29/1196037074843.html|date=30 November, 2007|publisher=The Age|accessdate=2008-01-05]

In 2006, Ellis became engaged to Stephen Donnelly, a Transport Workers Union official.cite news | last = Vaughan | first = Joanna | title = Kate's working on a Labor of love | work = Adelaide Advertiser | publisher = News Limited | date = August 12 2006 | url = http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,20095961-31624,00.html | accessdate = 2006-08-15 ]

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