Ariana Doolan

Doolan was born to Yonell and Fenton Doolan.^[3] Both her parents are teachers and work in education in the Moreton Bay area.^[3] Doolan has stated that her grandparents fled South Africa during the apartheid era.^[4] Her mother is South African/Indian whose grandparents fled to Australia and her father was born to Irish grandparents.^[5]

She attended Hercules Road State School in Kippa-Ring and Glasshouse Christian College in Beerwah,^[3] and from a young age was involved in her families newsagency.^[4] 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.^[3]

In 2019, Doolan starred in Australian comedy TV series Lunatics on Netflix.^[6][7] The following year she produced and directed a tourism commercial with Robert Irwin and Baz Luhrmann's daughter Lily.^[7] She worked as a teachers aide at Redcliffe State High School.^[8]

Doolan is currently studying at Griffith University^[9] and resides in Beachmere^[3][4] with her parents.^[2]

Upon graduating school in 2019,^[10] at 18-years-old, Doolan became a Youth Parliament member, when announced as the Youth Member for Glass House.^[10] Doolan served as a Youth Member from the start to the end of 2020.^[11] She indicated that inspiration for applying to the youth model parliament was to gain experience potentially to become a politician.^[10] Doolan worked as an Assistant Electorate Officer to Glass House MP Andrew Powell in late 2023.^[11]

By March 2024, it was revealed that Doolan was the Liberal National (LNP) candidate for the seat of Pumicestone.^[12] In early November 2024, it was announced that Doolan had won the seat by around 290 votes,^[3] becoming the youngest female state MP in Queensland.^[13]