Ariana Doolan
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Ariana Doolan | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Pumicestone | |
| Assumed office 26 October 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ali King |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 January 2002 |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Education | Glasshouse Christian College |
| Alma mater | Griffith University |
Ariana Doolan (born 31 January 2002)[1] is an Australian politician in the state of Queensland. Doolan is a state MP for the electoral district of Pumicestone in Queensland's south-eastern region. She was elected at the 2024 state election (26 October) and is the youngest female MP in the state's history.[2]
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]