Ingrid Stitt
Australian politician
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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]
Ingrid Stitt | |
|---|---|
| Minister for Workplace Safety | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2020 | |
| Premier | Daniel Andrews |
| Preceded by | Jill Hennessy |
| Minister for Early Childhood | |
| Assumed office 29 September 2020 | |
| Premier | Daniel Andrews |
| Preceded by | New ministry |
| Member of the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region | |
| Assumed office 24 November 2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party |
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.
