Jennifer Rankine

Jennifer Mary Rankine (born 22 September 1953) is a former Australian politician. She represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Wright for the Australian Labor Party from the 1997 election until her retirement in 2018.

For the Australian poet and playwright, see Jennifer Rankin.

Jennifer Rankine
Minister for Education
and Child Development
In office
21 January 2013 – 3 February 2015
Preceded byGrace Portolesi
Succeeded bySusan Close
Member of the South Australian House of Assembly
for Wright
In office
11 October 1997 – 17 March 2018
Preceded byScott Ashenden
Succeeded byBlair Boyer
Personal details
Born (1955-09-22) 22 September 1955
Mannum, South Australia, Australia[1]
Political partyAustralian Labor Party (SA)
Domestic partnerMichael Atkinson

Prior to entering parliament, Rankine was an Australian Services Union workplace delegate for staffers of parliamentary offices.[2]

The 2006 election saw Rankine increase her margin to 15.3 points. As of the 2014 election, Rankine holds Wright with a margin of 3.0 points. Rankine has served in a range of ministerial positions. She is from the Labor Left faction.[3]

Rankine's long-term and current de facto partner is fellow state Labor MP Michael Atkinson.[4]

Rankine announced in February 2017 that she would be retiring from parliament as of the 2018 election.[5]

References
  1. Who's Who in Australia. ConnectWeb. 2017.
  2. Mayne, Stephen (25 January 2006). "Tracking the unionists in parliament". Crikey. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  3. AdelaideNow... Caucus approves Rann's controversial WorkCover cuts
  4. Veteran SA MPs Michael Atkinson, Jennifer Rankine to retire from politics: ABC 4 February 2017
  5. State Labor MPs Michael Atkinson, Jennifer Rankine and Steph Key quitting politics at next election: The Advertiser 3 February 2017

 


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