- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0360
Pike, Bronwyn Jane
- The Honourable
- Born 25 January 1956, Tanunda, South Australia, Australia
- Occupation Parliamentarian
Summary
A member of the Australian Labor Party, Bronwyn Pike entered the Victorian Parliament in 1999 as the Member for Melbourne in the Legislative Assembly. Her ministerial portfolios included Community Services and Housing. After the 2002 election she became Minister for Health. She was re-elected in 2006 at the state election, held on 25 November, and in August 2007 was appointed Minister for Education in the Brumby Government on the retirement of Steve Bracks as Premier.
She was re-elected in 2010, but the Labor Government was defeated. She resigned from parliament on 7 May 2012.
Prior to entering Parliament, she worked as a secondary school teacher, Director of Justice and Social Responsibility, Executive Officer and Union Official.
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Site Exhibition
- Carrying on the Fight: Women Candidates in Victorian Parliamentary Elections, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cws/home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Pike, Bronwyn Jane (1956-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-719088