- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1288
Barker, Ann Patricia
(1952 – )- Born 19 January 1952, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
- Occupation Parliamentarian
Summary
A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Ann Barker served as the Member for Bentleigh from 1988-92 in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament. She was defeated at the 1992 election, stood unsuccessfully as the ALP candidate for Oakleigh in the 1996 election. but returned to parliament as the Member for Oakleigh in 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Training and Higher Education from 2002-06 and served as Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1999-2006. She was re-elected at the November 2006 election and served as Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2006-2010. She was re-elected in November 2010 when the Labor Government was defeated, but retired from Parliament at the 2014 election, when the ALP returned to Government.
Published resources
- Book
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Resource
- Ann Barker MP: State Member for Oakleigh, Parliamentary Secretary for Training and Higher Education, Barker, Ann, 2005, http://www.annbarker.net/
- Trove: Barker, Ann Patricia (1952-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-719095
- 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