Kate Ellis (politician)

Kate Ellis
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Adelaide
In office
9 October 2004 – 11 April 2019
Preceded byTrish Worth
Succeeded bySteve Georganas
Minister for Early Childhood Education, Childcare and Youth
In office
1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Preceded byPeter Garrett
Succeeded bySussan Ley
In office
3 December 2007 – 28 June 2010
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Preceded byPosition Recreated
Succeeded byPeter Garrett
Minister for Employment Participation
In office
14 December 2011 – 18 September 2013
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded byMark Arbib
Succeeded byLuke Hartsuyker
Minister for the Status of Women
In office
15 September 2010 – 14 December 2011
Prime MinisterJulia Gillard
Preceded byTanya Plibersek
Succeeded byJulie Collins
Minister for Sport
In office
3 December 2007 – 24 June 2010
Prime MinisterKevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Preceded byGeorge Brandis
Succeeded byMark Arbib
Personal details
BornKatherine Margaret Ellis
(1977-09-22) 22 September 1977
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
PartyAustralian Labor Party
Spouse
(m. 2013)
Children2
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Katherine Margaret Ellis (born 22 September 1977) is an Australian former politician, who represented the Division of Adelaide in the Australian House of Representatives for the Australian Labor Party from 2004 until 2019. She served in multiple portfolios in the outer ministry of the 2007–2013 federal Labor government and was in the shadow cabinet after that. In March 2017 Ellis announced that she would step down from shadow cabinet as of the next reshuffle and leave parliament at the 2019 federal election.