Ann Kathleen Corcoran was born on 21 September 1951 and is a former Australian politician.
11 Facts About Ann Corcoran
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Ann Corcoran was a member of the House of Representatives from 2000 to 2007, representing the Victorian seat of Isaacs for the Australian Labor Party.
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Ann Corcoran is a member of CPA Australia and holds a diploma in business studies from Swinburne College of Technology and a graduate diploma in business from Monash University.
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Ann Corcoran was elected to parliament at the 2000 Isaacs by-election, caused by the death by suicide of the incumbent Labor MP Greg Wilton.
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Ann Corcoran was re-elected at the 2001 and 2004 federal elections.
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In parliament, Ann Corcoran served two terms on the speaker's panel and was a member of several parliamentary committees.
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Ann Corcoran was a shadow parliamentary secretary from 2004 to 2006 under opposition leaders of Mark Latham and Kim Beazley, assisting the shadow ministers for health and immigration.
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Ann Corcoran reportedly voted for Latham against Beazley in the December 2003 leadership election.
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In March 2006, Ann Corcoran was successfully challenged for preselection by Mark Dreyfus.
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Ann Corcoran's term ended prior to the 2007 federal election.
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Ann Corcoran became interim student ombudsman at Monash University in November 2007 and was appointed to the permanent position by the university council in early 2009.