Fiona Catherine Alison Richardson was an Australian politician.
13 Facts About Fiona Richardson
1.
2.
Fiona Richardson was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 until her death in 2017, representing the electorate of Northcote.
3.
Fiona Richardson was Minister for Women and Minister for Prevention of Family Violence in the First Andrews Ministry from December 2014 until her death.
4.
Fiona Richardson was then a researcher of ocular trauma at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
5.
Fiona Richardson joined the Australian Labor Party in 1991, and was an adviser to numerous state and federal members of parliament.
6.
Fiona Richardson was the secretary of the right-wing Labor Unity faction from 2000 to 2007.
7.
Fiona Richardson was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in November 2006 representing the electorate of Northcote.
8.
Fiona Richardson was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Education and served in that position until August 2007, when she became a Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance.
9.
Fiona Richardson was seen as a key player in protecting husband Stephen Newnham as state secretary during a debilitating struggle within the Right faction over control of ALP head office during 2008 and 2009.
10.
When Labor was returned to government in 2014, Fiona Richardson was made Minister for Women and Minister for Prevention of Family Violence in the Andrews Ministry.
11.
Fiona Richardson oversaw the establishment of the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence in 2015, which tabled its report to Parliament in 2016.
12.
Fiona Richardson was married to former ALP state secretary Stephen Newnham and they had two children.
13.
On 7 August 2017, Fiona Richardson announced she was taking medical leave from parliament.