Jodeen Terese Carney was born on 9 December 1965 and is an Australian politician.
24 Facts About Jodeen Carney
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Jodeen Carney was a Country Liberal Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from September 2001 to September 2010, representing the Alice Springs-based electorate of Araluen.
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Jodeen Carney was the Shadow Attorney-General, and Shadow Minister for Justice, Health, Family and Community Services, Business and Industry, Women's Policy, Territory Development, the AustralAsia Railway, Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Central Australia and Defence Support.
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Jodeen Carney is the first and only LGBT person to have represented the Country Liberal Party in the Legislative Assembly and the first and only LGBT Opposition Leader.
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Jodeen Carney is the only lesbian and the first LGBT person to have ever been elected to the Legislative Assembly, as well as the first female leader of the Country Liberal Party.
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Jodeen Carney cited health reasons as the primary cause of her resignation.
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Jodeen Carney was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and studied at Bendigo High School before commencing a law degree at the University of Melbourne.
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Jodeen Carney graduated in 1989 and moved to Alice Springs the following year in order to do her articles.
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Jodeen Carney is openly lesbian and has been in a same-sex relationship for over twenty years.
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Jodeen Carney's bid for the pre-selection gained some media attention, as she was a reasonably high-profile candidate, but she was ultimately overlooked by the Alice Springs branch, who instead chose Peter Harvey.
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However, Jodeen Carney faced a significant challenge not only from Labor, but two well-known independents.
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The CLP lost over 27 percent of its primary vote from 1997, but Jodeen Carney ultimately won by 134 votes.
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In opposition, Jodeen Carney took responsibility for several portfolios, including tourism, correctional services and communications.
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In mid-2003, Deputy Opposition Leader Mike Reed resigned, and Jodeen Carney was widely tipped as the favourite to succeed him.
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Jodeen Carney was promoted, being made Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for Justice, and then again in late 2004, being made Shadow Minister for Health.
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Jodeen Carney faced her first re-election bid at the 2005 election.
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Jodeen Carney emerged as the leading candidate in the CLP's much-reduced party room and was elected as Burke's replacement with Fay Miller as her deputy.
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Jodeen Carney's deputy became Terry Mills later in the parliamentary term.
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Jodeen Carney adopted a somewhat more congenial attitude towards Chief Minister Clare Martin than Mills and Burke had taken and tended to be more subtle in her means of attacking Martin.
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However, Jodeen Carney announced that a tie was not a vote of confidence and resigned, echoing Prime Minister John Gorton's move in 1971.
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Jodeen Carney announced her resignation from parliament on 19 August 2010, effective 3 September.
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Jodeen Carney cited health reasons as the primary cause of her resignation.
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Jodeen Carney is the earliest CLP leader who did not head a Northern Territory government.
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Jodeen Carney resigned from the CLP in June 2015, citing dissatisfaction with Chief Minister Adam Giles.