Kate Jennifer Jones was born on 10 April 1979 and is an Australian former politician.
15 Facts About Kate Jones
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Kate Jones served as a Labor Party Member of Parliament in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2012, and again from 2015 to 2020.
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Kate Jones retook the seat for the Labor Party at the 2015 state election.
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The seat was abolished prior to the 2017 state election, so Kate Jones contested and won the new seat of Cooper at that election.
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Kate Jones attended Kelvin Grove State High School in Kelvin Grove.
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Kate Jones completed her Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Journalism at the Queensland University of Technology while working part-time at The Gap Markets, and graduated with a Master of Environmental Law from the Australian National University in 2014.
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Kate Jones is a member of the Ashgrove Historical Society, Ashgrove Climate Change Action Group and sits on the management committee of the Enoggera Respite Centre.
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Kate Jones is a member of The Fred Hollows Foundation and World Vision.
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Kate Jones was elected to state Parliament for the seat of Ashgrove at the 2006 general election to succeed Jim Fouras, who had served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly during the 1990s.
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Kate Jones stood down from cabinet on 19 June 2011 to focus on defending her seat against newly elected LNP leader Campbell Newman at the 2012 state election.
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At that election, Kate Jones was defeated, suffering a 13 percent swing as part of the LNP's massive victory.
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Kate Jones sought to regain her old seat in the January 2015 state election.
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Kate Jones became the second challenger to unseat a sitting premier in Queensland, the previous time this happened was in 1915.
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On 16 February 2015, Kate Jones was sworn in as Minister for Education, Minister for Tourism, Major Events and Small Business and Minister for the Commonwealth Games in the Palaszczuk Ministry, positions she held until 11 December 2017.
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Kate Jones announced her retirement on 10 September 2020, the last sitting day before the 2020 Queensland state election in October.