15 Facts About Prue Car

Prudence Ann Car is an Australian politician serving as the 20th and current deputy premier of New South Wales since March 2023.

Prue Car concurrently serves as the Minister for Education and Early Learning as well as the Minister for Western Sydney in the NSW state government.

Prue Car has served as the Labor member for Londonderry in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2015.

Prue Car previously served as the deputy leader of the NSW Opposition, Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Learning.

Prue Car was a Penrith City Councillor and national communications manager at MS Australia when she was elected.

Prue Car had previously been an advisor to Premier Bob Carr from 2003 to 2005 and campaign co-ordinator of the Labor Party from 2005 to 2007.

Prue Car stood unsuccessfully for the state seat of Mulgoa in 2011.

Prue Car was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as member for Londonderry at the 2015 New South Wales state election.

Less than a year later, in 2016, Prue Car was appointed as Shadow Minister for Skills and Shadow Assistant Minister for Education in the Shadow Ministry of Luke Foley.

Prue Car was re-elected as member for Londonderry at the 2019 election and was appointed to replace Jihad Dib as Shadow Minister for Education in the Shadow Ministry of Jodi McKay.

On 8 June 2021, Prue Car was elected as deputy leader of the party and deputy leader of the opposition.

Prue Car retained the Education portfolio and was appointed as Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Learning in the Shadow Ministry of Chris Minns.

Ten days after Labor's victory at the 2023 New South Wales state election, Prue Car was appointed to the Minns ministry as the Minister for Western Sydney.

Prue Car gained the portfolio of Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education from Tim Crakanthorp on 8 August 2023 but lost it to Steve Whan on 28 September 2023.

Prue Car was born and raised in Western Sydney In New South Wales She has Indian and French heritage with a grandfather who was French and her father from Durgapur, West Bengal, India.