Wade Mathew Noonan was born on 7 April 1971 and is an Australian former politician.
12 Facts About Wade Noonan
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Wade Noonan was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2018, representing the electorate of Williamstown.
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Wade Noonan was a minister in the Andrews Ministry from December 2014; initially as Minister for Police and Minister for Corrections, and from May 2016 as Minister for Industry and Employment and Minister for Resources.
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Wade Noonan worked as a travel manager for STA Travel from 1990 to 1996, before becoming involved in the union movement.
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Wade Noonan worked as an organiser for the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association from 1996 to 2002, before shifting to the Transport Workers Union of Australia, where he became federal assistant secretary and federal organising and training officer.
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Wade Noonan remained in this role until his election to parliament.
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Wade Noonan's father, Bill Wade Noonan, is a long-time TWU official and Victorian state secretary.
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Wade Noonan emerged as an early favourite to win Labor preselection for the resulting by-election, and won the nomination after a deal to install television presenter Angela Pippos in the seat fell through.
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Wade Noonan was elected on 15 September 2007, defeating Greens candidate, former City of Maribyrnong mayor and future Senator Janet Rice.
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On 8 February 2016, Wade Noonan announced he would be taking a three-month leave of absence from his ministerial and parliamentary positions to undergo counselling due to exposure to traumatic incidents in his work as police minister.
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On 4 October 2017, Wade Noonan announced he was resigning from cabinet and would retire from politics at the next election.
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Wade Noonan was appointed the Executive Director of the West of Melbourne Economic Development Alliance from 2018 to 2021, and then Deputy Vice-Chancellor, External Relations and Partnerships at Victoria University from 2021.