Luke Donnellan

Luke Anthony Donnellan (born 26 March 1966) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002, representing Narre Warren North. He is the Minister for Child Protection and the Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers in the Second Andrews Ministry since December 2018. He also served as the Minister for Roads and Road Safety and Minister for Ports in the First Andrews Ministry from December 2014 to December 2018. He was a key figure in the lease of the Port of Melbourne, and led negotiations with cross benchers to enable the legislation to pass through the Victorian Parliament. He is associated with the Labor Unity faction.[1]

Luke Donnellan
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Narre Warren North
Assumed office
30 November 2002
Minister for Child Protection
Assumed office
28 November 2018
Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers
Assumed office
28 November 2018
Preceded byMartin Foley
Personal details
Born (1966-03-26) 26 March 1966
Political partyAustralian Labor Party
Alma materThe University of Melbourne
WebsiteOfficial website

Donnellan was born in Melbourne, and attended Xavier College 1977–84 where he was involved in sports, captaining the hockey team and competing in 1sts rowing.[2] He received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne in 1987 and became a commercial real estate agent. After periods as a planning finance consultant and a client services manager, he became an advisor to various Labor MPs, and was a member of the Administrative Committee from 1999.[3]

Political career

Entry into politics

In 2002, Donnellan was preselected as the Labor candidate for Narre Warren North, a new seat with a notional Liberal majority. He defeated the Liberal candidate and has held the seat since. In 2006, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance, and was promoted in August 2007 to Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier.[3]

Andrews Government

Following Labor's win at the 2014 Victorian state election, Donnellan was appointed Minister for Roads and Road Safety and Minister for Ports by Premier Daniel Andrews.[4]

After Labor's reelection in 2018 Donnellan was appointed Minister for Child Protection and Minister for Disability, Ageing and Carers.[5]


References
  1. "McGuire promoted in Labor reshuffle", The Age, 6 February 2012.
  2. "Roundtable with Hon Luke Donnellan, MP". Committee for Gippsland. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. "Luke Donnellan (Narre Warren North)". Members Information. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  4. "Premier Daniel Andrews finalises ministers' portfolios". The Age. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  5. "Hennessy becomes Attorney-General in re-elected Andrews' new gender-balanced Cabinet". ABC. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
Seat created Member for Narre Warren North
2002–present		 Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Terry Mulder
as Minister for Roads		 Minister for Roads and Road Safety
2014–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
David Hodgett		 Minister for Ports
2014–present
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