Catherine King

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Catherine Fiona King (born 2 June 1966), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001, representing the Division of Ballarat, Victoria. She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was educated at the Philip Institute of Technology where she earned a Bachelor of Social Work and the Australian National University, earning a Master of Public Policy. She was a social worker, research officer and public servant before entering politics. She was Assistant Director, Population Health Division, and then Aged Care Director, Injury Prevention, Population Health Division, at the Commonwealth Dept of Health and Aged Care, and a Senior Manager at KPMG Consulting. She was the only ALP Candidate in the 2001 election to win a seat off the Liberal Party, securing a 5.5% swing, the largest swing to an ALP Candidate. She was re-elected in the 2004 Federal Election with a slightly reduced majority in her marginal seat and was then appointed the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development. In mid 2005 she was then Promoted to Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury.