Chloë Catienne Fox (born 22 February 1971) is an Australian politician, and MP for the seat of Bright in the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2006 election, representing the Australian Labor Party. Fox was elevated to the Weatherill Labor government cabinet in October 2011, as the minister for Transport Services.
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Chloë Fox is the daughter of Australian children's author, Mem Fox and teacher Malcolm Fox.[1] Fox attended Blackwood High School in Adelaide's south and attended the University of Adelaide and the City University, London.[2]
She was engaged to fellow politician Leon Bignell from March 2006 to March 2007 until the wedding was called off.[3][4]
In late 2009, Fox announced she was pregnant, with the birth due in March 2010, around the time of the 2010 state election. The father's identity has been kept confidential by Ms Fox following the breakdown of their longtime relationship.[5] Her son, Theo, was born two months premature in January 2010.[6]
She worked as a journalist at the Adelaide Advertiser for three and a half years, traveled to France, where she worked for Elle Online and UNESCO, before returning to Adelaide, where she undertook a Grad. dip in Education, and then worked as a high school teacher of English, French and History at Loreto College, Marryatville.[3][7]
Fox was involved in politics from a young age, handing out Labor how-to-vote cards at the age of 14.[7]
At the 2004 federal election, she stood against member Andrew Southcott in the safe Liberal seat of Boothby and achieved a 9.9 percent primary and 2 percent two-party swing. She subsequently ran in the marginal Liberal seat of Bright at the 2006 South Australian state election against shadow minister Angus Redford, who was attempting to switch from the Legislative Council to the House of Assembly. She was tipped to face a difficult battle, but won in a landslide, having achieved a 16.9 percent primary and 14.4 percent two-party swing.
In March 2009 Fox became Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier during a ministerial reshuffle in the Rann government.[8]
As of the 2010 state election, Fox holds Bright with a margin of 0.4 percent. In April 2010, Fox was appointed Deputy Speaker and the Chairman of Committees in the House of Assembly.[9] She was recently made SA Transport Minister.
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