Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Williamstown
In office 1 October 1988 – 27 May 1994
Preceded by
Gordon Stirling
Succeeded by
Steve Bracks
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West
In office 3 April 1982 – 30 September 1988
Preceded by
Bon Thomas
Succeeded by
Licia Kokocinski
Personal details
Born
Joan Elizabeth Hood
(1938-06-20)20 June 1938 Essendon, Victoria, Australia
Died
1 June 2015(2015-06-01) (aged 76) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political party
Labor
Spouse
Ronald George Kirner (m. 1960)
Children
Michael, Kate and David
Alma mater
University of Melbourne
Profession
Teacher
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Joan Elizabeth KirnerAC (née Hood; 20 June 1938 – 1 June 2015) was an Australian politician who was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, serving from 1990 to 1992. A Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 1982 to 1994, she was a member of the Legislative Council before later winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly. Kirner was a minister and briefly deputy premier in the government of John Cain Jr., and succeeded him as premier following his resignation. She was Australia's third female head of government and second female premier, Victoria's first, and held the position until her party was defeated in a landslide at the 1992 state election.
Joan Elizabeth Kirner AC (née Hood; 20 June 1938 – 1 June 2015) was an Australian politician who was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, serving from 1990 to...
deeply divided on how to respond to the situation. Cain resigned and JoanKirner was elected Labor leader, becoming the party's first female leader and...
Kirner is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include: Gary Kirner (born 1942), American football player JoanKirner (1938–2015)...
the co-founder of Landcare Australia, with former Victorian Premier JoanKirner. She is a cousin of actress Radha Mitchell. She began acting a few years...
actor and singer 1937 – Jerry Keller, American singer-songwriter 1938 – JoanKirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (d. 2015)...
The Kirner Ministry was the 63rd ministry of the Government of Victoria. It was led by the Premier of Victoria, JoanKirner, of the Labor Party. The ministry...
Wheatley, Chenille from the Institute de Beauté, Wee Mary MacGregor, JoanKirner, Michelle Grogan. The character of Lynne Postlethwaite was first performed...
of the 44-member Legislative Council. The Labor government of Premier JoanKirner, who had replaced John Cain on 10 August 1990, was defeated in a landslide...
Cain resigned from the office of premier in 1990 and was succeeded by JoanKirner, Victoria's first female premier. Between 2014 and 2023, Daniel Andrews...
then became an adviser to both Cain and Cain's successor as Premier, JoanKirner. Here he witnessed from the inside the collapse of the Labor government...
to 2015. 2019 - United Nations award for Rabbit Action Network 2021 - JoanKirner award - highly commended - Landcare 2021 - Victorian volunteer award...
leadership. Cain had resigned a year earlier in favour of Deputy Premier JoanKirner, who was unable to regain the upper hand despite being personally more...
womenaustralia.info. Retrieved 20 January 2016. Wallace, Rick (1 June 2015). "JoanKirner, first female premier of Victoria, dies aged 76". The Australian. Retrieved...
Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (b. 1959) 2015 – JoanKirner, Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1938)...
Labor policy objectives. This divide can be seen through the career of JoanKirner, who served as Premier of Victoria between 1990 and 1992 and was the...
after negotiations within party factions. She is the second woman, after JoanKirner, to lead the state. On 8 February 2024, Premier Allan delivered an apology...
Member of Victorian Legislative Assembly 1992–2008[citation needed] JoanKirner – first female Premier of Victoria (also attended University High School)...
the hospital. A specialist women's and children's hospital, called the JoanKirner Women's and Children's Hospital, opened on the Sunshine Hospital site...
Western Australia: Carmen Lawrence 1990–1993 (first state) Victoria: JoanKirner 1990–1992 Jacinta Allan 2023–present Northern Territory: Clare Martin...
Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 29 November 2023. "Joan Elizabeth Kirner (OAM, AC)". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved...
Victorian record 51 years until his retirement in 1955, and former Premiers JoanKirner and Steve Bracks. Steve Bracks held the seat from a by-election in 1994...
introduced proportional representation. He served as a Minister in the Kirner Government and as the leader of the opposition in the Legislative Council...
glass cliff. In 1990, two female Premiers were appointed in Australia: JoanKirner inherited a significant deficit in Victoria, while Carmen Lawrence headed...
With Victoria deeply in debt, Labor Premier John Cain resigned and JoanKirner was elevated to the post of Premier of Victoria. Melbourne businessman...
Allen, Mark Patterson, Mike Sheehan, Harry Gordon, Caroline Wilson, JoanKirner, Tom Reynolds. Western Australia: Geoff Christian. 2009 Mike Fitzpatrick...
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