Annette Ellis

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Annette Louise Ellis (born 13 October 1946), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Namadgi, Australian Capital Territory 1996-98 and the Division of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory since 1998. In the 1996 federal election she contested Namadgi against the then member for Canberra, Brendan Smyth and narrowly defeated him in a closely fraught contest that saw Ms Ellis become one of the few Labor candidates to defeat a Liberal during the landslide election that brought the Howard-Costello government to power.

Ellis was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was a public servant, electorate adviser and ministerial adviser before entering politics. She was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly 1992-95.^[1]

In federal Parliament Ellis was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry between 2001 and 2004. She served as Shadow Minister for Ageing and Seniors and Shadow Minister for Disabilities since until the 2004 election, after which she retired from the shadow ministry.^[1]

She is a leading member of the ACT right wing Labor caucus, Center Coalition.

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Parliament of Australia
New division	Member for Namadgi 1996 – 1998	Division abolished
Preceded by Bob McMullan	Member for Canberra 1998 – present	Incumbent

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Persondata
NAME	Ellis, Annette Louise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	13 October 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
DATE OF DEATH	living
PLACE OF DEATH