Jackie Trad
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The Honourable Jackie Trad MP |
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| Deputy Premier of Queensland | |
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Assumed office 14 February 2015 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | Jeff Seeney |
| Minister for Infrastructure and Planning of Queensland | |
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Assumed office 14 February 2015 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | Jeff Seeney |
| Minister for Transport of Queensland |
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Assumed office 9 February 2017 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | Stirling Hinchliffe |
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In office 14 February 2015 – 8 December 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Scott Emerson |
| Succeeded by | Stirling Hinchliffe |
| Minister for Trade and Investment of Queensland |
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In office 14 February 2015 – 10 February 2017 |
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| Premier | Annastacia Palaszczuk |
| Preceded by | Tim Nicholls |
| Succeeded by | Curtis Pitt |
| Member of the Queensland Parliament for South Brisbane | |
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Assumed office 28 April 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Anna Bligh |
| Personal details | |
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25 April 1972 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Damien van Brunschot |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Griffith University University of Sydney |
| Website | www |
Jacklyn Anne "Jackie" Trad (born 25 April 1972) is an Australian politician. She has been Deputy Premier of Queensland since 2015 and has represented the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of South Brisbane for the Australian Labor Party since the 2012 South Brisbane by-election.
Trad is the second daughter of Lebanese immigrants; Lebanese Arabic was her first language. The family returned to Lebanon in 1979 to live in Beirut for one year where she attended the International College. Back in Australia, she attended Lourdes Hill College. She began an arts degree at Griffith University and completed a Master of Public Policy at the University of Sydney. She currently lives in South Brisbane with her husband and two children.
Trad was elected to the legislature at the South Brisbane by-election held on 28 April 2012. The by-election was held after the resignation of the previous Labor Party incumbent and former Premier Anna Bligh.
Trad has also held several positions within the structure of the Australian Labor Party. She was formerly the Queensland ALP assistant state secretary, president of the Kurilpa Branch, a delegate to the ALP National and State Conferences, member of the National Executive Committee and also the secretary of Labor Women's Organisation Queensland. Trad is a member of the ALP's left faction.
She is on the record as being a supporter of same-sex marriage. She is also a supporter of adoption by same-sex partners.
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