Joan Kirner
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The Honourable Joan Kirner AC |
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| 42nd Premier of Victoria Elections: 1992 |
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In office 10 August 1990 – 6 October 1992 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor |
Davis McCaughey Richard McGarvie |
| Deputy | Jim Kennan |
| Preceded by | John Cain (junior) |
| Succeeded by | Jeff Kennett |
| 21st Deputy Premier of Victoria | |
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In office 7 February 1989 – 10 August 1990 |
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| Premier | John Cain (junior) |
| Preceded by | Robert Fordham |
| Succeeded by | Jim Kennan |
| Leader of the Opposition of Victoria | |
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In office 6 October 1992 – March 1993 |
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| Deputy | Jim Kennan |
| Preceded by | Jeff Kennett |
| Succeeded by | Jim Kennan |
| Member of the Victorian Parliament for Williamstown |
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In office 1 October 1988 – 27 May 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Gordon Stirling |
| Succeeded by | Steve Bracks |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West | |
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In office 3 April 1982 – 30 September 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Herbert "Bon" Thomas |
| Succeeded by | Licia Kokocinski |
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Joan Elizabeth Hood 20 June 1938 Essendon, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 1 June 2015 (aged 76) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ronald George Kirner |
| Children | Michael, Kate, and David |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Profession | Teacher |
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 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.
Born Joan Elizabeth Hood in Essendon, Melbourne, the only child of John Keith and Beryl Edith (née Cole) Hood, a fitter and turner and music teacher respectively, Kirner was educated at state and private schools. She graduated in arts from the University of Melbourne, and completed a teaching qualification. She taught in state schools and became active in school and parents' organisations. In 1960 she married Ron Kirner, with whom she had three children. She was President of the Victorian Federation of States School Parents' Clubs, an influential education lobby from 1971 to 1977 and its executive officer from 1978-82. She was appointed to several government advisory bodies on education.
Kirner joined the Australian Labor Party in 1978 and became a member of its Socialist Left faction. In 1982, she was elected as a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Victorian Parliament. In 1985, she was elected to the Cabinet of John Cain's Labor government and became Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands. She proposed the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, the first Australian legislation which gave legal protection of rare species. While Minister, and in association with Heather Mitchell from the Victorian Farmers' Federation, Kirner was instrumental in the formation of the first Landcare groups.
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