Elected to the House of Representatives for Lalor, Victoria, 1998. Re-elected 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. Retired prior to general elections 2013. Deputy Prime Minister from 3.12.2007 to 24.6.2010. Minister for Education from 3.12.2007 to 28.6.2010. Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations from 3.12.2007 to 28.6.2010.

An empathetic and skilled negotiator who understood the necessity of compromise, Julia Gillard (b.1961) was Australia’s 27th Prime Minister and the first woman to hold the office.1 Facing the challenges of a divided party and leading the first federal minority government since the 1940s,2 she pursued an agenda of social reform.

Gillard was first elected to the House of Representatives at the 1998 election for the seat of Lalor. Following the 2001 election, she was appointed to the shadow cabinet. In December 2006, Gillard became the running mate of Kevin Rudd in a successful leadership challenge to Kim Beazley, becoming deputy leader of the opposition.

Elected to the House of Representatives for Lalor, Victoria, 1998. Re-elected 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. Retired prior to general elections 2013. Australian Labor Party. Served: 03.10.1998 to 05.08.2013. Deputy Prime Minister from 3.12.2007 to 24.6.2010. Minister for Education from 3.12.2007 to 28.6.2010.

Julia Eileen Gillard AC (born 29 September 1961) is an Australian politician who was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia. She became the first female Prime Minister of Australia. She was also Australia's first unmarried prime minister. [1] Gillard was the first prime minister not born in Australia since Billy Hughes, who served from 1915 to ...

Julia Gillard first contested the Federal seat of Lalor for the Australian Labor Party in 1998 and was elected that year. From 1998 to 2001 Ms Gillard served on the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Workplace Relations.

Dec 2, 2022 · Julia Eileen Gillard served as the 27th prime minister of Australia, and the Australian Labor Party leader from 2010 to 2013. She was the first woman to hold either position. Gillard was born on September 29, 1961, in Barry, Wales, and migrated with her family to Adelaide, South Australia, in 1966.

She retired from parliament in August 2013. Her career in parliamentary politics began when she was elected Member of the House of Representatives for Lalor (Victoria) in 1998 and re-elected in 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010. She became Deputy Leader of …

Oct 24, 2018 · Monday — when Ms Gillard entered Parliament House to attend the national apology to the child victims of institutional sex abuse — was the first time since losing power she'd returned to the ...

Jun 24, 2010 · Julia Eileen Gillard became the first Australian woman to be prime minister when she successfully challenged Kevin Rudd for Labor Party leadership in 2010. She was Australia's 27th prime minister. Gillard's entry into federal politics