Jennifer Kanis
Jennifer Kanis | |
|---|---|
 Kanis in 2012 | |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Melbourne | |
| In office 21 July 2012 – 29 November 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Bronwyn Pike |
| Succeeded by | Ellen Sandell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 April 1970 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Labor Party |
| Spouse | Davydd Griffiths |
| Residence | Flemington |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne La Trobe University |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Jennifer Kanis (born 16 April 1970) is an Australian politician. She was the Labor Party member for Melbourne in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2012 and 2014.
Kanis was born in Melbourne to migrant parents—a Greek father and Italian mother.[1] She studied an Arts degree at the University of Melbourne, and also gained postgraduate qualifications in education.[2] She worked as an English and literature teacher, and then enrolled to study industrial law at La Trobe University. After graduation, she took a job with Holding Redlich—the law firm founded by former Victorian Labor leader Clyde Holding—and became a senior associate of the firm. In 2008, she was elected as a member of the Melbourne City Council.[3]
In 2012, Kanis was preselected as the Labor candidate for the Melbourne by-election triggered by the resignation of Bronwyn Pike. Kanis retained the seat for Labor on a 51.5 per cent (–4.7) two-candidate vote against Greens candidate and fellow Melbourne City councillor Cathy Oke. At the 2014 election Greens candidate Ellen Sandell defeated Kanis with a 52.4 per cent two-candidate vote.
References
- ^ Savage, Alison (18 July 2012). "Labor VIC, Greens ready to face-off in by-election". ABC News. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Jennifer Kanis – Workplace Relations Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Holding Redlich.
- ^ Alumni profile: Jennifer Kanis, La Trobe University.
External links
- "Jennifer Kanis". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023.
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
- Victoria (Australia) local government politicians
- Melbourne Law School alumni
- La Trobe University alumni
- Politicians from Melbourne
- Australian schoolteachers
- Lawyers from Melbourne
- Australian people of Greek descent
- Australian politicians of Italian descent
- 21st-century Australian politicians
- Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Women local political office-holders in Australia
- Labor Left politicians