Ingrid Stitt

Ingrid Stitt (born 1965/1966) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2018, representing Western Metropolitan Region.[1] She is a former union leader who won preselection over Jane Garrett in November 2017.[2]


Ingrid Stitt

Minister for Workplace Safety
Assumed office
29 September 2020
PremierDaniel Andrews
Preceded byJill Hennessy
Minister for Early Childhood
Assumed office
29 September 2020
PremierDaniel Andrews
Preceded byNew ministry
Member of the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region
Assumed office
24 November 2018
Personal details
BornUnited Kingdom
Political partyAustralian Labor Party

In September 2020, Stitt was appointed Minister for Workplace Safety and Minister for Early Childhood in the Second Andrews Ministry.[3]

Early life

Stitt was born in the United Kingdom and is the daughter of artists Peter and Daphne Stitt.[4][5] In 1974, when Ingrid was 8,[6] the Stitts moved to Australia when Peter took up a lecturing job at the Prahran College of the Arts in Melbourne.

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