Jennifer Kanis

Jennifer Kanis
Kanis in 2012
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Melbourne
In office
21 July 2012 – 29 November 2014
Preceded byBronwyn Pike
Succeeded byEllen Sandell
Personal details
Born (1970-04-16) 16 April 1970 (age 54)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor
SpouseDavydd Griffiths
ChildrenNone
ResidenceFlemington
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
La Trobe University
OccupationLawyer
ProfessionLawyer

Jennifer Kanis (born 16 April 1970) is a lawyer and a former politician.

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 to Melbourne City Council.[3]

She was the Labor Party member for Melbourne in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2012 and 2014.

  1. ^ Savage, Alison (18 July 2012). "Labor VIC, Greens ready to face-off in by-election". ABC News. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  2. ^ Jennifer Kanis – Workplace Relations Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Holding Redlich.
  3. ^ Alumni profile: Jennifer Kanis, La Trobe University.