Joan Kirner

Joan Kirner
Kirner in 1991
42nd Premier of Victoria
Elections: 1992
In office
10 August 1990 – 6 October 1992
MonarchElizabeth II
GovernorDavis McCaughey
Richard McGarvie
DeputyJim Kennan
Preceded byJohn Cain Jr.
Succeeded byJeff Kennett
22nd Deputy Premier of Victoria
In office
7 February 1989 – 10 August 1990
PremierJohn Cain Jr.
Preceded byRobert Fordham
Succeeded byJim Kennan
Leader of the Opposition of Victoria
In office
6 October 1992 – 22 March 1993
PremierJeff Kennett
DeputyJim Kennan
Preceded byJeff Kennett
Succeeded byJim Kennan
Leader of the Labor Party in Victoria
In office
9 August 1990 – 22 March 1993
DeputyJim Kennan
Preceded byJohn Cain Jr.
Succeeded byJim Kennan
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Williamstown
In office
1 October 1988 – 27 May 1994
Preceded byGordon Stirling
Succeeded bySteve Bracks
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne West
In office
3 April 1982 – 30 September 1988
Preceded byBon Thomas
Succeeded byLicia Kokocinski
Personal details
Born
Joan Elizabeth Hood

(1938-06-20)20 June 1938
Essendon, Victoria, Australia
Died1 June 2015(2015-06-01) (aged 76)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor
SpouseRonald George Kirner (m. 1960)
ChildrenMichael, Kate and David
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
ProfessionTeacher
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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.