Leeanne Enoch

Leeanne Enoch
Minister for Treaty, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Minister for Communities and Minister for the Arts of Queensland
In office
12 November 2020 – 18 May 2023
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byCoralee O'Rourke (Communities)
Mick de Brenni (Housing)
Succeeded byHerself (as Minister for Communities)
Meaghan Scanlon (as Minister for Housing)
Minister for The Arts of Queensland
In office
12 December 2017 – 28 October 2024
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles
Preceded byAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef of Queensland
In office
12 December 2017 – 12 November 2020
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded bySteven Miles
Succeeded byMeaghan Scanlon
Minister for Innovation, Science and the Digital Economy of Queensland
In office
16 February 2015 – 12 December 2017
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byIan Walker
Succeeded byKate Jones (Innovation)
Mick de Brenni (Digital Technology)
Minister for Small Business
of Queensland
In office
8 December 2015 – 12 December 2017
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byKate Jones
Succeeded byShannon Fentiman
Minister for Housing and Public Works
of Queensland
In office
16 February 2015 – 8 December 2015
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byTim Mander
Succeeded byMick de Brenni
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Algester
Assumed office
31 January 2015
Preceded byAnthony Shorten
Personal details
Political partyLabor
Children2
Alma materGriffith University
University of East London
OccupationTeacher
Signature
Websitewww.leeanneenoch.com

Leeanne Margaret Enoch is an Australian politician currently serving as the Labor member for Algester in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Prior to the 2024 Queensland election she served as a Minister in the Palaszczuk and Miles governments, most recently as Minister for Treaty, Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships, Minister for Communities and Minister for the Arts.

Enoch is an Aboriginal Australian of the Quandamooka peoples of North Stradbroke Island, and was the first Indigenous Australian woman elected to the Queensland Parliament.[1][2]

  1. ^ Higgins, Isabella (29 November 2017). "New Torres Strait Islander MP Cynthia Lui aims to inspire next generation of Indigenous politicians". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Labor's Leeanne Enoch to become one of two Indigenous MPs". ABC News. 31 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.