Editing Annette Ellis (section)

{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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|name                = Annette Ellis
|honorific-suffix    = [[Australian House of Representatives|MP]]
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|constituency_MP2     = [[Division of Namadgi|Namadgi]]
|parliament2          = Australian
|predecessor2         = ''New seat''
|successor2           = ''Seat abolished''
|term_start2          = 2 March 1996
|term_end2            = 3 October 1998
|constituency_MP1    = [[Division of Canberra|Canberra]]
|parliament1         = Australian
|term_start1         = 3 October 1998
|term_end1           = 19 July 2010
|predecessor1        = [[Bob McMullan]]
|successor1          = [[Gai Brodtmann]]
|party               = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1946|10|13|df=yes}}
|birth_place         = [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia
|nationality         = Australian
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|alma_mater          =
|occupation          = [[Civil servant|Public servant]]
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|website             =
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'''Annette Louise Ellis''' (born 13 October 1946) is an Australian politician who was a [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] member of the [[Australian House of Representatives]] from the [[Australian Capital Territory]], from March 1996 to July 2010, representing the [[Division of Namadgi]] 1996–98 and the [[Division of Canberra]] 1998–2010.

In the [[1996 Australian federal election|1996 federal election]] she contested the newly created seat of Namadgi against the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] Member for Canberra, [[Brendan Smyth (politician)|Brendan Smyth]]. Notionally, the seat was very safe for Labor; as originally drawn it had a notional Labor majority of 10.9 percent.  However, due to the heavy swing nationwide against the [[Paul Keating|Keating]] government, Ellis was only assured of victory when she received a large flow of [[Australian Greens|Green]] preferences on the third count.<ref name="1996 Psephos ACT">{{cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1996/1996repsact.txt |title=1996 House of Representatives: Australian Capital Territory |website=Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive |access-date=2022-06-22 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203940/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1996/1996repsact.txt |url-status=live }}</ref>  Ellis become one of the few Labor candidates to defeat a Liberal during the landslide election that brought the [[John Howard|Howard]] government to power.  Namadgi was abolished after only one cycle, and most of its territory was merged back into Canberra. Ellis transferred to Canberra, and won it easily. She continued to hold it with little difficulty until her retirement prior to the [[2010 Australian federal election|2010 federal election]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/22/2798889.htm |title=Ellis follows McMullan into retirement: ABC News 22 January 2010 |access-date=22 January 2010 |archive-date=26 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126095905/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/22/2798889.htm? |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=aph>{{cite Au Parliament |mpid=5K6 |name=Ms Annette Ellis MP |access-date=2022-08-20}}</ref>

Ellis was born in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], and was a public servant, electorate adviser and ministerial adviser before entering politics.  She was a member of the [[Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory|Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly]] from 1992 to 1995.<ref name=aph/>

In Federal Parliament Ellis was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry between 2001 and 2004. She served as Shadow Minister for Ageing and Seniors and Shadow Minister for Disabilities until the [[2004 Australian federal election|2004 election]], after which she retired from the shadow ministry.<ref name=aph/>

She was re-elected in November 2007—with an increased majority—in the election that returned Labor to power federally under new [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Kevin Rudd]].

She is a leading member of the ACT right wing Labor caucus, [[Labor Right|Centre Coalition]].