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'''Kerry Anne Chikarovski''' (née '''Bartels'''; 4 April 1956) is |
'''Kerry Anne Chikarovski''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}} (née '''Bartels'''; 4 April 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal Party]] in [[New South Wales]] and [[Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales)|Leader of the Opposition]] between 1998 and 2002, the first woman to hold the post. |
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==Early life and career== |
==Early life and career== |
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Chikarovski was born in Sydney to Jill and former Willoughby Mayor Greg Bartels AM.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Bartels, mayor, NSW Liberal Party secretary and father of Kerry Chikarovski dies at the age of 88. |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/greg-bartels-mayor-nsw-liberal-party-secretary-and-father-of-kerry-chikarovski-dies-at-the-age-of-88/news-story/da32574b800e23df7d8206c91c756934 |website=The Daily Telegraph |language=en |date=12 May 2015}}</ref> In 1964, her father took up a post working at the United Nations headquarters in New York, and she, along with her mother and three sisters, also moved, living there for the next five years. It was while living in New York that Chikarovski had a brief encounter with |
Chikarovski was born in Sydney to Jill and former Willoughby Mayor Greg Bartels AM.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greg Bartels, mayor, NSW Liberal Party secretary and father of Kerry Chikarovski dies at the age of 88. |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/greg-bartels-mayor-nsw-liberal-party-secretary-and-father-of-kerry-chikarovski-dies-at-the-age-of-88/news-story/da32574b800e23df7d8206c91c756934 |website=The Daily Telegraph |language=en |date=12 May 2015}}</ref> In 1964, her father took up a post working at the United Nations headquarters in New York, and she, along with her mother and three sisters, also moved, living there for the next five years. It was while living in New York that Chikarovski had a brief encounter with [[Robert F. Kennedy]], which would influence her decision to go into politics years later.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Priestley |first1=Angela |title=Women Who Seize the Moment |date=2014 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=9780992453268 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYcGBAAAQBAJ&q=kerry+chikarovski+robert+kennedy&pg=PT69 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Upon returning to Sydney, |
Upon returning to Sydney, Chikarovski finished her schooling at [[Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College]], in North Sydney. She completed a combined economics and law degree at the [[University of Sydney]].{{cn|date=December 2023}} While at university she joined the Economics Society, followed by the Law Society, where she was eventually elected as its first female president. She was also elected to the Board of the [[University of Sydney Union]].{{cn|date=December 2023}} |
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While at |
While at university, Chikarovski met her future husband, Kris Chikarovski, and they married in 1979. Following a brief career in private practice,<ref>{{cite web |title=How Kerry Chikarovski improvised her political career |url=https://womensagenda.com.au/leadership/advice/how-kerry-chikarovski-improvised-her-political-career/ |website=Women's Agenda |language=en-AU |date=12 June 2014}}</ref> she went on to lecture part-time at [[The College of Law (Australia)|the College of Law]] before entering parliament.<ref name=nsw/> |
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==Political career== |
==Political career== |
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Following the resignation of incumbent [[John Dowd (politician)|John Dowd]], Chikarovski won pre-selection for the safe Liberal seat of Lane Cove in 1991, her primary competition for which was then MLC John Hannaford. In 1992, she was appointed Minister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant Minister for Education (3 July 1992 – 26 May 1993). During her time as Minister, Kerry facilitated national agreement to the Introduction of a Uniform Credit Code. |
Following the resignation of incumbent [[John Dowd (politician)|John Dowd]], Chikarovski won pre-selection for the safe Liberal seat of Lane Cove in 1991, her primary competition for which was then MLC John Hannaford. In 1992, she was appointed Minister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant Minister for Education (3 July 1992 – 26 May 1993). During her time as Minister, Kerry facilitated national agreement to the Introduction of a Uniform Credit Code. |
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In 1993, she became Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment and Minister for The Status of Women (29 May 1993 – 4 April 1995). With her dual responsibilities of Industrial Relations and Women, |
In 1993, she became Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment and established the department responsible for the Minister for The Status of Women (29 May 1993 – 4 April 1995). With her dual responsibilities of Industrial Relations and Women, Chikarovski oversaw the development and introduction of flexible working conditions for the public sector and the implementation of mentoring programs to encourage women to seek careers at the highest level of the NSW public service.{{cn|date=December 2023}} |
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Chikarovski replaced [[Bruce Baird]] as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in December 1994 and held that post until the Liberal Party was defeated in 1995.<ref name=nsw>{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mrs Kerry Anne Chikarovski (1956- ) |former=Yes |access-date=1 May 2019 |id=2089}}</ref> |
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===Leader of the Opposition=== |
===Leader of the Opposition=== |
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On 8 December 1998 she replaced [[Peter Collins (New South Wales politician)|Peter Collins]] as leader,<ref name=nsw/> and also held the position of Shadow Minister for the Arts, Ethnic Affairs and Women. In 1999 she lost the state election to Labor Premier [[Bob Carr]] in a landslide. In 2002, [[John Brogden (politician)|John Brogden]], a member of her shadow cabinet, announced a challenge to her leadership. Despite the endorsement of Prime Minister [[John Howard]] – himself a Sydney-sider –<ref>{{cite news|title=Chikarovski vows fight to the death|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/25/1017004767713.html|publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=26 March 2002| |
On 8 December 1998, she replaced [[Peter Collins (New South Wales politician)|Peter Collins]] as leader,<ref name=nsw/> and also held the position of Shadow Minister for the Arts, Ethnic Affairs and Women. In 1999 she lost the state election to Labor Premier [[Bob Carr]] in a landslide. In 2002, [[John Brogden (politician)|John Brogden]], a member of her shadow cabinet, announced a challenge to her leadership. Despite the endorsement of Prime Minister [[John Howard]] – himself a Sydney-sider –<ref>{{cite news|title=Chikarovski vows fight to the death|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/03/25/1017004767713.html|publisher=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=26 March 2002|access-date=19 February 2010}}</ref> Chikarovski lost the leadership to Brogden by one vote. |
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At the March [[2003 New South Wales state election|2003 election]] |
At the March [[2003 New South Wales state election|2003 election]], Chikarovski retired from parliament.<ref name=nsw/> |
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==Post political career== |
==Post political career== |
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She is a passionate advocate for women in sport and is previous Trustee of the [[Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dumas |first1=Daisy |title=Labour pains, too, for gossip mags |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/labour-pains-too-for-gossip-mags-20130723-2qhh4.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |date=23 July 2013}}</ref> |
She is a passionate advocate for women in sport and is previous Trustee of the [[Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dumas |first1=Daisy |title=Labour pains, too, for gossip mags |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/labour-pains-too-for-gossip-mags-20130723-2qhh4.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |date=23 July 2013}}</ref> |
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Chikarovski was appointed a [[Order of Australia|Member of the Order of Australia]] for "significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to the community" in the [[2021 Queen's Birthday Honours (Australia)|2021 Queen's Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ms Kerry Anne Chikarovski|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2009349|access-date=2021-06-13|website=It's An Honour}}</ref> |
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===Directorships=== |
===Directorships=== |
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Chikarovski also serves as a director on a number of sporting, government and not for profit boards: |
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*Adopt Change |
*Adopt Change |
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*Our Watch<ref>{{cite web |title= |
*Our Watch<ref>{{cite web |title='White feminists' blame colonisation for indigenous domestic violence |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/white-feminists-blame-colonisation-for-indigenous-domestic-violence/news-story/ad1d8f3c44b069b347f5e9ad054885d4 |website=The Australian}}</ref> |
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*[[New South Wales Rugby Union]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/top-stories/kerry-chikarovskis-new-board-appointment/201307232578|title=Kerry |
*[[New South Wales Rugby Union]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/top-stories/kerry-chikarovskis-new-board-appointment/201307232578|title=Kerry Chikarovski's new board appointment|publisher=Women's Agenda|access-date=7 November 2013|date=23 July 2013}}</ref> |
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*Humpty Dumpty Foundation<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Linda |title=At home with Kerry Chikarovski |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/at-home-with-kerry-chikarovski-20130518-2jt54.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |date=18 May 2013}}</ref> |
*Humpty Dumpty Foundation<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morris |first1=Linda |title=At home with Kerry Chikarovski |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/at-home-with-kerry-chikarovski-20130518-2jt54.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |date=18 May 2013}}</ref> |
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She is the Chair of Road Safety Education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Appointment of new Chair to the Board of Road Safety Education Limited |url=http://www.rse.org.au/appointment-of-new-chair-to-the-board-of-road-safety-education-limited/ |website=RSE |date=18 April 2014}}</ref> Chikarovski is an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation and advisor to the Taronga Group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex-Mirvac exec Jonathan Hannam and Aura founder Avi Naidu launch property tech fund |url=https://www.afr.com/real-estate/commercial/hotels-and-leisure/exmirvac-exec-jonathan-hannam-and-aura-founder-avi-naidu-launch-property-tech-fund-20160323-gnps54 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en |date=30 March 2016}}</ref> |
She is the Chair of Road Safety Education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Appointment of new Chair to the Board of Road Safety Education Limited |url=http://www.rse.org.au/appointment-of-new-chair-to-the-board-of-road-safety-education-limited/ |website=RSE |date=18 April 2014}}</ref> Chikarovski is an Ambassador of the [[Australian Indigenous Education Foundation]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Ambassadors - About | website=Australian Indigenous Education Foundation | url=http://www.aief.com.au/about/our-people/ambassadors/ | access-date=4 November 2020}}</ref> and advisor to the Taronga Group.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex-Mirvac exec Jonathan Hannam and Aura founder Avi Naidu launch property tech fund |url=https://www.afr.com/real-estate/commercial/hotels-and-leisure/exmirvac-exec-jonathan-hannam-and-aura-founder-avi-naidu-launch-property-tech-fund-20160323-gnps54 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en |date=30 March 2016}}</ref> |
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Kerry Chikarovski | |
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Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales Elections: 1999 | |
In office 8 December 1998 – 28 March 2002 | |
Premier | Bob Carr |
Preceded by | Peter Collins |
Succeeded by | John Brogden |
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Lane Cove | |
In office 25 May 1991 – 20 March 2003 | |
Preceded by | John Dowd |
Succeeded by | Anthony Roberts |
Personal details | |
Born | Kerry Anne Bartels 4 April 1956 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Political party | Liberal Party |
Kerry Anne Chikarovski AM (née Bartels; 4 April 1956) is an Australian former politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party in New South Wales and Leader of the Opposition between 1998 and 2002, the first woman to hold the post.
Early life and career
[edit]Chikarovski was born in Sydney to Jill and former Willoughby Mayor Greg Bartels AM.[1] In 1964, her father took up a post working at the United Nations headquarters in New York, and she, along with her mother and three sisters, also moved, living there for the next five years. It was while living in New York that Chikarovski had a brief encounter with Robert F. Kennedy, which would influence her decision to go into politics years later.[2]
Upon returning to Sydney, Chikarovski finished her schooling at Monte Sant' Angelo Mercy College, in North Sydney. She completed a combined economics and law degree at the University of Sydney.[citation needed] While at university she joined the Economics Society, followed by the Law Society, where she was eventually elected as its first female president. She was also elected to the Board of the University of Sydney Union.[citation needed]
While at university, Chikarovski met her future husband, Kris Chikarovski, and they married in 1979. Following a brief career in private practice,[3] she went on to lecture part-time at the College of Law before entering parliament.[4]
Political career
[edit]Following the resignation of incumbent John Dowd, Chikarovski won pre-selection for the safe Liberal seat of Lane Cove in 1991, her primary competition for which was then MLC John Hannaford. In 1992, she was appointed Minister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant Minister for Education (3 July 1992 – 26 May 1993). During her time as Minister, Kerry facilitated national agreement to the Introduction of a Uniform Credit Code.
In 1993, she became Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment and established the department responsible for the Minister for The Status of Women (29 May 1993 – 4 April 1995). With her dual responsibilities of Industrial Relations and Women, Chikarovski oversaw the development and introduction of flexible working conditions for the public sector and the implementation of mentoring programs to encourage women to seek careers at the highest level of the NSW public service.[citation needed]
Chikarovski replaced Bruce Baird as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in December 1994 and held that post until the Liberal Party was defeated in 1995.[4]
Leader of the Opposition
[edit]On 8 December 1998, she replaced Peter Collins as leader,[4] and also held the position of Shadow Minister for the Arts, Ethnic Affairs and Women. In 1999 she lost the state election to Labor Premier Bob Carr in a landslide. In 2002, John Brogden, a member of her shadow cabinet, announced a challenge to her leadership. Despite the endorsement of Prime Minister John Howard – himself a Sydney-sider –[5] Chikarovski lost the leadership to Brogden by one vote.
At the March 2003 election, Chikarovski retired from parliament.[4]
Post political career
[edit]Following her resignation from Parliament in 2003, in 2004 she launched her co-authored autobiography, Chika.[6]
She is a passionate advocate for women in sport and is previous Trustee of the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust.[7]
Chikarovski was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the Parliament of New South Wales, and to the community" in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.[8]
Directorships
[edit]Chikarovski also serves as a director on a number of sporting, government and not for profit boards:
- Adopt Change
- Our Watch[9]
- New South Wales Rugby Union[10]
- Humpty Dumpty Foundation[11]
She is the Chair of Road Safety Education.[12] Chikarovski is an Ambassador of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation[13] and advisor to the Taronga Group.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Greg Bartels, mayor, NSW Liberal Party secretary and father of Kerry Chikarovski dies at the age of 88". The Daily Telegraph. 12 May 2015.
- ^ Priestley, Angela (2014). Women Who Seize the Moment. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780992453268.
- ^ "How Kerry Chikarovski improvised her political career". Women's Agenda. 12 June 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Mrs Kerry Anne Chikarovski (1956- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Chikarovski vows fight to the death". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 March 2002. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
- ^ "Chik lit is no bodice-ripper". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 September 2004.
- ^ Dumas, Daisy (23 July 2013). "Labour pains, too, for gossip mags". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Ms Kerry Anne Chikarovski". It's An Honour. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "'White feminists' blame colonisation for indigenous domestic violence". The Australian.
- ^ "Kerry Chikarovski's new board appointment". Women's Agenda. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
- ^ Morris, Linda (18 May 2013). "At home with Kerry Chikarovski". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Appointment of new Chair to the Board of Road Safety Education Limited". RSE. 18 April 2014.
- ^ "Ambassadors - About". Australian Indigenous Education Foundation. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Ex-Mirvac exec Jonathan Hannam and Aura founder Avi Naidu launch property tech fund". Australian Financial Review. 30 March 2016.
- 1956 births
- Living people
- Leaders of the Opposition in New South Wales
- Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales
- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Members of the Order of Australia
- 21st-century Australian politicians
- 21st-century Australian women politicians
- Women members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- People educated at Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College
- Women's ministers of Australia