Luke Donnellan

Luke Anthony Donnellan (born 26 March 1966) is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002, representing Narre Warren North. He has been Minister for Roads and Road Safety and Minister for Ports in the Andrews Ministry since December 2014. He is associated with the Labor Unity faction.^[1]

Donnellan was born in Melbourne, and attended Xavier College 1977–84. He received a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne in 1987 and became a commercial real estate agent. After periods as a planning finance consultant and a client services manager, he became an advisor to various Labor MPs, and was a member of the Administrative Committee from 1999.^[2]

In 2002, Donnellan was preselected as the Labor candidate for Narre Warren North, a new seat with a notional Liberal majority. He defeated the Liberal candidate and has held the seat since. In 2006, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Treasury and Finance, and was promoted in August 2007 to Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier.^[2]

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