Education
Daws Road High School
Flinders University
Daws Road High School
Flinders University
Ellis was elected to the House of Representatives for the Division of Adelaide, South Australia at the 2004 federal election. She defeated Liberal Party incumbent Trish Worth. At the 2007 federal election, Ellis retained her seat with a 48.6% primary vote, and a 58.4% two-party preferred vote. She remained as Minister for Sport. Ellis was re-elected to the seat of Adelaide at the 2010 federal election. Ellis became the Minister for Employment Participation and Early Childhood and Childcare and the Minister for the Status of Women in the Gillard Government on 14 September 2010. Following a Ministerial reshuffle by Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the 1 March 2012, Kate remained the Minister for Employment Participation and Early Childhood and Childcare.
Ellis' public image has been the subject of media attention since her entry into public life. In October 2008, she was voted Parliament's "sexiest" MP in a poll of federal MPs conducted by The Courier-Mail newspaper. In 2009 she declined an offer of $30,000 from Zoo Weekly magazine for her to pose nude. In April 2010, she modelled a Karen Millen dress and Gucci high-heels for Grazia magazine. She agreed to do the shoot to raise awareness of poor body image and in order to encourage fashion magazines to promote healthy attitudes toward weight and eating