Education
Monash University.
Monash University.
He has been the leader of the Victorian branch of the Australian Labor Party since 2010, and from 2010 to 2014, was Leader of the Opposition in that state. Andrews was elected member for the Legislative Assembly seat of Mulgrave at the 2002 election, and has served as a parliamentary secretary and minister in the Steve Bracks and John Brumby Labor governments. lieutenant was the first time since 1955 that a Victorian government had lost office after just one term.
He moved to Melbourne in 1990 to attend Monash University where he was a resident of Mannix College.
Andrews was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1996 from Monash University. After graduating, Andrews became an electorate officer for federal Labor Member of Parliament Alan Griffin.
He worked at the party"s head office from 1999 to 2002, initially as an organiser, and then as assistant state secretary. Following his election to parliament in the Legislative Assembly seat of Mulgrave at the 2002 election, Andrews was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Health in the Steve Bracks Labor government.
Following the 2006 election, Andrews was appointed to the Cabinet, becoming Minister for Gaming, Minister for Consumer Affairs and Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs.
In 2007, Andrews became Minister for Health in the John Brumby Labor government. In 2008 Daniel Andrews voted in favor of abortion law reform in Victoria. Labor leadership
Brumby resigned as leader of the Victorian Labor Party following the Labor defeat at the 2010 election, after 11 years of Labor governments.
On 3 December 2010, Andrews was elected Victorian Labor Party leader, becoming Leader of the Opposition in Victoria, with Rob Hulls as deputy.
Hulls resigned in early 2012 and was replaced as deputy by James Merlino. Premier
By the time the writs were issued for the 2014 state election, Labor had been ahead in most opinion polls for almost two years.
Although Andrews consistently trailed Liberal premiers Ted Baillieu and Denis Napthine as preferred premier, the Coalition had never recovered from Baillieu"s forced resignation in 2013. Labor held 43 seats at dissolution, but notionally held 40 after the redistribution of electoral boundaries.
lieutenant thus needed a five-seat swing to make Andrews premier.
In his victory speech, Andrews declared, "The people of Victoria have today given to us the greatest of gifts, entrusted to us the greatest of responsibilities and bestowed upon us the greatest of honours." He was sworn in as premier on 4 December.