Ingrid Stitt

Ingrid Stitt (born 1965/1966) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2018, representing Western Metropolitan Region.^[1] She is a former union leader who won preselection over Jane Garrett in November 2017.^[2]

The Honourable Ingrid Stitt MLC
Minister for Workplace Safety
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 September 2020
Premier	Daniel Andrews
Preceded by	Jill Hennessy
Minister for Early Childhood
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 September 2020
Premier	Daniel Andrews
Preceded by	New ministry
Member of the Legislative Council for Western Metropolitan Region
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 November 2018
Personal details
Born	United Kingdom
Political party	Australian Labor Party

In September 2020, Stitt was appointed Minister for Workplace Safety and Minister for Early Childhood in the Second Andrews Ministry.^[3]

Stitt is a member of the Labor Left faction of the Labor Party.^[4]

Early life

Stitt was born in the United Kingdom to artists Peter and Daphne Stitt.^[5][6] In 1974, when Ingrid was 8,^[7] the Stitts moved to Australia when Peter took up a lecturing job at the Prahran College of the Arts in Melbourne.