Caroline Jennifer Hogg (born 18 April 1942) is a former Australian politician for the Labor Party. She was a member of the

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from 1982 to 1996 and a minister in the governments of John Cain and

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. Born Caroline Jennifer Kluht in

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, England, she emigrated to Australia in 1950 with her mother. She trained to become a teacher and in 1967, married

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, who later became national secretary of the ALP. They had a son and a daughter. Caroline Hogg worked as a teacher at

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for fifteen years and became an executive member of the

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. She was elected to Collingwood City Council in 1970 and was mayor from 1978 to 1979. In 1982 she was elected to a seat in

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of the Legislative Council and three years later she was appointed Minister of Community Services. She later served as Minister for Education, Minister for Health and Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs. Since leaving politics, she has been a board member of organisations such as

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, the Infertility Authority and the Victorian Grants Commission. Her marriage to Bob Hogg ended in 1996 and she has since remarried.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hogg, Caroline 1942 births Living people Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Officers of the Order of Australia Politicians from Melbourne Victoria (Australia) local councillors English emigrants to Australia Australian schoolteachers People from Somerset University of Adelaide alumni Women members of the Victorian Legislative Council Women mayors of places in Victoria (Australia) Women local councillors in Australia Mayors of places in Victoria (Australia)