Electrate office: 237 Maroondah Highway
HEALESVILLE VIC 3777
Phone 1300 131 186
Fran Bailey has been the Member for the Victorian seat of McEwen since March 1996, and previously from 1990-1993.
Fran was Minister for Small Business and Tourism from 2004 until 2007.
She has previously served as Minister for Employment Services and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Defence.
Born in Brisbane, Ms Bailey grew up in Queensland and attended All Hallows College. She graduated as a secondary college teacher, specialising in English, History and French, from Queensland University. She later returned to study sociology at La Trobe University in Melbourne where she focussed on the psychology of group dynamics.
Prior to entering parliament, Ms Bailey operated several small businesses, including a retail outlet and a commercial and stud cashmere business which exported both meat and fibre.
