About Dan

“I’m an ordinary suburban husband and father who has been given extraordinary opportunities.” — Daniel Andrews, 3 December, 2010

Daniel spent most of his childhood in regional Victoria, where his father worked as a small business owner.

He moved to Melbourne to study at Monash University, Clayton, working part-time driving trucks in the family business and working in a bottle shop.

Daniel now lives in Mulgrave with his wife Catherine, children Noah, Grace and Joseph and their two cats.

Since he was elected to Parliament in 2002, Daniel has devoted his time to working to improve the services that are important to all Victorians in his electorate of Mulgrave and throughout Victoria.

Daniel has held many different positions since becoming a member of the Victorian Parliament. His first role was as the Parliamentary Secretary for Health, December 2002 – December 2006. He was then appointed the Minister for Gaming, Minister for Consumer Affairs and Minister Assisting the Premier on Multicultural Affairs December 2006 – August 2007. In August 2007 until November 2010, he was the Minister for Health.

Before his election to Parliament, Daniel was Assistant State Secretary and Deputy Campaign Director of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Labor Party.

He was honoured to be elected Leader of the Victorian Labor Party after the 2010 state election.

He currently serves as the Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Multicultural Affairs.