{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |honorific_prefix = The Honourable |name = Caroline Hogg |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|AO}} |image = <!--If this is specified, "image" should not be.--> |alt = |caption = |office = Minister for Health (Victoria) |term_start = 9 February 1989 |term_end = 18 January 1991 |premier = John Cain<br />Joan Kirner |predecessor = David White |successor = Maureen Lyster |order2 = |office2 = Minister for Education (Victoria) |predecessor2 = Ian Cathie |successor2 = Joan Kirner |term_start2 = 14 December 1987 |term_end2 = 18 October 1988 |premier2 = John Cain |constituency_MP3 = Melbourne North Province |parliament3 = Victorian |term_start3 = 3 April 1982 |term_end3 = 24 August 1999 |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|4|18|df=y}} |birth_place = Somerset, England, United Kingdom |death_date = |death_place = |birth_name = Caroline Jennifer Kluht |citizenship = |party = Labor Party |spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Bob Hogg|1967|1996}} * {{marriage|William Mullane|2003}} }} |relations = |children = |alma_mater = University of Adelaide{{citation needed|date=December 2025}} |occupation = Teacher |profession = |cabinet = Cain Ministry<br />Kirner Ministry |committees = |portfolio = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Caroline Jennifer Hogg''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AO}} (born 18 April 1942) is an Australian former politician for the Labor Party. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1982 to 1996 and a minister in the governments of John Cain and Joan Kirner.
Born Caroline Jennifer Kluht in Somerset, England, she emigrated to Australia in 1950 with her mother. She trained to become a teacher and in 1967, married Bob Hogg, who later became national secretary of the ALP. They had a son and a daughter.<ref name="awr">{{cite web | url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1215b.htm | title=Hogg, Caroline Jennifer| publisher=Australian Women's Register | accessdate=2009-07-18}}</ref>
Hogg worked as a teacher at Fitzroy High School for fifteen years and became an executive member of the Victorian Secondary Teachers Association. 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 Melbourne North Province 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.<ref name="remember">{{Cite Parliament of Victoria Member Profile |name=Caroline Jennifer Hogg |id=caroline-jennifer-hogg|access-date=23 July 2025}}</ref>
Since leaving politics, she has been a board member of organisations such as Beyond Blue, the Infertility Authority and the Victorian Grants Commission.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}
== Honours and recognition == Hogg was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=The Hon. Caroline Hogg AO |url=https://www.vic.gov.au/hon-caroline-hogg-ao |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=State Government of Victoria |language=en-au}}</ref> She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2012 Australia Day Honours.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caroline Jennifer HOGG |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1145058 |access-date=2025-03-17 |website=Australian Honours Search Facility}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-par|au-vic-lc}} {{s-bef|before=John Walton}} {{s-ttl |title=Member for Melbourne North Province|years=1982–1999|alongside=Giovanni Sgro (1982–1992)<br />Don Nardella (1992–1999)}} {{s-aft|after=Candy Broad}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Pauline Toner|as=Minister for Community Welfare Services}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Community Services |years=1985–1987}} {{s-aft|after=Race Mathews}} {{s-bef|before=Ian Cathie}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Education |years=1987–1988}} {{s-aft|after=Joan Kirner}} {{s-bef|before=Ian Cathie}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister Assisting the Minister for Education with Responsibility for Post-Secondary Education |years=1988–1989}} {{s-aft|after=Evan Walker}} {{s-bef|before=Peter Spyker}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Ethnic Affairs |years=1988–1989}} {{s-aft|after=Andrew McCutcheon}} {{s-bef|before=David White}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Health |years=1989–1991}} {{s-aft|after=Maureen Lyster}} {{s-bef|before=Joan Kirner|as=Minister for Ethnic Affairs}} {{s-ttl|title=Minister for Ethnic, Municipal and Community Affairs|years=1991–1992}} {{s-aft|after=Jeff Kennett|as=Minister for Ethnic Affairs}} {{end}}
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