# Rachel Nolan
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{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1974)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = ['''The Hon'''](/source/The_Honourable)
| name = Rachel Nolan
| image = Queensland Australia Transport Minister Rachel Nolan.jpg
| caption = Nolan in September 2010
| office = Minister for Finance and The Arts of Queensland
| premier = [Anna Bligh](/source/Anna_Bligh)
| term_start = 21 February 2011
| term_end = 26 March 2012
| predecessor = ''Office created'' (Finance) [Anna Bligh](/source/Anna_Bligh) (Arts)
| successor = [Tim Nicholls](/source/Tim_Nicholls) (Finance) [Ros Bates](/source/Ros_Bates) (Arts)
| office1 = Minister for Natural Resources of Queensland
| premier1 = [Anna Bligh](/source/Anna_Bligh)
| term_start1 = 22 June 2011
| term_end1 = 26 March 2012
| successor1 = [Andrew Cripps](/source/Andrew_Cripps)
| predecessor1 = [Kate Jones](/source/Kate_Jones_(politician))
| office2 = Minister for Transport of Queensland
| premier2 = [Anna Bligh](/source/Anna_Bligh)
| term_start2 = 26 March 2009
| term_end2 = 21 February 2011
| predecessor2 = [Paul Lucas](/source/Paul_Lucas_(politician))
| successor2 = [Annastacia Palaszczuk](/source/Annastacia_Palaszczuk)
| constituency_MP4 = [Ipswich](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ipswich)
| parliament4 = Queensland
| term_start4 = 17 February 2001
| term_end4 = 24 March 2012
| predecessor4 = [David Hamill](/source/David_Hamill)
| successor4 = [Ian Berry](/source/Ian_Berry_(politician))
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|3|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Ipswich](/source/Ipswich%2C_Queensland), [Queensland](/source/Queensland), [Australia](/source/Australia)
| death_date =
| death_place =
| resting_place =
| birth_name = Rachel Genevieve Nolan
| party = [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch))
| other_party =
| spouse =
| alma_mater = [University of Queensland](/source/University_of_Queensland)
| occupation = [Political advisor](/source/Political_advisor)
| relations =
}}
'''Rachel Genevieve Nolan''' (born 1974) is an Australian former politician. She was elected as the state member for [Ipswich](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ipswich) on 17 February 2001. At the time she was [Queensland](/source/Queensland)'s youngest ever female MP.[{{cite web |url=http://www.brisinst.org.au/people/nolan_rachel.html |title=Rachel Nolan |access-date=11 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007020702/http://www.brisinst.org.au/people/nolan_rachel.html |archive-date=7 October 2006 |work=[The Brisbane Institute](/source/The_Brisbane_Institute)}}] She held the seat until 26 March 2012.
Nolan was educated at the [Ipswich Girls' Grammar School](/source/Ipswich_Girls'_Grammar_School), in [Ipswich, Queensland](/source/Ipswich%2C_Queensland). Prior to entering Parliament she worked as a political adviser to the [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory)'s then Leader of the Opposition and the Queensland [Labor](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)) Government.
In October 2006 Nolan was recognised as the [University of Queensland](/source/University_of_Queensland)'s Young Alumnus of the Year.[{{cite news |url=http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=10713 |title=Dr Nick Earls, Rachel Nolan: UQ's Alumnus and Young Alumnus of the Year |work=UQ News Online |publisher=[The University of Queensland](/source/The_University_of_Queensland) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906194657/http://www.uq.edu.au/news/index.html?article=10713 |archive-date=6 September 2007 |date=24 October 2006 |access-date=21 April 2019 |first=Shirley |last=Glaister}}]
[Anna Bligh](/source/Anna_Bligh) appointed Nolan Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communities, Disability Services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Partnerships, Multicultural Affairs, Seniors and Youth ([Lindy Nelson-Carr](/source/Lindy_Nelson-Carr)) in her first [Ministry](/source/Bligh_Ministry). Following the March 2009 state election, she was promoted to Minister for Transport. Then, in the February 2011 reshuffle, she was given the new post of Minister of Finance and received Bligh's Arts portfolio as well. When [Kate Jones](/source/Kate_Jones_(politician)) resigned from Cabinet to concentrate on defending her seat of [Ashgrove](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ashgrove) against LNP leader [Campbell Newman](/source/Campbell_Newman), Nolan was assigned the additional brief of National Resources.
Nolan was defeated in the 2012 Queensland Government election by liberal candidate for Ipswich, Ian Berry.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-par|au-qld}}
{{s-bef|before=[David Hamill](/source/David_Hamill)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Member for [Ipswich](/source/Electoral_district_of_Ipswich)|years=2001–2012}}
{{s-aft|after=[Ian Berry](/source/Ian_Berry_(politician))}}
{{s-off}}
{{s-bef|before=[John Mickel](/source/John_Mickel_(politician))}}
{{s-ttl|title=Minister for Transport|years=2009–2011}}
{{s-aft|after=[Annastacia Palaszczuk](/source/Annastacia_Palaszczuk)}}
{{s-non|reason=New ministry}}
{{s-ttl|title=Minister for Finance|years=2011–2012}}
{{s-aft|after=[Tim Nicholls](/source/Tim_Nicholls)}}
{{s-bef|before=[Anna Bligh](/source/Anna_Bligh)}}
{{s-ttl|title=Minister for the Arts|years=2011–2012}}
{{s-aft|after=[Ros Bates](/source/Ros_Bates)}}
{{s-bef|before=[Kate Jones](/source/Kate_Jones_(politician))|as=Resource Management}}
{{s-ttl|title=Minister for Natural Resources|years=2011–2012}}
{{s-aft|after=[Andrew Cripps](/source/Andrew_Cripps)}}
{{s-end}}
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:Living people
Category:1974 births
Category:People from Ipswich, Queensland
Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:21st-century Australian women politicians
Category:Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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