Harriet Shing

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Harriet Shing

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| honorific-suffix = MLC

| image = MLC Harriet Shing (cropped).jpg

| birthname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| office = Minister for Development Victoria and Precincts

| termstart = 19 December 2024

| predecessor = Colin Brooks

| premier = Jacinta Allan

| office1 = Minister for Housing and Building

| termstart1 = 19 December 2024

| predecessor1 = Herself (as Minister for Housing)

| premier1 = Jacinta Allan

| office2 = Minister for Housing

| termstart2 = 2 October 2023

| termend2 = 19 December 2024

| predecessor2 = Colin Brooks

| successor2 = Herself (as Minister for Housing and Building)

| premier2 = Jacinta Allan

| office3 = Minister for Equality

| premier3 = Daniel Andrews
Jacinta Allan

| term_start3 = 27 June 2022

| term_end3 = 19 December 2024

| predecessor3 = Martin Foley

| successor3 = Vicki Ward

| office4 = Minister for Water

| premier4 = Daniel Andrews
Jacinta Allan

| term_start4 = 27 June 2022

| term_end4 = 19 December 2024

| predecessor4 = Lisa Neville

| successor4 = Gayle Tierney

| office5 = Minister for Commonwealth Games Legacy

| term_start5 = 5 December 2022

| term_end5 = 27 July 2023

| premier5 = Daniel Andrews

| predecessor5 = Shaun Leane

| successor5 = Position abolished

| office6 = Minister for Regional Development

| premier6 = Daniel Andrews

| term_start6 = 27 June 2022

| term_end6 = 2 October 2023{{Cite Gazette VIC|title=Ministers of the Crown|date=27 June 2022|file=GG2022S319|page=2|url=http://www.gazette.vic.gov.au/gazette/Gazettes2022/GG2022S319.pdf|access-date=27 September 2023}}

| predecessor6 = Mary-Anne Thomas

| successor6 = Gayle Tierney

| office7 = Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Victoria Region

| term_start7 = 29 November 2014

| party = Labor Party

| website = {{URL|https://www.harrietshing.com.au/}}

}}

Harriet Claire Su Mei Wong King Shing{{Cite Gazette VIC|title=Ministers of the Crown|date=27 June 2022|file=GG2022S319|page=2|url=http://www.gazette.vic.gov.au/gazette/Gazettes2022/GG2022S319.pdf|access-date=27 September 2023}} (born 17 October 1976{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}) is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Council, having represented the Eastern Victoria Region since 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/vic-election-2014/results/legislative-council/evic/|title=Eastern Victoria Region|last=Green|first=Antony|author-link=Antony Green|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}

Shing is the first openly lesbian member of the Parliament of Victoria.{{cite web | url=http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/local-news/the-lgbti-stories-that-shaped-2014/130974 | title=The LGBTI stories that shaped 2014 | date=11 December 2014 | publisher=Sydney Star Observer | accessdate=25 January 2015}} She is also a member of the Labor Left faction of the Labor Party.{{Cite web |title= |url=https://mcusercontent.com/b8a9164fb231dc63930099167/files/106fabcd-6f5a-6380-6219-3a7ac2e87b91/Legislative_Committee.pdf}}

In June 2022, Shing was appointed Minister for Equality, Regional Development and Water.{{cite web|url=https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/statement-new-ministry|title=Statement On New Ministry|publisher=Premier of Victoria|date=25 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627065514/https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/statement-new-ministry|archive-date=27 June 2022|url-status=live}} This made her Victoria's first cabinet minister with a Chinese background, and along with Steve Dimopoulos, became one of Victoria's first openly gay frontbenchers.{{cite web |last1=Ilanbey |first1=Sumeyya |title='Not that long ago it was an offence for us to be who we are': State gets first openly gay ministers |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-s-first-openly-gay-ministers-sworn-in-20220627-p5awtb.html |website=The Age |date=27 June 2022 |publisher=Fairfax Media |access-date=30 June 2022}}