Jennifer Rankine

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{For|the Australian poet and playwright|Jennifer Rankin}}

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| name = Jennifer Rankine

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| office = Minister for Education
and Child Development

| predecessor = Grace Portolesi

| successor = Susan Close

| term_start = 21 January 2013

| term_end = 3 February 2015

| constituency_AM1 = Wright

| assembly1 = South Australian House of

| term_start1 = 11 October 1997

| term_end1 = 17 March 2018

| predecessor1 = Scott Ashenden

| successor1 = Blair Boyer

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|9|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Mannum, South Australia, Australia{{cite book|title=Who's Who in Australia|date=2017|publisher=ConnectWeb}}

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| party = Australian Labor Party (SA)

| partner = Michael Atkinson

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Jennifer Mary Rankine (born 22 September 1953) is a former Australian politician. She represented the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Wright for the Australian Labor Party from the 1997 election until her retirement in 2018.

Prior to entering parliament, Rankine was an Australian Services Union workplace delegate for staffers of parliamentary offices.{{cite news|last=Mayne|first=Stephen|title=Tracking the unionists in parliament|url=http://www.crikey.com.au/2006/01/25/tracking-the-unionists-in-parliament/|access-date=28 April 2014|newspaper=Crikey|date=25 January 2006}}

The 2006 election saw Rankine increase her margin to 15.3 points. As of the 2014 election, Rankine holds Wright with a margin of 3.0 points. Rankine has served in a range of ministerial positions. She is from the Labor Left faction.[http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23283443-5006301,00.html AdelaideNow... Caucus approves Rann's controversial WorkCover cuts]

Rankine's long-term and current de facto partner is fellow state Labor MP Michael Atkinson.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-04/michael-atkinson-and-jennifer-rankine-to-retire-from-politics/8241300 Veteran SA MPs Michael Atkinson, Jennifer Rankine to retire from politics: ABC 4 February 2017]

Rankine announced in February 2017 that she would be retiring from parliament as of the 2018 election.[http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/state-labor-mps-michael-atkinson-jennifer-rankine-and-steph-key-quitting-politics-at-next-election/news-story/a2e1c19941c8e192924cfc63e2e115a5 State Labor MPs Michael Atkinson, Jennifer Rankine and Steph Key quitting politics at next election: The Advertiser 3 February 2017]