Prue Car

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Prue Car

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|MP}}

| image = Prue car.jpg

| caption =

| office = 20th Deputy Premier of New South Wales

| term_start = 28 March 2023

| term_end =

| premier = Chris Minns

| preceded = Paul Toole

| office1 = Minister for Education and Early Learning

| term_start1 = 28 March 2023

| term_end1 =

| premier1 = Chris Minns

| preceded1 = Sarah Mitchell

| office2 = Minister for Western Sydney

| term_start2 = 5 April 2023

| term_end2 =

| premier2 = Chris Minns

| preceded2 = David Elliott

| office3 = Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education

| term_start3 = 3 August 2023

| term_end3 = 28 September 2023

| premier3 = Chris Minns

| preceded3 = Tim Crakanthorp

| successor3 = Steve Whan

| office5 = Deputy Leader of the Opposition in New South Wales

| term_start5 = 8 June 2021

| term_end5 = 28 March 2023

| leader5 = Chris Minns

| predecessor5 = Yasmin Catley

| successor5 = Natalie Ward

| office6 = Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in New South Wales

| term_start6 = 8 June 2021

| term_end6 =

| leader6 = Chris Minns

| predecessor6 = Yasmin Catley

| successor6 =

| constituency_AM7 = Londonderry

| assembly7 = New South Wales Legislative

| term_start7 = 28 March 2015

| term_end7 =

| predecessor7 = Bart Bassett

| successor7 =

| birth_name = Prudence Ann Guillaume

| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|39|2022|7|25}}

| birth_place = Western Sydney

| party =

| spouse = Brad Hulls{{Cite web |url=https://westernweekender.com.au/2022/04/anzac-day-traditions-flow-through-generations/ |title=ANZAC Day traditions flow through generations |access-date=26 March 2023 |archive-date=4 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704215550/https://westernweekender.com.au/2022/04/anzac-day-traditions-flow-through-generations/ |url-status=live }} (m. 2023)

| children = One son

| residence =

| education =

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Prudence Ann Car {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MP}} (née Guillaume; born {{birth based on age as of date|39|2022|7|25|noage=1}}){{cite web |last1=Car |first1=Prue |title=NSW Labor's Prue Car diagnosed with cancer |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7832498/nsw-labors-prue-car-diagnosed-with-cancer/ |website=The Canberra Times |access-date=13 December 2023 |date=25 July 2022 |quote=The 39-year-old-year-old deputy to Chris Minns broke the news to her western Sydney constituents on her Facebook page saying: "Friends, I have some hard news to share."}} is an Australian politician serving as the 20th and current deputy premier of New South Wales since March 2023. She also concurrently serves as the Minister for Education and Early Learning as well as the Minister for Western Sydney in the NSW state government. She has served as the Labor member for Londonderry in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2015. She previously served as the deputy leader of the NSW Opposition, Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Learning.{{cite news |last1=Dodds |first1=Troy |title=Prue Car promoted to Labor's front bench |url=https://westernweekender.com.au/2016/03/prue-car-promoted-to-labors-front-bench/ |access-date=25 March 2019 |agency=The Western Weekender |date=10 March 2016 |archive-date=25 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325120945/https://westernweekender.com.au/2016/03/prue-car-promoted-to-labors-front-bench/ |url-status=live }}

Career

Car was a Penrith City Councillor and national communications manager at MS Australia when she was elected. She had previously been an advisor to Premier Bob Carr from 2003 to 2005 and campaign co-ordinator of the Labor Party from 2005 to 2007.{{cite news|title=NSW Election 2015 – Londonderry|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/nsw-election-2015/guide/lond/|publisher=ABC News|date=March 2015|access-date=31 March 2015|archive-date=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403201411/http://www.abc.net.au/news/nsw-election-2015/guide/lond/|url-status=live}}{{cite NSW Parliament |name=Ms (Prue) Prudence Ann CAR, MP |id=105 |accessdate=25 March 2019}} She stood unsuccessfully for the state seat of Mulgoa in 2011.{{Cite web |url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/SGE2011/la/la_district_summary-Mulgoa.htm |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au |title=State Electoral District of Mulgoa - Summary of First Preference Votes Polled for Each Candidate }}{{Cite web |url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/SGE2011/la/la_election_night_tcp-Mulgoa.htm |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au |title=State Electoral District of Mulgoa - Election Night Two Candidate Preferred}}{{Cite web |url=https://pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au/SGE2011/la/la_district_summary-Mulgoa.htm |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au |title=State Electoral District of Mulgoa - Summary of First Preference Votes Polled for Each Candidate}}

Car was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as member for Londonderry at the 2015 New South Wales state election. Less than a year later, in 2016, Car was appointed as Shadow Minister for Skills and Shadow Assistant Minister for Education in the Shadow Ministry of Luke Foley. In 2018, she was appointed Shadow Minister for TAFE and Skills and Shadow Minister for Western Sydney in the Shadow Ministry of Michael Daley.

Car was re-elected as member for Londonderry at the 2019 election and was appointed to replace Jihad Dib as Shadow Minister for Education in the Shadow Ministry of Jodi McKay.

On 8 June 2021, Car was elected as deputy leader of the party and deputy leader of the opposition.{{cite web|url=https://westernweekender.com.au/2021/06/londonderry-mp-prue-car-elected-deputy-leader-of-nsw-labor/|title=Londonderry MP Prue Car elected Deputy Leader of NSW Labor|publisher=Western Weekender|date=8 June 2021|access-date=8 June 2021|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608012822/https://westernweekender.com.au/2021/06/londonderry-mp-prue-car-elected-deputy-leader-of-nsw-labor/|url-status=live}} She retained the Education portfolio and was also appointed as Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Learning in the Shadow Ministry of Chris Minns.

Ten days after Labor's victory at the 2023 New South Wales state election, Car was appointed to the Minns ministry as the Minister for Western Sydney. Also, as the deputy leader of the NSW Labor Party and Shadow Minister for Education, she automatically became both the deputy premier of New South Wales and the Minister for Education and Early Learning immediately following the election.{{cite web |last1=Cormack |first1=Lucy |title=Female firsts in new Labor cabinet, where half the ministers will be women |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/female-firsts-in-new-labor-cabinet-where-half-the-ministers-will-be-women-20230403-p5cxrk.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=December 12, 2023 |date=April 4, 2023}} She gained the portfolio of Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education from Tim Crakanthorp on 8 August 2023{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Tamsin |last2=McLeod |first2=Catie |title=NSW Labor minister Tim Crakanthorp forced to resign over alleged conflict of interest concerns |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/02/nsw-minister-tim-crakanthorp-forced-to-resign-over-alleged-conflict-of-interest-concerns |website=The Guardian Australia |access-date=12 December 2023 |date=2 August 2023}} but lost it to Steve Whan on 28 September 2023.{{cite web |last1=Sams |first1=Claire |title=Steve Whan sworn in to new portfolio in ministry shake–up |url=https://aboutregional.com.au/steve-whan-sworn-in-to-new-portfolio-in-ministry-shake-up/435139/ |website=About Regional |access-date=12 December 2023 |date=1 October 2023}}

Personal life

Car was born and raised in Western Sydney In New South Wales {{Cite web |title=Ms (Prue) Prudence Ann CAR, MP {{!}} Penrith Australia |url=https://www.penrithaustralia.com.au/13596/ms-prue-prudence-ann-car-mp/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=www.penrithaustralia.com.au |language=en-au |archive-date=17 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317135542/https://www.penrithaustralia.com.au/13596/ms-prue-prudence-ann-car-mp/ |url-status=live }} She has Indian and French heritage with a grandfather who was French and her father from Durgapur, West Bengal, India.{{Cite web |title=Prue Guillaume "" a labour candidate from Mulgoa {{!}} The Indian Down Under |url=https://indiandownunder.com.au/2011/03/prue-guillaume-%e2%80%93-a-labour-candidate-from-mulgoa/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |language=en-US |archive-date=25 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725042037/https://indiandownunder.com.au/2011/03/prue-guillaume-%E2%80%93-a-labour-candidate-from-mulgoa/ |url-status=live }} She attended Caroline Chisholm College.{{Cite news |last=Rolfe |first=John |date=2024-08-16 |title=Sydney Power 100: Where the city's most powerful people went to school |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/sydney-power-100-where-the-citys-most-powerful-people-went-to-school/news-story/26070c3338d0a8cdfa6b34e32a027e80 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-08-16 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}

Car is married with one son.{{Cite web |title='Lucky to be alive': Labor deputy's cancer scare |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=DTWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailytelegraph.com.au%2Fnews%2Fnsw%2Fnsw-labor-deputy-leader-prue-car-reveals-her-cancer-battle%2Fnews-story%2Ffac9e239cbcc179c88d37a28f6fda24a&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-groupa-control-noscore&V21spcbehaviour=append |access-date=26 March 2023 |website=dailytelegraph.com.au}} In 2022, she took leave from parliament to undergo treatment for kidney cancer.{{Cite news |date=2022-07-25 |title='Quite a shock': NSW Deputy Opposition Leader diagnosed with kidney cancer |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-25/nsw-mp-prue-car-takes-leave-after-tumour-found/101266162 |access-date=2022-07-25 |archive-date=2 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202144320/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-25/nsw-mp-prue-car-takes-leave-after-tumour-found/101266162 |url-status=live }}