Kelly Vincent
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Kelly Leah Vincent is an Australia
n playwright
, actress and politician
elected to the eleventh and last seat for an 8-year term in the South Australian Legislative Council
at the 2010 state election for the Dignity for Disability party.
Vincent has cerebral palsy
and attends parliament in a wheelchair. Parliament House
underwent installation of a specifically designed desk inside the chamber, as well as wheelchair accessible toilets and ramps.
work experience
with the company in 2004, and has worked with the company on and off. She is fluent in the French and Spanish language
s, and began language studies at university after year 12 before returning to playwrighting.
Aged 21 at the time of election, Vincent is the youngest member of the Parliament of South Australia
and the youngest woman elected to any Australian parliament. She states she would "probably side with The Greens
on certain issues".
Vincent is a member of the parliamentary Social Development Committee.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
, actress and politician
Politician
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elected to the eleventh and last seat for an 8-year term in the South Australian Legislative Council
South Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the House of Assembly...
at the 2010 state election for the Dignity for Disability party.
Vincent has cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive, non-contagious motor conditions that cause physical disability in human development, chiefly in the various areas of body movement....
and attends parliament in a wheelchair. Parliament House
Parliament House, Adelaide
Parliament House, on the corner of North Terrace and King William Road in Adelaide city centre, is the seat of the Parliament of South Australia. It was built to replace the adjacent and overcrowded Parliament House, now referred to as "Old Parliament House"...
underwent installation of a specifically designed desk inside the chamber, as well as wheelchair accessible toilets and ramps.
Career
Vincent is a playwright and actress. She wrote and appeared in several "No Strings Attached" productions, a company dedicated to people with disabilities. She undertook high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
work experience
Work experience
Work experience is the experience that a person has been working, or worked in a specific field or occupation.- Volunteer work and internships :...
with the company in 2004, and has worked with the company on and off. She is fluent in the French and Spanish language
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
s, and began language studies at university after year 12 before returning to playwrighting.
Parliament
The party's upper house vote doubled from 0.6 percent to 1.2 percent at the 2010 state election, and after receiving preferences, Vincent was elected to the eleventh and last upper house seat. Vincent was listed second on the party's upper house ticket, but received the preferences of first candidate Paul Collier who died of a brain haemorrhage eleven days before the election.Aged 21 at the time of election, Vincent is the youngest member of the Parliament of South Australia
Parliament of South Australia
The Parliament of South Australia is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of South Australia. It consists of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly. It follows a Westminster system of parliamentary government....
and the youngest woman elected to any Australian parliament. She states she would "probably side with The Greens
Greens South Australia
Greens South Australia is a Green Party located in South Australia, a member of the federation of the Australian Greens party.The party has four members currently elected to parliament, Mark Parnell and Tammy Franks in the South Australian Legislative Council and Sarah Hanson-Young and Penny Wright...
on certain issues".
Vincent is a member of the parliamentary Social Development Committee.