What is Joan Kirner?
[[File:Joan Kirner, 1992 Swinburne.png|thumb|Joan Kirner (1992)]] '''Joan Elizabeth Kirner''' {{Small|[[Order of Australia|AC]]}} (née '''Hood'''; 20 June 1938 &ndash; 1 June 2015) was an [[Australians|Australian]] [[politician]], [[educator]] and [[activist]]. She was a [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] member of the [[Parliament of Victoria]] from 1982 to 1994. She was the 42nd [[Premier of Victoria]], serving from 10 August 1990 until 6 October 1992. She was also the 21st [[Deputy Premier of Victoria]] from 7 February 1989 until 10 August 1990, and [[Leader of the Opposition (Victoria)|Leader of the Opposition of Victoria]] from 6 October 1992 until March 1993. Kirner was born in [[Essendon, Victoria|Essendon]], [[Melbourne]]. She was married to Ronald George Kirner and had three children. Kirner died from [[oesophageal cancer]] on 1 June 2015 in Melbourne, aged 76.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Former Victorian premier Joan Kirner dies aged 76|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-01/former-victorian-premier-joan-kirner-dies/6513086|accessdate=1 June 2015|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=1 June 2015}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirner, Joan}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Australian activists]] [[Category:Australian educators]] [[Category:Australian Labor Party politicians]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Victoria (Australia)]] [[Category:Deaths from esophageal cancer]] [[Category:Politicians from Melbourne]] [[Category:Premiers of Victoria]] {{Bio-stub}} [[Category:Companions of the Order of Australia]]