What is Lynne Kosky?
{{Infobox officeholder |honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]] |name = Lynne Kosky |honorific-suffix = |image = LynneKosky2009.jpg |alt = Lynne Kosky |caption = Lynne Kosky in 2009 in her role as Minister for Public Transport |order = |office = |term_start = 30 March 1996 |term_end = 18 January 2010 |predecessor = [[Carole Marple]] |successor = [[Jill Hennessy (politician)|Jill Hennessy]] |constituency_AM = [[Electoral district of Altona|Altona]] |assembly = Victorian Legislative |birth_date = {{birth date|1958|9|2|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Melbourne]], Victoria, Australia |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|4|1958|9|2|df=y}} |death_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = Lynne Janice Kosky |citizenship = |nationality = |party = [[Australian Labor Party]] |spouse = Jim Williamson |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = [[University of Melbourne]] |occupation = Social worker |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Lynne Janice Kosky''' (2 September 1958 &ndash; 4 December 2014) was a former [[Australia]]n politician and senior minister in the [[Parliament of Victoria]]. She represented the [[electoral district of Altona]] in the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Australian Labor Party]] from 1996 to 2010 Kosky died from [[breast cancer]] in [[Melbourne]], Victoria, Australia, aged 56.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/former-labor-minister-lynne-kosky-dies-after-long-battle-with-cancer/story-fnii5smq-1227144288334?nk=a8165d1c4471b0aacf22259ff71c9c9c|title=Former Labor min