Jacinta Collins

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The Honourable Jacinta Collins
Collins in March 2019
Senator for Victoria
In office 8 May 2008 – 15 February 2019
Preceded by	Robert Ray
Succeeded by	Raff Ciccone
In office 3 May 1995 – 30 June 2005
Preceded by	Olive Zakharov
Minister for Mental Health and Ageing
In office 1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Mark Butler
Succeeded by	Kevin Andrews
Manager of Government Business in the Senate
In office 5 March 2012 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister	Kevin Rudd
Preceded by	Joe Ludwig
Succeeded by	Mitch Fifield
Personal details
Born	Jacinta Mary Ann Collins (1962-09-04) 4 September 1962 (age 61) Altona, Victoria, Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Alma mater	Monash University La Trobe University
Occupation	Research officer

Jacinta Mary Ann Collins (born 4 September 1962) is a former Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from 1995 to 2005 and again from 2008 to 2019. She represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was the party's deputy leader in the Senate from June to October 2013. Collins was a parliamentary secretary in the Gillard government and Minister for Mental Health and Ageing in the second Rudd government. She retired from politics prior to the 2019 federal election and accepted an appointment as national executive director of the National Catholic Education Commission on 18 February 2019.^[1]