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The Honourable
Prue Car
MP
Official portrait, 2020
20th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 March 2023
PremierChris Minns
Preceded byPaul Toole
Minister for Education and Early Learning
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 March 2023
PremierChris Minns
Preceded bySarah Mitchell
Minister for Western Sydney
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 April 2023
PremierChris Minns
Preceded byDavid Elliott
Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education
In office
3 August 2023 – 28 September 2023
PremierChris Minns
Preceded byTim Crakanthorp
Succeeded bySteve Whan
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in New South Wales
In office
8 June 2021 – 28 March 2023
LeaderChris Minns
Preceded byYasmin Catley
Succeeded byNatalie Ward
Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in New South Wales
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 June 2021
LeaderChris Minns
Preceded byYasmin Catley
Member of the
New South Wales Parliament
for Londonderry
Incumbent
Assumed office
28 March 2015
Preceded byBart Bassett
Personal details
BornPrudence Ann Guillaume
(1982-10-21) 21 October 1982 (age 43)
Sydney, New South Wales[1]
SpouseBrad Hulls[2] (m. 2023)

Prudence Ann Car (née Guillaume; born 21 October 1982)[3][4] is an Australian politician who has served as the deputy premier of New South Wales, Minister for Education and Early Learning and Minister for Western Sydney since 2023. She has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Londonderry since 2015.

Car previously served as the deputy leader of the NSW Opposition, Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Learning.[5][6]

Career

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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.[7][5] She stood unsuccessfully for the state seat of Mulgoa in 2011.[8][9]

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.[5] 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.[10] She retained the Education portfolio and was also appointed as Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Learning in the Shadow Ministry of Chris Minns.[5]

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.[11] She gained the portfolio of Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education from Tim Crakanthorp on 8 August 2023[12] but lost it to Steve Whan on 28 September 2023.[13]

Personal life

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Car was born and raised in Western Sydney in New South Wales.[1] She has Indian and French heritage with a grandfather who was French and her father from Durgapur, West Bengal, India.[14] She attended Caroline Chisholm College.[15]

Car is married with one son.[16] In 2022, she took leave from parliament to undergo treatment for kidney cancer.[17]

In June 2025, Car was diagnosed with breast cancer and took a period of leave as minister. She will continue as deputy premier.[18] On 1 February 2026, Car announced that she had beaten breast cancer for the second time and will return to state parliament as education minister.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ms (Prue) Prudence Ann CAR, MP". Penrith Australia. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ "ANZAC Day traditions flow through generations". 24 April 2022. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  3. ^ Car, Prue (25 July 2022). "NSW Labor's Prue Car diagnosed with cancer". The Canberra Times. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023. The 39-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."
  4. ^ Car, Prue (21 October 2024). "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 14 January 2026. We interrupt your timeline for a special announcement - a big happy birthday to the world's best boss, Prue!
  5. ^ a b c d "Ms (Prue) Prudence Ann CAR, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  6. ^ Dodds, Troy (10 March 2016). "Prue Car promoted to Labor's front bench". The Western Weekender. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  7. ^ "NSW Election 2015 – Londonderry". ABC News. March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  8. ^ "State Electoral District of Mulgoa - Summary of First Preference Votes Polled for Each Candidate". pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  9. ^ "State Electoral District of Mulgoa - Election Night Two Candidate Preferred". pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Londonderry MP Prue Car elected Deputy Leader of NSW Labor". Western Weekender. 8 June 2021. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  11. ^ Cormack, Lucy (4 April 2023). "Female firsts in new Labor cabinet, where half the ministers will be women". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  12. ^ Rose, Tamsin; McLeod, Catie (2 August 2023). "NSW Labor minister Tim Crakanthorp forced to resign over alleged conflict of interest concerns". The Guardian Australia. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  13. ^ Sams, Claire (1 October 2023). "Steve Whan sworn in to new portfolio in ministry shake–up". About Regional. Archived from the original on 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Prue Guillaume "" a labour candidate from Mulgoa | The Indian Down Under". Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  15. ^ Rolfe, John (16 August 2024). "Sydney Power 100: Where the city's most powerful people went to school". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  16. ^ Harris, Christopher (7 October 2022). "NSW Labor deputy leader Prue Car reveals her cancer battle". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  17. ^ Raper, Ashleigh (25 July 2022). "NSW Deputy Labor Leader Prue Car takes leave after being diagnosed with kidney cancer". ABC News. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  18. ^ Hirst, David (10 June 2025). "NSW Deputy Premier Prue Car diagnosed with breast cancer". ABC News. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  19. ^ Glover, April (1 February 2026). "Deputy NSW Premier Prue Car to return to state parliament following breast cancer battle". Nine News. Archived from the original on 1 February 2026. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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