Australia's PM Candidates Have Links to Ireland
While it is well known that the current Labor leader, The Hon Kristina Keneally was born in Las Vegas on 19 December 1968 to an American father and an Australian mother, it’s not widely known that the Premier’s mother, Catherine Nary Powell, originated from Brisbane and is the daughter of William Powell and Patricia Anderson.Ms Keneally’s comes from a long line of Maroon heritage as her great-grandparents, Neil Anderson and Ellen Colwell, were Brisbane born and bred. Ellen Colwell was a 24-year-old bar maid when she wed Neil Anderson, a 25-year-old iron maker at St Mary’s Church, South Brisbane.
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There's a shocker! An Australian with Irish heritage! Who'd have thought a former British penal colony (aka Australia), that the British stuffed with political (aka Irish) prisoners, would have any people with Irish roots? Yes, that's Irish American sarcasm I'm using. ;')
Kristina Keneally is not a candidate for PM, she is a state politician not a federal one. Her party is led federally by Julia Gillard who is already PM, and probably will be for another 3 years. Kristina was NSW Premier up until last night, and is resigning as leader of the NSW Labor party in the wake of their defeat yesterday in the election.