Facts: - profession: teacher , architect , sportsman - order: minister commonwealth games for planning minister for sport , recreation and - successor: danny pearson matthew guy - constituency am: essendon - party: australian labor party - predecessor: judy maddigan rob hulls - term end: 29 november 2014 2 december 2010 december 2006 - university: institute of catholic education - term start: 27 november 2010 1 december 2006 october 1999 - assembly: victorian legislative - name: justin madden - birth date: 31 may 1961 - website: http://justinmadden.org.au/ - birth place: melbourne - alma mater: australian barch -rrb- catholic university -lrb- dipt -rrb- rmit university -lrb- Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of justin madden .
justin mark '' harry '' madden -lrb- born 31 may 1961 -rrb- is an australian politician and former australian rules footballer .he rose to prominence as a highly successful player with the carlton football club , after an early stint with essendon .he entered politics after retiring in 1997 from afl .he has held seven ministerial portfolios since the victorian labor party took government at the 1999 election .madden was minister for youth affairs and minister assisting the minister for planning from 1999 -- 2002 , minister for sport and recreation from october 1999 to december 2006 , minister for commonwealth games from february 2002 to december 2006 , minister for planning from 2006 - december 2010 and minister for the respect agenda from january 2010 to december of the same year .madden retired from politics in 2014 .