Juliana Marie Addison (born 1 August 1974) is an Australian politician serving as the elected member for the

Electoral district of Wendouree The electoral district of Wendouree is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013, and came into effect at the 2014 state election. It largely ...

in the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presiding ...

. She is a member of the

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms the f ...

Early career

For 11 years prior to the 2018 election, Addison was a teacher at

Ballarat Clarendon College Ballarat Clarendon College is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school, located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Formerly affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Australia, it now operates in association with the Uniting Ch ...

, where she taught history. She was also a Board Director at Ballarat Health Services

Political career

Addison was elected as member for Wendouree at the 2018 Victorian state election after the retirement of her predecessor, Sharon Knight. , she is chair of the parliamentary environment and planning committee. Addison was re-elected at the 2022 state election for her second term, defeating Liberal candidate and former mayor of Ballarat Samantha McIntosh.

Personal life

Addison lives in Ballarat with her husband and two young daughters.

References

1974 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians Labor Left politicians Monash University alumni University of Melbourne alumni University of Melbourne women Politicians from Ballarat Victoria (state) politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians {{Australia-Labor-Victoria-MP-stub