Janice Maree Edwards (born 2 February 1962
) is an Australian politician. She has been the member for
Bendigo West
Bendigo West is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a
electorate centred on the city of Bendigo west of the Yungera railway line, and including surrounding rural towns to the west ...
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 presidin ...
since 2010.
Edwards has a
BA (Hons) from
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria a ...
,
Bendigo.
Edwards was first elected at the
2010 Victorian state election
The 2010 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 27 November 2010, was for the 57th Parliament of Victoria. The election was to elect all 88 members of the Legislative Assembly and all 40 members of the Legislative Council. The incumbent c ...
and has been re-elected ever since. Prior to her election she worked for the previous Member, Bob Cameron.
On 7 March 2017, Edwards was elected Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
and became the Speaker in August 2022, the fourth woman to hold the position. Ater the
November 2022 state election, Edwards was re-elected as Speaker in December 2022 unopposed.
Edwards has four children.
References
External links
Parliamentary voting record of Maree Edwards at Victorian Parliament Tracker
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1962 births
Living people
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
La Trobe University alumni
21st-century Australian politicians
21st-century Australian women politicians
Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly