Juliana Addison Explained

Juliana Addison
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Am:Wendouree
Assembly:Victorian Legislative
Term Start:24 November 2018
Predecessor:Sharon Knight
Birth Name:Juliana Dickinson
Birth Date:1974 8, df=y
Birth Place:Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Party:Labor Party
Alma Mater:Monash University
University of Melbourne
Committees:Economy and Infrastructure Committee

Juliana Marie Addison[1] (born 1 August 1974)[2] is an Australian politician serving as the elected member for the Electoral district of Wendouree in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Early career

For 11 years prior to the 2018 election, Addison was a teacher at Ballarat Clarendon College,[3] where she taught humanities.[4] She was also a Board Director at Ballarat Health Services[5]

Political career

Addison was elected as member for Wendouree at the 2018 Victorian state election after the retirement of her predecessor, Sharon Knight.[6]

, she is chair of the parliamentary environment and planning committee.[7]

Addison was re-elected at the 2022 state election for her second term,[8] defeating Liberal candidate and former mayor of Ballarat Samantha McIntosh.[9]

Personal life

Addison lives in Ballarat with her husband and two young daughters.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speech . Parliament of Victoria . 4 February 2021.
  2. Book: Who's Who in Australia . 2019 . ConnectWeb.
  3. Web site: Juliana Addison wins Labor's Wendouree preselection battle The Courier. 2017-11-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20171116091712/https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5060704/juliana-addison-wins-labors-wendouree-preselection-battle/. 2020-04-01. 2017-11-16.
  4. Web site: Parliament of Victoria - Search Hansard. hansard.parliament.vic.gov.au. en-AU. 2020-04-01.
  5. Web site: About Juliana Juliana Addison MP . 2022-08-17 . en-US.
  6. Web site: Wendouree - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) . 2022-12-05 . ABC News . en.
  7. Web site: Juliana Addison. new.parliament.vic.gov.au. 2023-06-29.
  8. Web site: Wendouree - VIC Electorate, Candidates, Results . 2022-12-05 . abc.net.au . en-AU.
  9. Web site: Ballarat . City Of . Cr Samantha McIntosh . City of Ballarat.
  10. Web site: About - Juliana Addison .