Jude Perera (born 27 May 1953) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of 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 ...
from 2002 to 2018, representing the seat of
Cranbourne for the
Labor Party. Perera was born in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, and received a
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
from the
University of Jaffna
The University of Jaffna ( ta, யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகம், translit=Yāḻppāṇap Palkalaikkaḻakam; si, යාපනය විශ්වවිද්යාලය, ''Yāpanaya Viśvavidyālaya''; ...
. He became a market researcher and held information technology positions in Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia.
Perera was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 2002 and served on the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee from 2003 to 2006 and as chair of the Family and Community Development Committee from 2007 to 2010. He also served as the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs from 2011 to 2014.
References
External links
* http://www.judeperera.com.au
Parliamentary voting record of Jude Perera at Victorian Parliament Tracker
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1953 births
Living people
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Sri Lankan emigrants to Australia
Sri Lankan politicians
Alumni of the University of Jaffna
21st-century Australian politicians
Australian politicians of Asian descent