Janice Ruth Munt (born 3 November 1955) is an Australian politician who represented the Labor Party in the

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from 2002 to 2010.

Early life

Munt was born in

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and educated at Highett High School. Before entering politics she worked variously as a company director, shop assistant, hair dresser's assistant, waitress, cook, clerk, employee of the Federal Department of Education, and customer service agent and was a volunteer with homeless, school, kindergarten, environmental, health and women’s organisations.

Political career

A member of the Labor Party, Munt ran for the

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at the

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, earning a small swing in her favour. She contested the neighbouring

at the 2002 Victorian state election, defeating incumbent Liberal MP

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with a 7 percent swing in her favour. Re-elected in 2006, Munt was targeted by

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organisations during her election campaign in 2010, having voted for abortion reform in parliament during 2008 and was narrowly defeated in the

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. Munt was later a senior advisor to the Minister for Women and Prevention of Family Violence (2014-16), board chair of Central Bayside Community Health Services, and chair of the Better Health Network.

References

Additional resources

*. Accessed 12 April 2006.
Parliamentary Handbook entry
Accessed 12 April 2006.

External links

Official website
1955 births Living people Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly {{Australia-politician-stub