Janice Maree Edwards (born 2 February 1962
) is an Australian politician. She has been the member for
Bendigo West in the
Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010.
Edwards has a
BA (Hons)
Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...
from
La Trobe University,
Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...
.
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 ce ...
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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Maree
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