Wendy Marjorie Edmond, née Wood (born 27 April 1946) is a former Australian politician. Born in Bundaberg, she was a nuclear medicine technologist before entering politics. She was also a member of Amnesty International and the Wildlife Preservation Society, and had served as president of the Rainsworth Branch of the Labor Party. She married university lecturer David Edmond on 30 December 1972. In 1989, she was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Mount Coot-tha. When Labor won government in 1998, she was appointed Minister for Health, and in 2001 was given additional responsibility for Women's Policy. Edmond retired from politics at the 2004 state election.[1]

Wendy Edmond
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mount Coot-tha
In office
2 December 1989  7 February 2004
Preceded byLyle Schuntner
Succeeded byAndrew Fraser
Personal details
Born
Wendy Marjorie Wood

(1946-04-27) 27 April 1946
Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Political partyLabor
SpouseDavid Edmond (m.1972)
Alma materUniversity of Queensland
Occupationnuclear medicine Technologist

References

  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.


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