Wendy Edmond, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Wendy Edmond

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1946

Place of Birth: Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Wendy Edmond

  • 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.

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