Judi Moylan

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Judith Eleanor "Judi" Moylan (born 24 February 1944, Perth, Western Australia), an Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Pearce, Western Australia.

Moylan was born in the Perth suburb of Guildford and educated at Perth Technical College. She was an education officer and lecturer, a real estate agent and company director before entering politics. She was President of the Midland and Districts Chamber of Commerce 1990-91.[1]

Moylan was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1994-96 and was Minister for Family Services and Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women from 1996 to 1998. In June 2005 she joined a backbench revolt led by Liberal colleague Petro Georgiou in an attempt to end the system of mandatory detention in Australia of asylum seekers. [2]

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  1. ^ Biography for Moylan, the Hon. Judith (Judi) Eleanor. ParlInfo Web. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved on 2000-02-14.
  2. ^ "A great outcome for asylum seekers: Judi Moylan", ABC Radio: PM, 17 June , 2005. Retrieved on 2008-02-17. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Rosemary Crowley		 Minister for Family Services
1996 – 1997		 Succeeded by
Warwick Smith
Preceded by
Jocelyn Newman		 Minister assisting the Prime
Minister for the Status of Women
1997 – 1998		 Succeeded by
Jocelyn Newman
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Fred Chaney		 Member for Pearce
1993 – present		 Incumbent
v • d • e
Current Members of the Australian House of Representatives from Western Australia
Labor
Liberal


Persondata
NAME Moylan, Judi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moylan, Judith Eleanor (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 24 February 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Guildford, Western Australia
DATE OF DEATH Living
PLACE OF DEATH