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photo The Hon. Judith Caroline SPENCE MP
Member for Sunnybank
QLD Legislative Assembly
The information on this page was provided by the parliamentarian or obtained through parliamentary handbooks or web sites. It was correct as at May 2009
     
Party   Australian Labor Party
     
State   N/A
     
Term Expires   March 2012
     
Parliamentary Service   First elected to Parliament for Mount Gravatt, 2 December 1989. Re-elected 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 7 February 2004, 9 September 2006. Elected for Sunnybank (new seat), 21 March 2009.
     
Ministerial and Shadow Ministerial Appointments   Minister for Police, Corrective Services and Sport, February 2004 - 26 March 2009. Minister for Families and Minister for Disability Services from February 2001 - February 2004; Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy, June 1998 - February 2004; Minister for Women's Policy and Minister for Fair Trading from June 1998 - February 2001; Shadow Minister for Women, Aboriginal and Islander Affairs and Consumer Affairs December 1996 - June 1998; Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and Women February 1996 - December 1996. Member of the following Ministerial Legislative Committees: Education; Justice, Attorney-General and Industrial Relations (September 1995 - February 1996); Education; Sport, Tourism and Racing; Family Services and Islander Affairs (September 1992 - July 1995); Police; Education; Family Services, Aboriginal and Ethnic Affairs (December 1989 - September 1992)
     
Parliamentary Party Positions   Adviser to the Leader on Federal/State Relations February 1996 to December 1996.
     
Parliamentary Positions   Leader of the House from 7 April 2009.
     
Committee Service   Member, Standing Orders Committee from 23 April 2009. Member, Estimates Committee A and G 1997; Member, Estimates Committees A & C 1996; Member, Members' Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee 15 September 1995 - 2 April 1996; Chairperson, Public Works Committee, 10 November 1992 - 20 June 1995; Member, Estimates Committee C 1994 and 1995; Member, Public Works Committee, 6 March 1990 - August 1992.
     
Party Positions   Former Branch President; State Council Delegate; State Conference Delegate 1995.
     
Other Positions   Member, Amnesty International.
     
Former Occupations   Secondary school teacher
     
Qualifications   B.A., Diploma of Teaching.
     
Electoral Address   20 Creek Road
Mt Gravatt Qld 4122
     
Telephone   +61 (0) 7 3349 9159
     
Fax   +61 (0) 7 3849 5316
     
Email   Mount.Gravatt@parliament.qld.gov.au
     
Date of Birth   19/5/57
     
Place of Birth   Brisbane, Queensland
     
Married/Children   Married; 2 children
     
Interests   Tennis, swimming, politics, community affairs
     

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