Janice Munt
Janice Ruth Munt (born 3 November 1955) is an Australian politician who represented the Labor Party in the Electoral district of Mordialloc from 2002 to 2010.
Early life
[edit]Munt was born in Melbourne, Victoria and educated at Highett High School. Before entering politics she worked variously as a company director, shop assistant, hair dresser's assistant, waitress, cook, clerk, employee of the Federal Department of Education, and customer service agent and was a volunteer with homeless, school, kindergarten, environmental, health and women’s organisations.[1]
Political career
[edit]A member of the Labor Party, Munt ran for the Electoral district of Sandringham at the 1999 Victorian state election, earning a small swing in her favour.
She contested the neighbouring Electoral district of Mordialloc at the 2002 Victorian state election, defeating incumbent Liberal MP Geoff Leigh with a 7 percent swing in her favour.
Re-elected in 2006, Munt was targeted by anti-abortion organisations during her election campaign in 2010, having voted for abortion reform in parliament during 2008[2] and was narrowly defeated in the 2010 Victorian state election.
Munt was later a senior advisor to the Minister for Women and Prevention of Family Violence (2014-16), board chair of Central Bayside Community Health Services, and chair of the Better Health Network.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ms Janice Munt".
- ^ Lyle Allan (2010). "Margaret Tighe. The most powerful woman in Victoria," in Tasmanian Times, 30 November. http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/margaret-tighe.-the-most-powerful-woman-in-victoria/
- ^ "Ms Janice Munt".
Additional resources
[edit]- Australian Women Biographical Entry. Accessed 12 April 2006.
- Parliamentary Handbook entry. Accessed 12 April 2006.
External links
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