Juliana Addison
{{short description|Australian politician (born 1974)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| name = Juliana Addison
| honorific-suffix = MP
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| constituency_AM = Wendouree
| assembly = Victorian Legislative
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| term_start = 24 November 2018
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| predecessor = Sharon Knight
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| birth_name = Juliana Dickinson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1974|8|1}}
| birth_place = Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
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| party = Labor Party
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| alma_mater = Monash University
University of Melbourne
| committees = Economy and Infrastructure Committee
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| website = {{URL|https://www.julianaaddison.com.au/}}
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Juliana Marie Addison{{cite web |title=Speech |url=https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/members-search/list-all-members/details/31/831 |website=Parliament of Victoria |access-date=4 February 2021}} (born 1 August 1974){{cite book |title=Who's Who in Australia |date=2019 |publisher=ConnectWeb|url=https://connectweb.com.au/pages/whos-who-in-australia.aspx}} is an Australian politician serving as the elected member for the Electoral district of Wendouree in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party.
Early career
For 11 years prior to the 2018 election, Addison was a teacher at Ballarat Clarendon College,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5060704/juliana-addison-wins-labors-wendouree-preselection-battle/|title=Juliana Addison wins Labor's Wendouree preselection battle {{!}} The Courier|date=2017-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116091712/https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/5060704/juliana-addison-wins-labors-wendouree-preselection-battle/|access-date=2020-04-01|archive-date=2017-11-16}} where she taught history.{{Cite web|url=http://hansard.parliament.vic.gov.au/?IW_INDEX=Hansard-2018-1&IW_FIELD_TEXT=SpeechIdKey%20CONTAINS%20(19-02-2019_assembly_1902191309)%20AND%20OrderId%20CONTAINS%20(0)&LDMS=Y|title=Parliament of Victoria - Search Hansard|website=hansard.parliament.vic.gov.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-04-01}} She was also a Board Director at Ballarat Health Services{{Cite web |title=About Juliana {{!}} Juliana Addison MP |url=https://www.julianaaddison.com.au/details/about-juliana/ |access-date=2022-08-17 |language=en-US}}
Political career
Addison was elected as member for Wendouree at the 2018 Victorian state election after the retirement of her predecessor, Sharon Knight.{{Cite web |title=Wendouree - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/vic-election-2018/guide/wend/ |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=ABC News |language=en}}
{{As of|2022|August}}, she is chair of the parliamentary environment and planning committee.{{Cite web|url=https://new.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/juliana-addison/|title=Juliana Addison|website=new.parliament.vic.gov.au|access-date=2023-06-29}}
Addison was re-elected at the 2022 state election for her second term,{{Cite web |title=Wendouree - VIC Electorate, Candidates, Results |url=https://abc.net.au/news/elections/vic/2022/guide/wend |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=abc.net.au |language=en-AU}} defeating Liberal candidate and former mayor of Ballarat Samantha McIntosh.{{Cite web |last=Ballarat |first=City Of |title=Cr Samantha McIntosh |url=https://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/cr-samantha-mcintosh |website=City of Ballarat}}
Personal life
Addison lives in Ballarat with her husband and two young daughters.{{Cite web |title=About - Juliana Addison |url=https://www.julianaaddison.com.au/details/about-juliana/ }}
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Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria
Category:Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Category:Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Category:21st-century Australian politicians
Category:Labor Left politicians
Category:Monash University alumni
Category:University of Melbourne alumni
Category:Politicians from Ballarat
Category:Victoria (state) politicians
Category:21st-century Australian women politicians
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