The Hon. Virginia JUDGE, BEd MP

Member of the Legislative Assembly
Member for Strathfield
Minister for Fair Trading, Minister for Citizenship, and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts
Member of the Australian Labor Party

Contact Details

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Strathfield Electorate Office
Address	Ms Virginia Judge, MP Shop 1 54 Burwood Road BURWOOD NSW 2134
Phone	(02) 9747 1711
Fax	(02) 9747 6054
Email	strathfield@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Ministerial Office
Address	Ms Virginia Judge, MP Level 36 Governor Macquarie Tower 1 Farrer Place SYDNEY 2000
Phone	(02) 9228 5900
Fax	(02) 9228 5899
Email	office@judge.minister.nsw.gov.au

Parliamentary Activity

Current Positions

Position	Start	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	22 Mar 2003
Member for Strathfield	22 Mar 2003
Minister for Citizenship	8 Sep 2008
Minister for Fair Trading	8 Sep 2008
Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts	8 Sep 2008

Prior Positions

Position	Start	End	Period	Notes
Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Minister for Education & Training, Industrial Relations, and the Min. Assisting the Min. for Finance	8 May 2007	5 Sep 2008	1yr 3mths 29days
Vice-Chairman, Legislation Review Committee	26 Oct 2004	2 Mar 2007	2yrs 4mths 5days
Member, Committee on Children and Young People	8 May 2003	2 Mar 2007	3yrs 9mths 23days
Member, Joint Select Committee on Tobacco Smoking in New South Wales	25 May 2006	30 Jun 2006	1mth 6days	Re-appointed to the Committee on 25 May 2006 following committee being re-established after prorogation.
Member, Joint Select Committee on Tobacco Smoking in New South Wales	8 Mar 2006	19 May 2006	2mths 12days	Membership of Committee (and the Committee itself) dissolved with the prorogation of the Parliament on 19 May 2006.
Member, Legislation Review Committee	8 May 2003	26 Oct 2004	1yr 5mths 19days	Elected Vice-Chairman of the Committee (see entry further down).
Member, Joint Select Committee on the Transportation and Storage of Nuclear Waste	8 May 2003	17 Feb 2004	9mths 10days

Parliamentary Record

Ms Judge's speeches in Hansard

About the Strathfield Electorate

Metropolitan, residential suburban. Located Sydney, inner west.

Principal suburbs: Ashfield, Belfield, Burwood, Burwood Heights, Croydon, Croydon Park, Enfield, Flemington, Homebush, Homebush West, Strathfield, Strathfield South, Summer Hill.

Area: 19 sq km.
Population: 75,209. Enrolment: 46,680.

For more detailed information see - http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/strathfield

Biography

Political Party Activity - Member of Australian Labor Party (Strathfield Branch.)

Community Activity - Community Activity – Member of NSW Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; Member of the Asia-Pacific Friendship Group; Co-convenor of the NSW Parliament Friends of the European Union; Member of the NSW Parliament Friends of Egypt Committee; Member of the NSW Parliament Friends of Italy Friendship Group; Member of the NSW Parliament Friends of Ireland Friendship Group; Member of the NSW Parliament - Red Cross; Member Parliamentary Lions Club; Affiliate member of the Burwood Lions Club; Patron of Down Syndrome Buddy Walk NSW.

Local Government Activity - Local Government Activity – Councillor, Strathfield Municipal Council 1995 – 2004, Mayor, Strathfield Municipal Council from July 2000 – April 2003.

Personal - Virginia Judge was born in Cooma, in country NSW, and was educated in Canberra and overseas. She holds a Bachelor of Education degree and a number of musical qualifications. She has worked as a teacher in both primary and secondary schools in the ACT and NSW, and has worked as a project officer for a small non-government organisation and volunteered as an overseas teacher for Australian Volunteers Abroad (AVA). Ms Judge was elected to Strathfield Municipal Council in 1995, and became Mayor in 2000, serving four terms. In 2003 she was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the seat of Strathfield, and in 2007 was made Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Minister for Education & Training, Industrial Relations, and the Minister Assisting the Minister for Finance. Ms Judge was appointed as Minister for Fair Trading, Minister for Citizenship, and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts in September 2008. Her personal interests include writing poetry, reading, playing piano and guitar and supporting the creative industries, including music, dance, theatre, film, live performance, art and design. Primary School: Attended St Josephs, Lynham, Canberra, ACT, and The British School in Delhi. Secondary School: Attended Catholic Girls High School, Braddon, Canberra, ACT.

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