7/3/07

Jo Duncan

Party: Australian Labor Party
 
House: Legislative Assembly
 
Electorate:  Macedon
 
Electorate Office Address: Shop 13 Aitken Street, Gisborne 3437
 
Postal Address: PO Box 39, Gisborne 3437
 
Electorate Phone: (03) 5428 2138
 
Electorate Office Fax: (03) 5428 2919
 
Email: joanne.duncan@parliament.vic.gov.au
 
Website: http://www.joanneduncan.org/index.htm
 

Length of Service to date: 2725 days

Personal: Born 1 May 1959, Melbourne, Victoria.
 
Birthplace: Australia
 
Education and Qualifications: St Columbas Essendon 1970-76. BEd 1988 (Melbourne College of Advanced Education).
 
Parliamentary Service: Elected MLA for Gisborne September 1999. Electorate abolished in 2002 redivision. Elected MLA for Macedon November 2002. Re-elected November 2006.
 
Party Positions: Treasurer, FEA 1997. Branch Secretary 1997-98.
 
Previous Occupation: Audio-visual technician 1977-87. Teacher/librarian 1989-92. Organiser, Vic. Independent Education Union 1992-93. Head of school library 1994-99.
 
Committee Service: Library Cttee 1999-2002. Environment and Natural Resources Cttee 1999-2006.
 
Memberships: Chair, Ministerial Advisory Council on Public Libraries; Co-Convenor Government Womens' Parliamentary Taskforce; Member, Amnesty International; Friends of Dromkeen; Parliamentary Lions Club; Greenpeace; Emily's List.
 
Interests: Environment, animal welfare, horse riding, reading and current affairs.