Judith Graley
Australian politician
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Judith Ann Graley (born 26 January 1957) is an Australian politician.
Judith Graley | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Narre Warren South | |
| In office 25 November 2006 – 24 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Dale Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Gary Maas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 January 1957 |
| Party | Labor Party |
Graley was born in Sunshine, Victoria, and graduated from Sunshine West High School in 1974. She attended La Trobe University from 1975 to 1978, receiving a BA (Hons), and went on to receive a Diploma of Education from the University of Melbourne in 1979. In 1980 she returned to La Trobe University as a tutor in the Department of Politics, and the following year became a secondary teacher at Footscray.[1]
Judith Graley served as a local government councillor for the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council from 1997 to 2003 and was its mayor from 2000 to 2001.[2]
She was a tutor at the University of Melbourne from 1995 to 2000, and in 2002 became electorate officer to Labor MP Alistair Harkness; she worked for Tim Holding from February 2004 to October 2006.[1]
In 2006, Graley was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Narre Warren South,[3] having defeated sitting member Dale Wilson for preselection. Graley had been supported by the Labor Right faction. She did not seek re-election at the 2018 state election and retired in October 2018.[4][5]
