Wendy Marjorie Edmond, née Wood (born 27 April 1946) is a former Australia

Australia

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n politician. Born in Bundaberg

Bundaberg, Queensland

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, she was a nuclear medicine technologist before entering politics. She was also a member of Amnesty International

Amnesty International

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 and the Wildlife Preservation Society, and had served as president of the Rainsworth Branch of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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. She married university lecturer David Edmond on 30 December 1972. In 1989, she was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 for Mount Coot-tha

Electoral district of Mount Coot-tha

The district of Mount Coot-tha is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.The electoral district encompasses suburbs in Brisbane's inner-west, including Milton, Auchenflower, Paddington, Bardon and parts of the suburbs of Toowong and Ashgrove...

. When Labor won government in 1998, she was appointed Minister for Health, and in 2001 was given additional responsibility for Women's Policy. Edmond retired from politics at the 2004 state election.