Mary Wooldridge
| Mary Wooldridge | |
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| Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Metropolitan | |
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Assumed office 29 November 2014 |
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| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Doncaster |
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In office 25 November 2006 – 29 November 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Victor Perton |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 July 1967 Melbourne |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | marywooldridge.com |
Mary Louise Newling Wooldridge (born 29 July 1967) is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Doncaster from 2006 to 2014; her seat was abolished in a redistribution for that year's election, and she was subsequently elected to the Victorian Legislative Council for Eastern Metropolitan Region in November.
Wooldridge was the state Minister for Mental Health, Minister for Women's Affairs and Minister for Community Services from 2010 to 2014, serving under both Ted Baillieu and Denis Napthine. She was elected as leader of the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council in December 2014 and appointed as the Shadow Minister for Health.
Wooldridge was born and raised in Melbourne and is the youngest of four children. She graduated from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree with Honours in 1989. In 1994 she completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Harvard Business School. She is the sister of Michael Wooldridge, a former federal Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party.
Wooldridge has worked in executive roles with a number of companies including consultants McKinsey & Company in New York and London, Australian Consolidated Press and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited in Sydney.
Between 2001 and 2005 Wooldridge was the chief executive of The Foundation For Young Australians, a not-for-profit charitable trust. In 2002 she was awarded the new Chief executive officer award in Equity Trustees National Nonprofit CEO awards for this role.
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