- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0356
Broad, Candy Celeste
(1956 – )- Born 4 January, 1956, Perth Western Australia Australia
- Occupation Parliamentarian
Summary
Candy Broad was elected Member of the Legislative Council representing the Australian Labor Party for the Melbourne North Province at a by-election in 1999. She was appointed Minister for Energy and Resources, Ports in 1999 and was Minister for Housing and Local Government from 2002-2006 in the Labor Government. At the 2006 election, which was held in 25 November she was elected to the new Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria and was re-elected in 2010, when the Labor government was defeated. She resigned from parliament on 9 May 2014.
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Site Exhibition
- Carrying on the Fight: Women Candidates in Victorian Parliamentary Elections, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cws/home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Broad, Candy Celeste (1956-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-757098