Maddigan, Judith (Judy) Marilyn (1948 - )

On 25 February 2003 Judy Maddigan was elected the 32nd person, and first female, to hold the office of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in Victoria. She held this position until December 2006. The daughter of William Joseph and Bessie Irene (née Hurley) Todd, Judy was educated at Tintern Church of England Girls’ Grammar School before entering the University of Melbourne. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce, Graduate Diploma of Librarianship and a Masters of Librarianship and Information Services (Conservation and Archives). Prior to entering Parliament, Maddigan worked for the Commonwealth Public Service, was a Branch Services Librarian with the City of Maribyrnong and a Councillor with the City of Essendon. During this time she received the State ‘Clean Air Award’ by leading the campaign to ban incinerators in the City. Maddigan has a long history of involvement in local community groups including Women’s Organisations, the Essendon Historical Society and the Friends of Essendon Library. During the 1990s she was involved with the ‘Defend Public Libraries’ campaign which was organised to protect public libraries from the effects of compulsory competitive tending and amalgamations. Maddigan was elected as a Member of Victorian Parliament to represent the Electoral District of Essendon in the Legislative Assembly in March 1996.

Chronology

1970 - 1976	Employed with the Commonwealth Public Service
1983 - 1986	Librarian with Moonee Valley Regional Library
1985 - 1991	Councillor with the City of Essendon
1987 - 1989	Librarian with the Catholic Regional College Sydenham
1990 - 1995	Branch Services Librarian with the City of Maribyrnong
1996 -	Elected Member Legislative Assembly (ALP) for Essendon, Victoria
1996 - 1999	Member of the Parliamentary Environment and Natural Resources Committee
1996 - 1999	Member of the Parliamentary Library Committee
1996 - 1999	Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts
1999	Member of the Parliamentary Standing Orders Committee
1999	Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for Planning
1999 - 2003	Member of the Parliamentary Public Accounts and Estimates Committee
1999 - 2003	Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees for the Legislative Assemby
2001	Chairperson of the Portrayal of Women in Outdoor Advertising Committee
2002	Chairperson of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Libraries
25 February 2003	Elected first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Victoria)

Books

• Maddigan, Judy, A hospital for Essendon, Essendon Historical Society, [Essendon, Vic.], [c1995], 8 pp. [ Details... ]
• Maddigan, Judy, Queen's Park, Moonee Ponds, Essendon Historical Society, [Moonee Ponds, Vic.], 1995, 8 pp. [ Details... ]
• Maddigan, Judy, The Moonee Ponds Courthouse, Essendon Historical Society, [Essendon, Vic.], 1995, 8 pp. [ Details... ]
• Maddigan, Judy, The Depression in Essendon, Essendon Historical Society, [Essendon, Vic.], 1995, 8 pp. [ Details... ]
• Maddigan, Judy, The Essendon River League and the Maribyrnong River, Essendon Historical Society, [Essendon, Vic.], c1995, 8 pp. [ Details... ]
• Maddigan, Judy and Frost, Lenore, Maribyrnong record : past images of the river, Essendon Historical Society Inc., Moonee Ponds, Vic., c1995, 62 pp. [ Details... ]

Newspaper Articles

• 'Questions for Judy Maddigan', The Age, A3, 17 September 2003, p. 3. [ Details... ]

See also

• Victorian Women's Roll of Honour: Women Shaping the Nation, 1 edn, Centurary of Federation Victoria, 2001, http://www.women.vic.gov.au/CA25666E00000B30/Images/CoFHR/$File/CoFHR.pdf. [ Details... ]
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]