Judy Hughes

Judy Hughes
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Kingsley
In office
26 February 2005 – 6 September 2008
Preceded byCheryl Edwardes
Succeeded byAndrea Mitchell
Personal details
Born (1959-04-28) 28 April 1959 (age 65)
Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Political partyLabor Party

Judith Hughes (née Verhagen, born 28 April 1959 in Subiaco, Western Australia) is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2008, representing the electorate of Kingsley.[1]

Following the retirement of Cheryl Edwardes, who had held the seat of Kingsley since 1989 for the Liberal Party, Hughes contested the seat in the 2005 election and narrowly won the seat with a margin of 0.8%.[2] A redistribution ahead of the 2008 state election all but eliminated the Labor margin, and Hughes was defeated by Liberal candidate Andrea Mitchell

In 2006, Hughes was appointed as Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and as the deputy government whip in the Legislative Assembly.

  1. ^ "Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook". 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
  2. ^ "ABC News Online - Western Australian Election 2005". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2005. Retrieved 10 June 2008.