Eden Foster | |
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Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Mulgrave | |
Assumed office 18 November 2023 | |
Preceded by | Daniel Andrews |
Mayor of Greater Dandenong | |
In office 10 November 2022 –16 November 2023 | |
Preceded by | Jim Memeti |
Succeeded by | Lana Formoso |
Councillor of the City of Greater Dandenong for Yarraman Ward | |
In office 24 October 2020 –25 March 2024 | |
Preceded by | New ward |
Succeeded by | Phillip Danh |
Personal details | |
Political party | Labor |
Eden Foster (born 1981) is an Australian politician who has served in the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Mulgrave since 2023. [1]
Foster joined the Victorian Labor Party in 2019,and was elected to the City of Greater Dandenong in Yarraman Ward at the 2020 Victorian local elections. [2] In November 2022,she was elected as mayor by a vote of fellow councillors. [3] [4]
On 6 October 2023,Foster was chosen as Labor's candidate for the Mulgrave by-election following the resignation of incumbent MP and premier Daniel Andrews. [5] She was subsequently comfortably elected,becoming the first woman to represent the Division of Mulgrave. [6]
The by-election for Yarraman Ward,triggered by Foster's resignation from council,was won by Phillip Dahn in March 2024. [7] [8]
Foster is a member of the Parliament of Victoria's Integrity and Oversight Committee. [9]
Foster's mother was born in India and father is Australian. Prior to her election,Foster was a school psychologist at a Catholic school in North Melbourne. [10]
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