Member of the Victorian Parliament for Mount Waverley
In office 30 November 2002 – 27 November 2010
Preceded by
new seat
Succeeded by
Michael Gidley
Victorian Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development
In office July 2007 – 2 December 2010
Preceded by
Lisa Neville
Succeeded by
Wendy Lovell
Personal details
Born
(1959-01-30) 30 January 1959 (age 65) Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality
Australian
Political party
Labor Party
Spouse
John Merritt
Profession
Nurse, researcher, academic
Maxine Veronica MorandAM (born 30 January 1959[1]) is an Australian academic, advocate for cancer patients, and former politician. Morand has a current academic appointment at Monash University where she is a professorial fellow in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. In addition she is a board director at Inner East Community Health and is the chair of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.[2]
Morand served as the chief executive officer of Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) between 2011[3] and 2014. Prior to joining BCNA, Morand was Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development and Minister for Women's Affairs in the Brumby Ministry, and held the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Mount Waverley. Before being elected to Parliament, she was a researcher at Cancer Council Victoria and ministerial adviser. Prior to entering politics she was a nurse and transplant coordinator.
Morand lives in Melbourne with her husband, John Merritt, and two children. Morand was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011.
^Parliamentary handbook of the parliament of Victoria
^"Hon. Maxine Morand". Board of Directors. Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
^"New appointments and departures". Third Sector News. 27 September 2011.
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