14 Facts About Roslyn Dundas

Roslyn Dundas was born on 28 July 1978 and is a former Australian politician.

Roslyn Dundas was an Australian Democrats member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2004, when she was defeated in a bid for re-election.

Until Kelly Vincent's election to the South Australian Legislative Council in 2010, Dundas was the youngest woman ever elected to an Australian parliament.

Roslyn Dundas was born and raised in Canberra, and studied at Australian National University.

Roslyn Dundas served on the Management Committee of the Women's Centre for Health Matters, and on the General Committee of the ACT Council of Social Service.

In 2000, Roslyn Dundas became the National Secretary of the Young Australian Democrats movement, and National Convenor of the Democrat Students.

Roslyn Dundas worked as an organiser for the Community and Public Sector Union for several months in 2001, before gaining the top position on the Democrat ticket for the seat of Ginninderra in the ACT Legislative Assembly.

Roslyn Dundas was elected, defeating conservative independent Dave Rugendyke.

Once elected to the assembly, Roslyn Dundas actively campaigned for increased government accountability, the environment, and women's rights.

Roslyn Dundas supported a bill which liberalised the ACT's laws relating to abortion, and introduced a Private Member's Bill supporting the use of open source software.

Roslyn Dundas stood in the left wing of the party, along with the likes of Senators Natasha Stott Despoja and Brian Greig.

Roslyn Dundas preserved Jon Stanhope's Labor Party government by downgrading a no-confidence motion to a censure motion.

However, in 2004 Roslyn Dundas lost the seat to the Labor Party's Mary Porter.

Roslyn Dundas took up the position of director of the ACT Council of Social Service in 2008.