Mary-Anne Thomas (born 26 February 1963^{[citation needed]}) is an Australian politician. She has been aLabor Party member of theVictorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the electorate ofMacedon.^[1] She has served as Victoria's Minister for Health andMinister for Ambulance Services since June 2022. She was previously the Agriculture and Minister forRegional Development from December 2020.^[2]

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Thomas studied atWodonga High School, and completed a teaching degree at the Melbourne College of Advanced Education. She holds a Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations fromVictoria University and a Masters of Public Policy from theUniversity of Melbourne.

She worked for 25 years across public, private and community sectors. She began her career as a secondary teacher, then worked in the union movement before becoming an advisor toLynne Kosky, the Minister for Post-Compulsory Education, Employment and Training. She has also held roles in the Victorian public service in Education, and theDepartment of Premier and Cabinet, where she was Head of Communications.

Prior to entering Parliament, she held senior roles at theNational Australia Bank andPlan International, one of the world's leading child rights and international development agencies.

Thomas was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Member for Macedon in November 2014. She had previously contested Labor pre-selection for the Federal seat ofBatman, but lost to then SenatorDavid Feeney.^[3]

She was appointed Minister for Agriculture and Minister forRegional Development in the Andrews Labor Government in December 2020,^[4][2] having previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary for Health & Carers. In June 2022, she was appointed as Minister for Health andMinister for Ambulance Services.^[5]

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