Everything about Edwina Hart totally explained
Edwina Hart MBE AM, (born
26 April 1957) is a
Welsh Labour Party politician who has been a
Member of the National Assembly for Wales representing
Gower since 1999. She is also
Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Health and Social Services since May 2007.
Background
Edwina was born and raised in
Gowerton where she attended Gowerton Girls Grammar School. She especially enjoyed English and Music and became a member of the
National Youth Orchestra of Wales. Today Edwina lives in Gowerton with her family, she's one daughter.
Professional career
Hart has worked in banking, where she became active in the trade union movement. As a result of this work she was elected as the first female president of BIFU (banking services union and now part of
Amicus), 1992-1994. She also served as Chair of the Wales TUC. Edwina would later receive an
MBE for Trade Union services. In 1998 Edwina also served as a member of the Broadcasting Council for Wales and sat on the board of the
Wales Millennium Centre. She also sat on the Employment Appeals Tribunal, was a member of the South West Wales Economic Forum and a director of Chwarae Teg. Edwina is a member of T&GWU and Community as well as a life member of Amicus.
Political career
Hart was elected to the First Assembly with 35.4% of the vote in
1999 for the constituency of
Gower. She became the Assembly’s first Finance Secretary in 2000, this was changed to include responsibility for local government and she because Minister for Finance and Local Government.
She was re-elected to the Second Assembly in
2003, increasing her majority to 5688 (+8.2%) with 43.60% of the vote. After the election she took on the newly created Social Justice portfolio and became the Assembly’s first ever Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration Minister, whose responsibilities include community safety, youth justice, police relations, fire service, alcohol and drug abuse, social economy, anti-poverty, housing, social housing, the voluntary sector, issues relating to asylum and immigration, liaison for armed forces in Wales, veterans, regeneration of communities, and development.
She was once again re-elected to the Third Assembly in May
2007 with a reduced majority of 1192 (34.2% of the vote) and was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services (May 31, 2007). She retained this position when the coalition government of
Labour and
Plaid Cymru was announced on July 19.
The Media
Hart was nominated the best-dressed Welsh politician of the year. According to
Peter Black AM, Hart beat some other competition to take this prize including Welsh Secretary
Peter Hain.
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