Madeline Woods
Madeline Sophia "Maddy" Woods (b. October 3, 1977) is a Georgeland Conservative politician. She has held the Cabinet portfolio of Minister for the Environment in the government of Luke Macaulay, of whom she is considered a close ally.Woods is a member of the Georgeland House of Commons representing the Santa Christina-based seat of Enfield.
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Woods was elected at the election of 2002, replacing the retiring Steven Stackman. Woods, 25 at the time, became the youngest woman ever elected to the House. Prior to her election she had been a full-time economics student at the University of Santa Christina, and President of the University's Student Union.
She remains, as of 2005, the youngest member of the House of Commons, a position sometimes known as the Baby of the House. She is no longer the youngest parliamentarian, however; Senator Michael Steen is two and half years younger, and recent appointment Lin Tso is almost six years younger.
In 2005, she was appointed to the Opposition front bench as Shadow Minister for Arts and Communications. Young, dynamic, attractive and vibrant, Woods is often called the "Tory Glamour Girl" and appears from time to time in photo shoots that showcase her difference from other Conservative politicians.
Woods is part of the moderate grouping of Tory MPs. She holds very liberal positions on a number of issues, including abortion, women's rights, immigration and stem cell research. She was one of a small number of Conservatives who supported the bill to legalise same-sex marriage in the party room, though she voted against it in Parliament.
Following the Conservative victory in the 2007 election, Woods was made Minister for Sport, Tourism and Youth. She was and remains the youngest member of the federal ministry and the youngest woman ever to hold a ministerial portfolio.
In March 2009, Woods was promoted into Cabinet as Environment Minister. At the age of 31, Woods became the second-youngest-ever Cabinet Minister (at 31 years, 4 months, she was three months older than Campbell Rhodes on his appointment to Cabinet in 1994). She is the youngest woman to have served in Cabinet.
Woods has been touted as a potential Tory leader from time to time, though she denies any interest in that for "at least another decade".
Woods is a regular pannelist on the GBC's Here Isn't The News program, her performance being acclaimed as witty and relaxed on all occasions.
In August 2006, Woods announced she was expecting her first child. The father is Woods' partner Roy Joseph. The couple have announced no plans to wed. The baby, a daughter the couple named Anna Rose Woods, was born in May 2007. Woods announced a second pregnancy in July 2009, with the couple's second child due in early 2010.