Bec Cody

{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Bec Cody | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM = Murrumbidgee | assembly = Australian Capital Territory Legislative | term_start = 15 October 2016 | term_end = 17 October 2020 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1973}} | birth_place = | birth_name = | citizenship = | party = Labor Party | relations = | spouse = | occupation = | profession = | website = }} '''Rebecca "Bec" Cody''' (born 1973)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://act.smartvote.org/en/profiles/candidate/QwdgMrFCjntxTzbe8GEd/1|title=Bec Cody|publisher=Smartvote Australia}}</ref> is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 2016 to 2020, representing the electorate of Murrumbidgee. She was a hairdresser before entering politics, and owned a salon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bec Cody {{!}} ACT Labor|url=https://www.actlabor.org.au/people/murrumbidgee-candidates/bec-cody/|access-date=3 November 2020|website=ACT Labor}}</ref> She also worked as a unionist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.actlabor.org.au/bec_cody|title=Bec Cody - Candidate for Murrumbidgee|publisher=Labor Party|access-date=27 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027193159/http://www.actlabor.org.au/bec_cody|archive-date=27 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Prior to her election in 2016, Cody unsuccessfully ran in the ACT electorate of Brindabella in 2012, securing 5.6% of the first preference vote.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2012 Results for Brindabella Electorate|url=https://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/past_act_legislative_assembly_elections/2012_act_legislative_assembly_election/2012_election_results2/2012_results_for_brindabella_electorate|access-date=3 November 2020|website=Elections ACT}}</ref>

Cody played a key role in the ACT Legislative Assembly in smearing the name of a former governor-general, in moving to have his honour erased from the name of a road in Canberra in November 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=''Place name guidelines'' in the ACT Legislative Assembly Hansard|url=https://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/9th-assembly/2018/PDF/20181128.pdf|access-date=28 July 2025}}</ref>

She lost her seat to fellow Labor candidate Marisa Paterson at the 2020 ACT election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Murrumbidgee|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/act/2020/guide/murr|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-10-27}}</ref>

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