Jude Perera

Jude Perera (born 27 May 1953) is the member for Cranbourne District in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Perera was born in Sri Lanka, and received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Jaffna. He became a market researcher and held information technology positions in Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Australia.

Perera was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 2002 and has served on the Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee from 2003 to 2006 and as chair of the Family and Community Development Committee from 2007 to 2010.

He is currently Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs and the Secretary of the Victorian Parliamentary Friends of India.