Wendy Susan Machin (born 14 October 1958 in Wingham, New South Wales),[1] is a former Australian politician.
[1][2] In 1983 she was elected to North Sydney Municipal Council an independent alderman at age 25, serving until 1985 when she contested a by-election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Gloucester on 12 October.
Machin was appointed shadow minister for Consumer Affairs, Roads and Fisheries until she resigned from Parliament on 28 August 1996 after the birth of her second child.
[3] Her resignation prompted the 1996 Port Macquarie by election, won by then National Party member Rob Oakeshott.
[2][6] Machin became the President of Save the Children Fund NSW in 1996, remaining in that position until 2000, as well as serving on the National Council for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.