Women Members of the Queensland Parliament
Women Members of the Queensland Parliament 1929 - 1994 by John McCulloch B.A.(Hons.), M.A., Grad.Dip.Lib.Sc., ALIA., AAIM. Senior Parliamentary Research Officer Produced and edited by Publications and Resources Section Queensland Parliamentary Library BRISBANE June 1994 ISBN: 7242 5877 9 CONTENTS Preface . .i Introduction . .1 LONGMAN, Irene Maud 1929-32 . 9 JORDAN, Ellen Vilet 1966-74 . 21 KIPPIN, Victoria Ann 1974-80 . 31 KYBURZ, Rosemary Annette 1974-83 . 41 NELSON, Beryce Ann 1980-83- and 1986-89 . 52 CHAPMAN, Yvonne Ann 1983-89 . 62 HARVEY, Leisha Teresa 1983-89 . 72 WARNER, Anne Marie 1983- . 79 McCAULEY, Diane Elizabeth 1986- . 92 GAMIN, Judtih Margaret 1988-89 and 1992- . 102 BIRD, Lorraine Rita 1989- . 111 CLARK, Lesley Ann 1989- . 120 EDMOND, Wendy Marjorie 1989- . 128 POWER, Laurel Jean 1989- . 135 ROBSON, Molly Jess 1989- . 143 SPENCE, Judith Caroline 1989- . 152 WOODGATE, Margaret Rosemary 1989- . 159 SHELDON, Joan Mary 1990- . 167 ROSE, Merri 1992- . 177 SIMPSON, Fiona Stuart 1992- . 181 Bibliography . 186 Appendices A Parliamentary Achievements . 188 B Parliamentary and persona statistics . 192 C Election statistics . 194 D Women members with local governmetn background . 197 E Unsuccessful women candidates for the Queensland . 198 F Women in other Australian parliametns – Chronoligical . 206 PREFACE In 1894, the South Australian Parliament passed legislation to permit women to vote and to stand as candidates for Parliament in that legislature. This year, 1994, is the centenary of that milestone in Australian electoral history. This publication commemorates this centenary and in particular the achievements of women Members of the Queensland Parliament. It has been designed as an historical source book for the twenty women who have been Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (no women were ever Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, which was abolished in 1922) to the present time.
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