Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLA Floreat 20 July 1991 (by-election)–14 December 1996. Elected to the Thirty-third Parliament for Floreat at a by-election on 20 July 1991 held to fill the vacancy consequent upon the resignation of Hon Andrew Mensaros. Electorate abolished in the redistribution of 1994.
- MLA Churchlands from 14 December 1996–9 March 2013. Elected to the Thirty-fifth Parliament for Churchlands (new seat) on 14 December 1996. Re-elected 2001, 2005, 2008. Did not contest the general election of 9 March 2013.
Office
- Minister for Education; Tourism; Women's Interests from 23 September 2008 to 9 February 2009
- Minister for Education; Tourism from 9 February 2009 to 14 December 2010
- Minister for Education from 14 December 2010 to 29 June 2012
Committees
- Member, Select Committee Parliamentary Procedures for Uniform Legislation Agreements from 4 June to 27 August 1992
- Member, Standing Committee on Intergovernmental Agreements and Uniform Legislation Schemes from 4 August 1993 to 14 November 1996
- Member, Select Committee Ancient Shipwrecks from 3 November 1993 to 17 October 1995
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on the Anti Corruption Commission from 18 June 1997 to 10 January 2001
- Member, Joint Parliamentary Services Committee from 11 June 1998 to 10 January 2001
- Co-opted member, Education and Health Standing Committee from 7 April 2005 to 29 August 2006
- Member, Joint Standing Committee on the Commissioner for Children and Young People from 16 August 2012 to 30 January 2013
- Member, Public Accounts Committee from 16 August 2012 to 30 January 2013
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Adoption Amendment Bill 2002 Legislative Assembly Second Reading - 26/6/2002
Adoption Amendment Bill 2002 Bill Lapsed - 23/1/2005
Lobbying Disclosure and Accountability Bill 2003 Bill Lapsed - 23/1/2005
Lobbying Disclosure and Accountability Bill 2007 Bill Lapsed - 7/8/2008 |
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Personal Information |
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2 December 1943 |
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Arrived in Western Australia, 1975
In USA, 1970–1975 then UK for six months, to Western Australia 1975 |
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Daughter of Leonard Morehead Blanton, manufacturer’s agent and importer, and Phyllis Abbott |
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Married 1 October 1964, Sydney to Ian Jeffrey Constable (later Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Western Australia), son of John James and Elsie Enid Hinksman
Children: two sons |
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Church of England |
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Educated PLC Pymble (subsequently Pymble Ladies College)
University of Sydney, MA in Psychology
University of New England (NSW), DipEd
Harvard University, MEd
University of Western Australia, PhD
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Teacher and university lecturer |
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Vocational guidance officer, Department of Labour and Industry, NSW, 1964
Teacher, English and History, NSW Department of Education, 1967–1969
Research officer, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1972–1975
Lecturer, Education, University of Western Australia, 1975–1983
Director of Studies and Deputy Principal, St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls, 1984–1987
Education consultant, 1988–1991
Part time Director of Admissions, St Hilda’s
Lecturer in Education, University of Western Australia
Registered psychologist with Psychology Board of Western Australia |
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Member of the Order of Australia (AM) awarded in the Queen's Birthday 2019 Honours List, 10 June 2019, for service to the Parliament of Western Australia, and to education |
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Law
- Member, National Constitution Centenary Foundation, 1994-2001
- Trustee, Sir Francis Burt Law Foundation, 1995-2005
Health
- Honorary psychologist, Development Assessment Clinic, Princess Margaret Hospital 1975–1977
- Member, Australian Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness (WA Division Inc) since 1985
- Board member, The Help Foundation (Children’s Medical Research) 1991
- Board member, Keogh Reproductive Medicine Research Institute, 1993-2004
- Board member, Asthma Research Institute, 2003-2005
- Member, Minister for Health Advisory Committee on Intellectually Handicapped 1981–1984
- Consultant WA Autistic Children’s Association
Education
- Board of Directors, Dyslexia Research Foundation of Western Australia (Inc)
- Member, Commonwealth Schools Commission Working Party on Gifted Children 1980
- First female board member, Hale School, 1995–2004
- Member, City Beach High School Council, 2003–2004
- Member, Churchlands Senior High School Council, 2005–2008
- Member, Art Collection Board, Murdoch University, since 2017
University of Western Australia
- Member, Steering Committee for Project on Handicapped Children in rural areas, National Centre for Research on Rural Education, University of Western Australia 1984–1985
- Member, Careers Advisory Board, 1994-2004
- Vice Chancellor's Fellow, 2013-2018
- Chair, St Catherine's College, University of Western Australia, since 2013
St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls
- Council Member, 2000–2008
- Chair, 2002–2008
- Director of Studies, 1984–1987
Personal
- Member, Western Australian Cricket Association since 1986
- Member, Karrakatta Club since 1987
Member, Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee, 1991
Board member, Perth USAsia Centre, since 2014
Published extensively on education training and assessment programmes, parent education child rearing, and special education including gifted children’s and disabled children programmes |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 48.
Department of the Premier and Cabinet. Its an Honour. (2019, June 10). Retrieved from https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2004735
Parliament of Western Australia. Former Members. (2014 May 14). Retrieved fromhttp://intranet/parliament/Memblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Constable,+Elizabeth?opendocument |
Bibliography |
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