Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLC North-East Metropolitan Province, 22 May 1971–21 May 1986
Office
- Deputy Chairman of Committees (first woman), 1974–1977, 1983–1986
- Deputy Labor Whip Legislative Council, 1974–1976
Committees
- Member, Joint House Committee, 1980–1983
- Member, Library Committee, 1971–1980
- Member, Standing Orders Committee, 1975–1977, 1983–1986
- Member, Select Committee inquiring into Sport and Recreation Activities in WA, 21 September 1983–20 November 1984
Royal Commissions
- Member, Honorary Royal Commission inquiring into The Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Dependents, 1972–1 May 1973
Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
- Represented WA branch Commonwealth Parliamentary Association at 2nd Australian Parliamentary seminar, 1974
- Commonwealth Parliamentary Association visit to Britain, 1983
Historical Notes
- Second woman (after Ruby Hutchison) elected to Legislative Council and fifth to either House of the Parliament of Western Australia
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Personal Information |
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2 July 1934 |
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Geraldton, Western Australia |
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18 February 2017 |
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Cancer |
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Hollywood Private Hospital, Western Australia |
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Memorialised at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, WA |
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Albert James Elliott, fitter and turner, and Alvie Jean Fullwood |
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Married 22 May 1976, Caversham House, Caversham to Edwin John (Jack) White, son of Richard Edward and Meta Johanna Auguste Ruwoldt
No children |
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Not stated |
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State schools Reedy and Waroona Western Australia and St Joseph’s Convent, Waroona, to Junior Certificate
Edith Cowan University—Bachelor of Arts Honours (First Class) 2001
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Secretary |
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Office worker, Nestles, Waroona 1949–1952 and Broome Freezing Works, Perth, April 1952–October 1952
Secretary, Australian Labor Party State Executive, 1952–1965 and 1967–1971
Secretary, FE Chamberlain, Labor Party Secretary from 1956
Secretary, Overseas Department British Labour Party, 1966–1967
Secretarial work for Federal Executive and Federal Conferences Australian Labor Party, 1959–1963 |
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Member, Miscellaneous Workers Union, Federated Clerks Union, Institute of Private Secretaries
Observer, Socialist International Conference, Stockholm, 1966
Member, executive council Family Planning Association for five years
Initiated Lockridge Community Health Centre, Lockridge Senior Citizens Steering Committee and Swan Chairperson, Community Youth Support Scheme, 1976–1983
Founding chairperson and life member, ‘Lyla Elliott Family Day Care Scheme’
Chairperson, Domestic Violence Task Force, 1985
Chair, Home and Community Care Advisory Committee, 1986–1988 and of Consultative Committee on Residential Child Care from 1986
Member, WA Community and Family Committee
Member, Nulsen Haven Board of Management, 1986–1989
Chair, TAFE Performance Appraisal Panel
Chair, Department of Employment, Vocational Education and Training Promotion by Merit Board of Review
Member, State Animal Welfare Advisory Committee
Member, RSPCA Animal Ethics Committee
Member, Midland Women’s Health Care Place Board of Management and life member
Member, Amnesty International, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Women’s Electoral Lobby, Royal (WA) Historical Society
Member, Friends of the ABC (WA), Katherine Susannah Pritchard Foundation Inc, Mundaring Historical Society, Oral History Association of Western Australia, Australian Society for the Study of Labor History, Emily’s List and WA Voluntary Euthanasia Society, circa 2010
Patron, Swan View and Districts Agriculture and Arts Society Inc
Member, City of Bayswater Selection Panel, Morley Citizens’ Club Education Scholarships
Author:
- Next of Kin: a 20 year history of Hills Community Support Group
- chapter in The Workshops: a History of the Midland Government Railways Workshops, published in 2006 and winner of Premier’s Book Award for history
Funeral was held at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Tuesday 28 February 2017, 10am |
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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. 81.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 30 June 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=678d2f67-191d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c2d3 |
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