Andrea Lea McCall (born 16 March 1952) is a former

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n politician. She was the Liberal member for Frankston in the

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from 1996 to 2002. McCall was born in

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, and was educated at

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. She received a

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from the

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in 1972, and a Business Diploma from the

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in 1973. In 1976 she received a Graduate Diploma from London Polytec. She worked as a marketing advisor from 1977 to 1981, and in 1983 moved to Australia, where she became a personnel consultant; in that year she also joined the

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. From 1984 to 1990 she was proprietor of the McCall Group, and from 1990 to 1995 was a lecturer at VUT in Footscray. In 1996, McCall was elected as the Liberal member for Frankston in the

. She was chair of the Women's Action Plan Consultative Committee from 1998 to 1999. In 2002, she was defeated by

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candidate Alistair Harkness.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McCall, Andrea 1952 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians Women members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian women politicians