Elizabeth Anne Kernohan (24 June 1939 – 21 October 2004) was an Australian politician who served as member of the

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for the

Electoral district of Camden Camden is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's south-west. It is currently represented by Sally Quinnell of the party, who achieved a 13% swing in the 2023 election. Geogra ...

from 1991 to 2003. She was a member of the

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. Prior to entering state parliament she served as an

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on Camden Council from 1973 to 1991, including two terms as Mayor. She was educated at the

Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School SCEGGS Darlinghurst is an independent Anglican single-sex primary and secondary day and boarding school for girls, located in Darlinghurst, an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1895 as the Sydney Ch ...

and at the

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where she obtained a

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degree in Agricultural Science. She worked at the University of Sydney's farms at Camden prior to entering state politics. After retiring from state politics, she was re-elected to Camden Council in 2004, but she died less than a year into her term.

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