Lorraine Clare Elliott (née Golder; 9 July 1943 – 2 July 2014) was an Australian politician. She was the

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member for

Mooroolbark Mooroolbark is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 37 km East of Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Mooroolbark recorded a population of 23,059 at the . Mooroolba ...

in the

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from 1992 to 2002. Elliott was born to Harry James Golder and Ailsa Lorraine Trengove in

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, and was educated at Ashburton Primary School and Camberwell CEGGS, graduating in 1960. She received a

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and

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from the

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in 1964, and would later receive a

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from

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in 1984. From 1965–1967 she was a teacher at Blackburn High School, and became an Honorary Probation Officer with the State Correction Service in 1967, combining this with raising her three children by John Elliott (this marriage was later dissolved). Their eldest child is the investment banker and radio and television presenter

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. She joined the

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in 1972. In 1983 she became an English Literature teacher at Donvale Living and Learning Centre, and in 1986 became one of the Liberal Party's Federal Council Delegate, as well as Metropolitan Female Vice-President. In 1992, Elliott won the new

seat of

for the Liberal Party. She married John Kiely on 8 November 1996, but retained Elliott as her surname. In 1996 she became Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts, and following the Kennett Government's defeat in 1999 she became Shadow Minister for Community Services and the Arts. Her seat of Mooroolbark was abolished in 2002; she contested its replacement,

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, but was defeated by

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candidate Dympna Beard. Elliott died on 2 July 2014 in

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from complications of breast cancer. She was one week short of her 71st birthday. She was posthumously inducted onto the

Victorian Honour Roll of Women The Victorian Honour Roll of Women was established in 2001 to recognise the achievements of women from the Australian state of Victoria. It was launched by The Hon. Joan Kirner AC as a joint initiative of the Centenary of Federation Victoria Comm ...

in 2015.

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