Margaret Joan Deahm (31 October 1938 – 28 December 2015) was an Australian politician. She was an
Australian Labor Party
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member of the
House of Representatives
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for the
Division of Macquarie
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from
1993
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* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
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until her defeat at the
1996 general election.
Deahm was born at
Hurstville
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, and studied arts at the
University of New England University of New England may refer to:
* University of New England (Australia), in New South Wales, with about 26,000 students
* University of New England (United States), in Biddeford, Maine, with about 6,000 students
See also
* New England Coll ...
. She was a public servant from 1966 to 1987, and a freelance writer, editor and consultant from 1987 to 1992. She was a
City of Blue Mountains
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councillor from 1991 until 1993 when she was elected to federal parliament. She served as president and secretary of the Labor Party's Katoomba branch. She was also chair of the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils and a member of the executive of the Local Government Women's Association from 1992 to 1993. She died in December 2015.
References
1938 births
2015 deaths
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Macquarie
Women members of the Australian House of Representatives
University of New England (Australia) alumni
New South Wales local councillors
20th-century Australian women public servants
20th-century Australian public servants
Women local councillors in Australia
20th-century Australian women politicians
Australian MPs 1993–1996
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