Susan Mary Lenehan (born 2 November 1943) is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the

South Australian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide. Overview The House of Assembly was crea ...

between

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, representing the electorate of

Mawson Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS FAA (5 May 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer, and academic. Along with Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Sir Ernest Shackleton, he was a key expedition leader dur ...

. In 1993 she contested the seat of Reynell, losing to the Liberal party's Julie Greig. Lenehan held portfolios including Minister for Education, Minister for Planning and Environment. In 2008 she was one of the participants in the ''Population, sustainability, climate change and water'' section of the Australia 2020 Summit.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenehan, Susan 1943 births Living people Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia Women members of the South Australian House of Assembly