Joan Child
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Gloria Joan Liles Child, was an Australian politician. She was the first woman to be Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. Up until the election of Anna Burke on 9 October 2012, she was
Child as Speaker in 1987 (at Old Parliament House)
Child in 1974
Division of Henty
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The Division of Henty was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1913 and abolished in 1990. It was named for the Henty family of Portland, the first European settle
Joan Child
…of Australian Women. Child first stood for parliament at the 1972 federal election, narrowly losing to the incumbent Liberal MP Max Fox in the seat of Henty. She attracted media attention as one of the few female candidates endorsed by a major party and was profiled in The Australian Women's Weekly. She…
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