- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0178
Bishop, Bronwyn Kathleen
- The Honourable
- Born 19 October 1942, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Company director, Lawyer, Parliamentarian, Solicitor
Summary
Bronwyn Bishop, Minister for Aged Care (1998-2001), was elected MHR (Lib) for Mackellar, New South Wales on 26 March 1994.
Details
Before entering Federal Parliament Bronwyn Bishop was a Solicitor and Company Director. She was elected to the Senate for NSW in 1987 and resigned on 24 February 1994. In March 1994, Bishop contested the seat of Mackellar at a by-election called upon the resignation of the Hon. J.J. Carlton, and was elected to the House of Representatives. She was re-elected in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010.
Bishop was Minister for Defence Industry, Science and Personnel from 11 March 1996 to 21 October 1998, and Minister for Aged Care from October 1998 to October 2001. She was Shadow Minister for Public Administration, Federal Affairs and Local Government from 12 May 1989 to 11 April 1990; Urban and Regional Strategy from 17 January 1994 to 26 May 1994; Health from 26 May 1994 to 31 May 1995; and Privatisation and Commonwealth/State Relations from 31 January 1995 to 11 March 1996.
Archival resources
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Resource Section
- Women in the Party, Liberal Party of Australia NSW Division, http://www.nsw.liberal.org.au/women_in_politics/women_in_politics/women_in_the_party.html
- The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP, Member for Mackellar (NSW), Australian Parliament House, http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=SE4
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Resource
- Trove: Bishop, Bronwyn (1942-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-482803
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Site Exhibition
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE0178b.htm