- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0238
Lawrence, Carmen Mary
- The Honourable
- Born 2 March 1948, Morawa, Western Australia, Australia
- Occupation Parliamentarian, Politician
Summary
Lawrence became Australia’s first woman State Premier (WA) on 12 February 1990. She began her parliamentary career by winning the seat of Subiaco for the Australian Labor Party in 1986.
She entered Federal politics on 12 March 1994, as the Member for Fremantle, and was appointed Minister for Human Services and Health and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women on 25 March 1994 until 11 March 1996. On 23 November 2001, Lawrence was appointed Shadow Minister for Reconciliation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, the Arts, and the Status of Women.
Lawrence is a supporter of numerous organisations and is Patron of the Western Australia Netball Association and a Foundation Committee Member of EMILY’S List.
She retired from the Australian Parliament at the 2007 general election, which was held in November 2007.
Events
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2001
Inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women
Archival resources
Digital resources
- Title: Carmen Lawrence
- Type: Image
- Date: 3 May, 2023
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Resource Section
- The Hon Dr Carmen Lawrence MP, Member for Fremantle (WA), Australian Parliament House, http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?electorate=Fremantle
- Newspaper Article
- Journal Article
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Resource
- Trove: Lawrence, Carmen (1948-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-508700
- Book
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Site Exhibition
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders