- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE0242
Crossin, Patricia Margaret (Trish)
- AM
- Born 21 March 1956, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Occupation Parliamentarian
Summary
The Northern Territory gained their first female representative in Federal Parliament in 1998 when Patricia Crossin was chosen to replace the Hon. R. L. Collins, following his resignation. She was re-elected in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010 but was replaced by Nova Peris as the preselected Labor candidate for the 2013 election. Prior to entering Parliament Crossin worked as Branch Secretary for the National Tertiary Education Union (NT Branch) from 1996 to 1998 after spending six years as the Union’s Industrial Officer. Between 1978 and 1989 she worked as a primary school teacher.
She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2023 for significant service to the Parliament of Australia, and to the community of the Northern Territory.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Crossin, Trish (1956-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-517636
- Edited Book
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Resource Section
- Trish Crossin, Senator for the Northern Territory, Australian Parliament House, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/senators.asp?id=7Y6
- Trish Crossin, Senator for Northern Territory Trish Crossin, Senator for Northern Territory Trish Crossin, Senator for Northern Territory, Australian Labor Party, http://www.alp.org.au/people/nt/crossin_trish.php
- Trish Crossin, EMILY's List Australia, http://www.emilyslist.org.au/candidates/candidate.asp?id=32