- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1289
Powell, Jeanette
- The Honourable
- Also known as Powell, Elizabeth Jeanette
Maiden name Cushion, Elizabeth Jeanette
- Born 4 February 1949, Prescot, , England
- Occupation Local government councillor, Parliamentarian
Summary
A member of the National Party, Jeanette Powell served as a local government councillor for the Shire of Shepparton from 1990-94 and as Shire president from 1993-4 before being elected to the Victorian State Parliament in 1996. She initially served in the Legislative Council representing the North-Eastern Province from 1996-2002. In November 2002 she was elected as the Member for Shepparton District in the Legislative Assembly. She was re-elected in November 2006 and again in November 2010. She held the ministerial portfolios of Local Government and Aboriginal Affairs in the Baillieu/Napthine Government. She retired from parliament at the November 2014 election.
Published resources
- Edited Book
- Book
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Resource
- Jeanette Powell, MP, Powell, Jeanette, 2005, http://home.vicnet.net.au/~powell/
- Trove: Powell, Jeanette (1949-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-719067
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Site Exhibition
- Carrying on the Fight: Women Candidates in Victorian Parliamentary Elections, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cws/home.html