- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1291
Carbines, Elaine Cafferty
(1957 – )- Nationality Australian
- Born 4 February, 1957, Manchester England
- Occupation Parliamentarian, Teacher
Summary
A member of the Australian Labor Party since 1975, Elaine Carbines stood unsuccessfully in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bellarine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996. She was successful at her second attempt. She was elected as the Member for Geelong Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Education and Training from March-December 2002, and was Parliamentary Secretary, Environment, from December 2002. She was an unsuccessful candidate at the November 2006 Victorian state election when the Legislative Council was re-organised into regions rather than provinces. She stood in the Western Victoria Region.
Events
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2020 - 2020
For significant service to conservation and the environment.
Order of Australia - Member - AM
Published resources
- Edited Book
- Book
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Resource
- Elaine Carbines MLC, Member for Geelong Province, 2005, http://www.elainecarbines.com/
- Trove: Carbines, Elaine Cafferty (1957-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-727059
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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