- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1388
Cable, Peggy May
(1939 – 2004)- Nationality Australian
- Born 1 January, 1939
- Died 3 April, 2004, Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Businesswoman
Summary
An idealist, Peggy May Cable ran for election twice. She was Australian Democrats candidate in the 1978 Wentworthville and 1981 Seven Hills elections.
Details
Peggy Cable joined the Australian Democrats in 1977, attracted by their philosophy of honesty, tolerance and compassion.
She had not had an easy life. When her first marriage ended in divorce, leaving her with a son to bring up, Peggy set up Cable’s Calculating and Secretarial Service and worked in a hotel at night to meet her expenses. The business was providing employment for up to 70 staff by 1981. Peggy was remarried by the time of her 1981 campaign. She was predeceased by her son, Dale.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Cable, Peggy May (1939-2004), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-697089
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html