- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1508
Canessa, Jacqueline
- Preferred name Canessa, Jackie
- Born 22 September, 1972
- Occupation Medical practitioner
Summary
Jacqueline (Jackie) Canessa is an activist in her profession and a one time candidate for election: Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Heffron in 1999.
Details
After graduating in Medicine (MB from Newcastle University, 1996), Jackie undertook further training in psychiatry at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, working as a Resident medical Officer 1996-1997 and Psychiatric Registrar 1998-. She was Treasurer, 2004 and Vice President, 2005, of the NSW Branch of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatrists in Training.
She joined the Liberal Party in 1996 and has been active in the Young Liberals, being a delegate to Young Liberal Council and a member of its Administration Committee from 1998.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Canessa, Jacqueline (1972-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-698097
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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