- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1571
Gleeson, Margaret Ann
- Occupation Political candidate
Summary
Margaret Ann Gleeson ran for parliament several times. Her first time was as an ALP candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Monaro seat, in 1973. She then joined the Democratic Socialist Party and ran for them in the House of Representatives elections for Reid (1990) and Sydney (1993). She now writes for the Green Left Weekly.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Gleeson, Margaret Ann, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-720094
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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