- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1666
Mathew, Marie
- OAM
- Occupation Community activist, Political candidate
Summary
Marie Mathew is a long term community activist and contributor. She was a One Nation candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Clarence in 1999 and in the House of Representatives for Page in 2001. She had more success at the local council level and was an elected member of the Grafton City Council from 2000 to 2004.
Details
Marie Mathew is a well known figure in the Grafton area. She received the award of OAM in the Queen’s Birthday honours list in 2004, for services to local government, and women’s hockey. She was a member of the Clarence River Tourism Management Association and was the first woman president of the South Grafton Business Association. She has also worked extensively for local charities. She served one term on Grafton City Council but was not elected to the new amalgamated Clarence Valley Council.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Mathew, Marie (1938-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-739051
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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