- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1700
O’Connor, Carolyn Ann
(1945 – )- Nationality Australian
- Born 1 January, 1945
- Occupation Sales clerk
Summary
Carolyn O’Connor ran twice for the Liberal Party in seats that were unwinnable for her party. These were the seat of Heffron in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1981) and Kingsford-Smith in the House of Representatives (1987). In 1981 Carolyn O’Connor had lived and worked in the Heffron electorate for more than five years. She had two children and within the electorate she was involved in the Scout movement and Little Athletics.
Published resources
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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
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Resource
- Trove: O'Connor, Carolyn Ann (1945-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-747055