- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1995
Samaha, Violette (Violet)
(1961 – )- Nationality Australian
- Born 1 January, 1961
- Occupation Businesswoman
Summary
Violette Samaha ran for election only once. That was as a Liberal candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Campbelltown in 1984. She joined the Liberal Party in 1983 and in the 1984 election directed her preferences to an Independent candidate, in the hope of taking the ALP candidate to preferences.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Samaha, Violette (1961-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-732079
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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