- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2008
Skelsey, Dora Madge
- JP
- Occupation Restauranteur
Summary
Dora Skelsey was a once only candidate for parliament: Liberal Party candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Lakemba, 1959. She ran a catering business and a hotel in the city, and in 1959 was the owner and manager of a restaurant in Sylvania. Dora Skelsey was a Justice of the Peace and was active in charitable work and fund raising during and after World War II. She was a member of the Soroptimist Club of St George and was a keen sportswoman, playing both golf and bowls. She was married with one son.
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: Skelsey, Dora Madge (1909-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-728088