- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2031
Voltz, Lynda
(1965 – )- Nationality Australian
- Born 1 January, 1965, Hornsby New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Army officer (former), Counsellor, Political staffer, Rugby player, Soccer player
Summary
Lynda Voltz was a political staffer who ran for election as an ALP candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly, North Shore, in 1995. In that year she was employed as an electoral officer for Senator John Faulkner, and had worked previously for Peter Baldwin M.H.R. In 2007 she was elected to the Legislative Council of the NSW Parliament. She was re-elected in 2015.
Details
Lynda Voltz was educated at Birrong Girls High School and spent six years in the Australian Regular Army. She was a Clinic Counsellor for 3 years and a keen sportsperson, who played competitive Women’s Soccer and Women’s Rugby Union.
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: Voltz, Lynda (1965-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-747060