- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2074
Press, Anne Elizabeth
(1903 – 1992)- Born 25 August 1903, Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
- Died 23 August 1992, Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Parliamentarian, Teacher
Summary
Anne Press had a parliamentary career that spanned two decades and the opposite ends of the political spectrum. Initially elected in 1959 as an ALP councillor, Press was soon expelled (in 1959) from the party following her vote against party lines when she voted against the Legislative Council Abolition Bill. She then became a member of the Independent Labour Group, to which she belonged for eight years. She joined the liberal party in 1967, and was successfully re-elected to the council as their candidate in 1970. She retired from parliament in 1978.
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: Press, Anne Elizabeth (19030825-19920823), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-774097