- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3849
Bateman, Janice Gwendoline
- OAM
- Born 1935
- Died 2016, Drouin Victoria Australia
- Occupation Local government councillor, Mayor, Political candidate
Summary
Janice Bateman served as a councillor for the City of Berwick, Victoria from 1971-84 and was its first woman mayor from 1980-81. In an attempt to move into the state parliament, she stood as a candidate for the Australian Democrats Party in the Legislative Assembly seat of Dandenong at the Victorian state election, which was held on 5 May 1979. She was a candidate for the Liberal Party in the Legislative Council Province of Eumemmering at the 1988 election.
She made a constructive contribution to the Australian Local Government Women’s Association in her capacity as president of the Victorian branch from 1975-77 and as national president from 1976-78. In 1985 she was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to the community and to local government.
Published resources
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Site Exhibition
- Carrying on the Fight: Women Candidates in Victorian Parliamentary Elections, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2008, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/cws/home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Bateman, Janice Gwendoline (1935-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-472240
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