• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4283

Grounds, Lucy Margaret

(1908 – 1987)
  • Born 10 September, 1908, Glenorchy Tasmania Australia
  • Died 1 October, 1987, Melbourne Victoria Australia
  • Occupation Parliamentarian

Summary

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Lucy Grounds was elected to the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Tasmania representing the district of Launceston on 29 September 1951. She succeeded her husband Arthur after his death and remained in the parliament until her defeat at the 1958 election. In 2005 she was entered on the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women.

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    • Women in Politics: Australian Labor Party