- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1289
Powell, Jeanette
- The Honourable, AM
- Full name Powell, Elizabeth Jeanette
Birth name Cushion, Elizabeth Jeanette
- Born 4 February 1949, , Prescot, England
- Occupation Local government councillor, Parliamentarian
Summary
A member of the National Party, Jeanette Powell served as a local government councillor for the Shire of Shepparton from 1990 to 1994 and as Shire president from 1993 to 1994 before being elected to the Victorian State Parliament in 1996. She initially served in the Legislative Council representing the North-Eastern Province from 1996 to 2002. In November 2002 she was elected as the Member for Shepparton District in the Legislative Assembly. She was re-elected in November 2006 and again in November 2010. She held the ministerial portfolios of Local Government and Aboriginal Affairs in the Baillieu/Napthine Government. She retired from parliament at the November 2014 election.
Jeanette Powell was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2022 for significant service to the people and Parliament of Victoria, and to the community.
Published resources
- Edited Book
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Resource
- Jeanette Powell, MP, Powell, Jeanette, 2005, http://home.vicnet.net.au/~powell/
- Trove: Powell, Jeanette (1949-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-719067
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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