- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1295
Coote, Andrea
- Honourable
- Maiden name Scoble, Andrea
- Born 18 July 1951, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Occupation Business manager, Parliamentarian
Summary
A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Andrea Coote was elected to the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 1999 as the Member for Monash Province. She has held positions which included Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Council), Manager of Opposition Business ( Council), Shadow Minister for Ageing and Carers, Shadow Minister for Victorian Communities and Spokesperson for the Arts. She was elected to the new Legislative Council Province of Southern Metropolitan at the state election, which was held on 25 November 2006. She was re-elected in 2010, but retired at the 2014 election.
Published resources
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Resource
- Victorian Parliamentary Handbook Electronic Edition, 2005, http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/handbook
- Trove: Coote, Andrea (1951-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-719062
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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