• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4483

Bleazby, Elizabeth Hannah

  • Birth name Bent, Elizabeth Hannah
(1866 – 1947)
  • Born 1866, Brighton Victoria Australia
  • Died 1947, Brighton Victoria Australia
  • Occupation Local government councillor

Summary

Elizabeth Bleazby served as a local government councillor for Brighton from 1929-1946. Daughter of a former Brighton councillor and premier of Victoria, Sir Thomas Bent, she was imbued with politics from an early age. She stood for election to the local council three times before she succeeded.

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  • Book
    • Getting the numbers: women in local government, Sinclair, Amanda, Bowman, Margaret and Strahan, Lynne, 1987

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  • Presided
    • Brighton Ladies Benevolent Society (1863 - )

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