- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1379
Bradshaw, Margaret
(1940 – )- Born 1940
- Occupation Lawyer, Solicitor
Summary
A once-only candidate, Margaret Bradshaw ran for the Liberal Party in the Blue Mountains elections of 1984.
Details
Margaret Bradshaw joined the Liberal Party c.1974. She was reported to have conducted her 1984 campaign by telephone from the lounge room of her home. She distributed her literature through the post, saying, “In the mountains, letterboxing is strictly for mountain goats.” She campaigned for better trains and roads, an independent water supply and an immediate start on two new high schools.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Bradshaw, Margaret (1940-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-711063
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE1379b.htm