- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1307
Buckingham, Helen Elizabeth
- Honourable, OAM
- Born 17 November 1952, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Occupation Local government councillor, Mayor, Parliamentarian, Teacher
Summary
A member of the Australian Labor Party, Helen Buckingham was elected as the Member for Koonung Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 2002. Before her election to parliament, she served on the Nunawading Council from 1997-2003, and as mayor from 1998-99. She retired from parliament in November 2006.
Published resources
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Resource
- Victorian Parliamentary Handbook Electronic Edition, 2005, http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/handbook
- Trove
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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