- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1399
Chinnock, Wilma
- Occupation Teacher
Summary
Wilma Chinnock is a well known local activist who represented the ALP in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bega.
Details
Wilma Chinnock graduated from the University of New South Wales, winning prizes in Pure and Applied Mathematics. She taught at Bega High School for 11 years and at the time of her campaign, she was Head of Mathematics at the Bega Valley Christian College.
Wilma has been actively involved with local issues, such as the Pambula Bridge, the redevelopment of Bega High School, a permanent site for the Runnyford Bush Fire Brigade and the establishment of nursing courses at the Bega Access Centre.
Wilma and her husband Greg have four adult children.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Chinnock, Wilma, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-697075
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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