• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0180

Crosio, Janice Ann

  • The Honourable, MBE
(1939 – )
  • Born 3 January 1939, Granville, New South Wales, Australia
  • Occupation Mayor, Parliamentarian

Summary

Janice Crosio was the first woman Cabinet Minister of New South Wales, and first woman to serve on the executive at all three levels of government – local, state and federal. She was elected to the House of Representatives (ALP) for the seat of Prospect, New South Wales, in 1990 and retired in 2004.

She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) on 30 December 1978 for services to local government.

Details

Parliamentary and Local Government Career
  • Local Government: Fairfield City Council (New South Wales), 1971-80. Elected Mayor in 1974, 1977-1980
  • State Government: MLA Fairfield (New South Wales), 1981, 1984; MLA Smithfield (New South Wales), 1988
  • Federal Government: House of Representatives, Member for Prospect (New South Wales), 1990
  • Retired: 2004

Janice Crosio served on the Fairfield City Council (NSW) from 1971 to 1980 and became the first female Mayor of that council in 1974. She was re-elected in 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980. She transferred to the NSW State parliament in 1981 when she was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Fairfield. She held that seat from 19 September 1981 to 22 February 1988, moving to Smithfield from 27 April 1988 until she resigned on 17 February 1990.

Crosio was Minister for Natural Resources from 5 April 1984 to 6 February 1986; Minister for Local Government from 6 February 1986 to 25 March 1988; Minister for Water Resources from 4 July 1986 to 25 March 1988 and Assistant Minister for Transport from 26 November 1987 to 25 March 1988.

After entering federal parliament in 1990 she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories from 23 December 1993 to 25 March 1994 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Security from 25 March 1994 to 11 March 1996. In 2001, she was elected Chief Opposition Whip in the House of Representatives.

Crosio was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal in 1977 and the Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 1980.

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Events

  • 1993 - 1994

    Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories, New South Wales
  • 1993

    Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Arts and Administrative Services, New South Wales
  • 1987 - 1988

    Assistant to New South Wales State Minister for Transport
  • 1986 - 1988

    Minister for Water Resources, New South Wales
  • 1974 - 1975

    Mayor of the Fairfield City Council (first woman), New South Wales
  • 1972

    Deputy Mayor of the Fairfield City Council, New South Wales
  • 1971 - 1980

    Alderman of the Fairfield City Council, New South Wales
  • 2000

    Member of the Co-ordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians of Inter-Parliamentary Union
  • 1976 - 1993

    President of Meals on Wheels
  • 1980

    Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  • 1977

    Awarded the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal
  • 1978

    Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) (MBE)
  • 1990

    Member of the House of Representatives (Australian Labor Party) for Prospect, New South Wales
  • 1939

    Born Janice Ann Gustard
  • 1994 - 1996

    Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Security, New South Wales
  • 1986 - 1988

    Minister for Local Government, New South Wales
  • 1984 - 1986

    Minister for Natural Resources, New South Wales
  • 1988 - 1990

    Member of the Legislative Assembly (Australian Labor Party) for Smithfield, New South Wales
  • 1981 - 1988

    Member of the Legislative Assembly (Australian Labor Party) for Fairfield, New South Wales
  • 1984

    First woman elected a Cabinet Minister, New South Wales
  • 1977 - 1980

    Mayor, Fairfield City Council, New South Wales

Archival resources

  • National Library of Australia
    • [Biographical cuttings on Janice Crosio, former suburban mayor and NSW government minister, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]
  • National Library of Australia, Oral History and Folklore Collection
    • Janice Crosio interviewed by Judith Winternitz for the Cultural context of unemployment oral history project [sound recording]

Published resources

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  • Related Concepts
    • Women in Politics: Australian Labor Party
    • Female Mayors and Shire Presidents

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