• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: PR00769

Ferguson, Valma Eileen

(1941 – )
  • Born 20 November 1941, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • Occupation Parliamentarian

Summary

Valma Ferguson (Australian Labor Party) was a Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1993 and 1997.

Details

Valma Ferguson (Australian Labor Party) was a Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia between February and May 1993, during which time Parliament did not sit, and she was not sworn in. Ferguson was returned to the Upper House in April 1995 to fill a casual vacancy after the resignation of former ALP State President Tom Butler. Ferguson served out the remainder of her term, which expired in 1997.

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Published resources

  • Resource
  • Book
    • We Hold Up Half the Sky: The Voices of Western Australian ALP Women in Parliament, Watson, Judyth [ed.], 1994
  • Edited Book
    • Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Vol. 2, 1930-1990, Black, David and Bolton, Geoffrey, 1990
  • Book Section
    • Making a Difference: Women in the West Australian Parliament 1921-1999, Black, David and Phillips, Harry, 2000

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    • Women in Politics: Australian Labor Party

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