- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1450
Galagher, Roberta
- Occupation Political candidate
Summary
Roberta Galagher was a stalwart Liberal Party member from its formation and ran as their candidate in the 1947, 1950, 1953 and 1956 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for King. Prior to this she was an Independent candidate in the House of Representatives for Robertson in 1943.
Details
Roberta Galagher was Chair of the NSW Division of the Liberal Party at the time of her death. She had been a member of its State Council from 1945, and had been a member of its Federal Executive and Council and a former Chair of its Federal Women’s Committee.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Galagher, Roberta, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-731088
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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