- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3345
Goonan, Irene
- Occupation Local government councillor, Political candidate
Summary
Irene Goonan stood as an Independent candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Doncaster at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.
Details
Irene Goonan was the first female president of the Australian Retailers’ Association and spent eight years on the State Minister for Small Business Advisory Council.
She has served for fifteen years as a Councillor for the City of Manningham and has held the position of mayor on two occasions. She has also served on the Melbourne City Council.
Published resources
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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
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Resource
- Trove: Goonan, Irene, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-757081