- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1459
Grant, Lee
- Occupation Political candidate
Summary
Lee Grant ran for election once only, but was active in her community. She stood for the Australian Greens in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Cabramatta in 2003.
Details
When Lee Grant ran for election, she was a working mother of four, travelling daily from Bonnyrigg, a far western suburb of Sydney, to Alexandria in the inner west. Although she had lived most of her life in the western suburbs of Sydney, she had travelled widely and understood the difficulties of moving to a new country. She had been active in residents groups opposed to over development. She was a committed supporter of public education and public health
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Grant, Lee, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-698063
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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