- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1608
Humble, Beryl
- Occupation Councillor
Summary
Beryl Humble was a local councillor in Maitland for more than two decades from 1974-1997. At some point during this time she held the post of Deputy Mayor. The Beryl Humble Sporting Complex at Tenambit was named in her honour. In 1978, as a Liberal Party candidate, she failed to gain election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Waratah. That was the only time she ran for Parliament.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Humble, Beryl, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-721059
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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