- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2070
Jakins, Judith Helen
- Preferred name Jakins, Judy
- Born 8 February 1940, Bourke, New South Wales, Australia
- Died 23 February 2023, Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia
- Occupation Farmer, Mothercraft nurse, Parliamentarian
Summary
Judy Jakins was a member of the National Party. She was a Member of the directly elected Legislative Council from 24 March 1984 until 1991. She was the first woman elected to represent the National Party in New South Wales when she entered Parliament in 1984. She was an Alderman of Dubbo City Council 1991 – 1995.
Published resources
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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
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Resource
- Trove: Jakins, Judith Helen (19400208-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477341