- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE4080
Lees, Meg Heather
- AO
- Born 19 October 1948, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Occupation Parliamentarian, Teacher
Summary
Originally a member of the Australian Democrats Party, Meg Lees served as a Senator for South Australia in the Senate of the Parliament of Australia from 1990 until 2002, when she left the party to sit as an Independent. She was elected leader of the Party in 1997 and played an influential role in the introduction of a Goods and Service Tax in Australia in 2000. Lees was defeated for the Party leadership by Senator Stott Despoja in 2001. In 2003 Lees formed the Australian Progressive Alliance but lost her seat at the 2004 federal election.
Archival resources
- National Library of Australia
- National Library of Australia, Pictures Collection
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Lees, Meg (1948-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-601731
- Book
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Site Exhibition
- The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Smart, Judith and Swain, Shurlee (eds.), 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders