- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: PR00558
Patterson, Muriel Grace
- Birth name Quartermaine, Muriel Grace
- Born 20 September 1931, Katanning, Western Australia, Australia
- Occupation Parliamentarian
Summary
Muriel Patterson was elected to the Thirty-third Parliament of Western Australia as the Liberal party member of the Legislative Council for South West Region on 4 February 1989 for term commencing 22 May 1989. She was re-elected 1993, and 1996 (for term commencing 22 May 1997). She retired 21 May 2001.
Details
Muriel Quartermaine was born in Katanning in 1931, to farmer Charles Quartermaine and his wife Grace. She studied at Perth Technical College and Albany Technical College, and married Rolstun Patterson in 1951. From 1964 she farmed with her husband at Tambellup, than taught dressmaking until 1977. She joined the Albany Chamber of Commerce in 1976, and was President from 1984-1986. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Patterson was elected to the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Western Australia for the South West Region in 1989. She was re-elected in 1993 and 1996, and retired on 21 May 2001.
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Resource
- Trove: Patterson, Muriel Grace (19310920-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477563
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