- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE3085
Westwood, Helen Mary
- Occupation Accounting machinist, Local government councillor, Mayor, Parliamentarian, Political candidate
Summary
Helen Westwood stood as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party in the Legislative Council at the New South Wales state election, which was held on 24 March 2007 and was elected. She served until 2015. Before her election to the State Parliament, she served as a councillor for Bankstown City Council and was Mayor from 2002-2006.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Westwood, Helen Mary, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-700063
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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