• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE4228

Woodgate, Margaret Rosemary

(1935 – )
  • Born 1 September 1935, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
  • Occupation Parliamentarian

Summary

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Margaret Woodgate was elected to the Parliament of Queensland as Member for Pine Rivers at the election, which was held in 1989. In an electoral redistribution, the seat of Pine Rivers was abolished and Margaret Woodgate became Member for the new seat of Kurwongbah at the 1992 election. During her period in parliament she held the ministerial portfolios of Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Premier on the Status of Women, from July 1995 until February 1996. She resigned from the Parliament in 1997. Before her election to the state parliament Margaret Woodgate served in local government as a councillor for the Shire of Pine Rivers from 1985-88.

Archival resources

  • National Library of Australia
    • [Biographical cuttings on Margaret Woodgate, politician, containing one or more cuttings from newspapers or journals]

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    • Women in Politics: Australian Labor Party