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Australian Women
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Guilfoyle, Margaret Georgina (1926 - )The Honourable Dame, DBE, LLB, FCPA, FCIS |
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Dame Margaret Guilfoyle was the first Australian woman to be appointed to a Cabinet portfolio when, in 1976, she became Minister for Social Security in the Fraser Government. On 31 December 1979 Margaret Guilfoyle was appointed to the Order of the British Empire (Dames Commander) for her services to public and parliamentary service. |
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| Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.women.vic.gov.au/owa/owaimages.nsf/Images/CoFHR/$File/CoFHR.pdf accessed 25062003 and Who's Who in Australia 2002, p. 812. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 4 September 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0075b.htm |