Guilfoyle, Margaret Georgina (1926 - )

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.

Events

15 May 1926	Born: daughter of William and Elizabeth (née Ellis) McCarthy
20 November 1952	Married Stanley Martin Leslie Guilfoyle
1967 - 1970	State Chairman Women's Section Liberal Party
1968 - 1976	Honorary National Treasurer, Young Women's Christian Association Australia
1970 - 1973	Member, Appeal Committee for Hall Residence University Papua New Guinea
1971 - 1987	Senator, Victoria
1975	Federal Minister, Education
1975 - 1976	Federal Minister, Assisting the Prime Minister in Child Care Matters
1980 - 1983	Federal Minister, Social Security
1983 - 1984	Federal Shadow Minister, Taxation and Finance
1988 - 2001	Member, National Inquiry Research Institute
1989	Director, Australian Children's Television Foundation
1990	Director, Jack Brockhoff Foundation
1990	Trustee, Mark Fitzpatrick Trust
1993 - 1995	President Board Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital
1993 - 2000	Board Member, Australian Institute Family Studies
1995 - 2001	Chair, Judicial Remuneration Tribunal
1996	Deputy Chair, Infertility Treatment Authority
1998 - 2000	Member, National Health and Medical Research Council

Board Member

• Australian Institute of Family Studies

Membership

• Lyceum Club (Melbourne) (1912 - )

Sponsored

• National Foundation for Australian Women (1989 - )

Related Corporate Bodies

• Interdepartmental Working Group Taskforce on Migrant Women (1977)

  Margaret Guilfoyle urged the prime minister to make sure that the Galbally Review of Post-arrival Migrant Programs and Services considered the specific needs and concerns of migrant women

Related People

• Coleman, Marie Yvonne

  In 1975, Marie was invited by Minister Senator Margaret Guilfoyle and Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser to accept appointment as Director of the Office of Child Care in the Department of Social Security.

Online Resources

• National Archives of Australia, 'Primary description of person CP 417; The Hon Dame Margaret Georgina Constance Guilfoyle DBE', http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CP+417. [ Details... ]

See also

• Victorian Women's Roll of Honour: Women Shaping the Nation, 1 edn, Centurary of Federation Victoria, 2001, http://www.women.vic.gov.au/CA25666E00000B30/Images/CoFHR/$File/CoFHR.pdf. [ Details... ]
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]