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    The Honourable Dame Margaret Guilfoyle, 13 March 2003, courtesy of AWAP Collection.
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Guilfoyle, Margaret Georgina (1926 - )

The Honourable Dame, DBE, LLB, FCPA, FCIS

Born
15 May 1926
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Occupation
Parliamentarian

Summary

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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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

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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  • 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.

Archival resources

National Archives of Australia, National Office

  • Hon Dame Margaret Georgina Constance GUILFOYLE AC, DBE, CP 417; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details
  • Speech notes and personal papers [Dame Margaret Guilfoyle], 1 August 1982 - 31 October 1982, M2047; National Archives of Australia, National Office. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Parliamentarians' questionnaires, 1982 - 1983, MS 8806; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

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Title
The Honourable Dame Margaret Guilfoyle
Type
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Date
13 March 2003
Source
AWAP Collection

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Elle Morrell

Created: 9 February 2001, Last modified: 11 July 2007

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