Vale, Danna Sue (1944 - )

In 1996 Danna Vale was elected to the House of Representatives as the member for Hughes, New South Wales. She became Minister for Veterans' Affairs on 26 November 2001 and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence from 2001 until 2003. From 1984 until 1988 Minister Vale was a full-time wife, mother and student. In 1988 she began practising as a solicitor and held this position until entering parliament.

• Ward, Danna (maiden name, 14 November 1944 - 10 December 1965)

Events

1965 - 1984	Full-time mother
10 December 1965	Married Robert Vale and they had 4 sons
1984 - 1988	Full-time wife, mother and student
1988 - 1996	Solicitor
1993	Member of the Liberal Party
1994 - 1995	Delegate to the Liberal Party State Council (NSW)
1994 - 1995	Delegate to the Cook and Miranda Federal Electoral Councils
1994 - 1995	President of the Liberal Party Gymea Branch
1996	Elected to the House of Representative for Hughes, New South Wales
29 May 1996 - 27 November 1997	Member of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs
9 October 1996 - 17 October 1996	Member of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Communications, Transport and Microeconomic Reform
29 September 1997 - 8 October 2001	Member of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
8 December 1998 - 8 October 2001	Member of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage
29 March 2001 - 8 October 2001	Member of the House of Representative Standing Committee on the Library
26 November 2001	Minister for Veterans' Affairs
26 November 2001 - October 2003	Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence

See also

• Australian Christian Lobby, 'Danna Vale MP', http://www.acl.au.com/dannavale.htm. [ Details... ]
• Australian Parliament House, 'Mrs Danna Vale MP, Member for Hughes (NSW)', http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/biography.asp?id=VK6. [ Details... ]
• De Micheli, Catherine and Herd, Margaret (eds), Who's who in Australia 2003, 39 edn, Crown Content, North Melbourne, 2003, 2201 pp. [ Details... ]
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]
• Liberal Party of Australia NSW Division, 'Women in the Party', http://www.nsw.liberal.org.au/women_in_politics/women_in_politics
  /women_in_the_party.html. [ Details... ]