Reynolds, Margaret (1941 - )

Margaret Reynolds was a Senator for Queensland from 1983 until 1999. First elected to the Senate in 1983, she was re-elected in 1984, 1987 and 1993. Reynolds worked as primary and remedial teacher then a tutor before entering parliament. She also served on the Townsville City Council from 1979-1983. Reynolds' responsibilities have included: Federal Government representative on the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation 1992-1995; Minister assisting PM on Status of Women 1988-1990; Chair of the Parliamentary Adviser to the United Nations; and Minister for Local Government 1987-1990. Reynolds has been a member of the Australian Labor Party since 1971, and has held many positions in the ALP.
Reynolds retired from parliamentary politics in 1999. She is now the National President of the United Nations Association of Australia and an Adjunct Professor and Sessional Lecturer in the School of Political science and international studies, University of Queensland.

Books

• Reynolds, Margaret, The last bastion : Labor women working towards equality in the parliaments of Australia, Business & Professional Publishing, Chatswood, N.S.W., 1995, 265 pp. [ Details... ]

Book Sections

• 'HERstory: Australian Labor Women in Federal, State and Territory Parliaments 1925-1994', Townsville, Qld., 1994. [ Details... ]

Reports

• Australia. Parliament. Senate. Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Electronic Technologies., Report on video and computer games and classification issues, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 1993, 67 pp. [ Details... ]
• Australia. Parliament. Senate. Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Electronic Technologies., Report on 0055 reverse phone directory service, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 1993, 27 pp. [ Details... ]
• Australia. Parliament. Senate. Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Telecommunications Technologies., Interim report on telephone services, Reynolds, Margaret, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 1991. [ Details... ]
• Australia. Parliament. Senate. Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Telecommunications Technologies., Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Telecommunications Technology [i.e. Technologies] : (official Hansard report), Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 1991-1994. [ Details... ]
• Australia. Parliament. Senate. Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Telecommunications Technologies., Report on telephone message services, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 1992. [ Details... ]
• Australia. Parliament. Senate. Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Telecommunications Technologies., Final report, Reynolds, Margaret, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 1992, 104 pp. [ Details... ]
• Australia. Parliament. Senate. Select Committee on Community Standards Relevant to the Supply of Services Utilising Telecommunications Technologies., Report, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 1993. [ Details... ]

Online Resources

• 'Person notes for person CP 362 (Senator Margaret Reynolds)', in RecordSearch, http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/SearchOld.asp?Number=CP+362. [ Details... ]

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]
• Parliament of Australia, 'The Hon. Margaret Reynolds, Senator for Queensland', Commonwealth of Australia, 1999, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/web/s-XI4.htm. [ Details... ]