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Worth, Patricia Mary (1946 - )

The Honourable, MP

Born
21 April 1946
Riverton, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Nurse and Parliamentarian
Alternative Names
  • Worth, Trish (also known as)

Summary

A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Trish Worth was elected to the House of Representative of the Australian Parliament as the Member for Adelaide, South Australia in 1993. She was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing on 26 November 2001 in the Howard Government. She was defeated at the 2004 election.

Details

A registered nurse and midewife, Worth was a senior manager at a private pathology company before entering Federal Parliament. From 11 July 1997 to 21 October 1998, Worth was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Family Services. From 21 October 1998 until 2001, she was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?ID=8V5 accessed 5/12/2001; http://www.trishworth.net/ accessed 5/12/2001.

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See also

  • Australian Parliament House, 'The Hon Trish Worth MP, Member for Adelaide (SA)', in Parliament of Australia: House of Representatives. Details
  • Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. Details

Anne Heywood

Created: 5 December 2001, Last modified: 22 April 2009

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