• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0205

Patterson, Kay Christine Lesley

(1944 – )
  • Born 21 November, 1944, Sydney New South Wales Australia
  • Occupation Parliamentarian

Summary

Senator the Honourable Kay Patterson was elected to the Senate for Victoria in 1987. On 7 October 2003 she was appointed Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women. Her other ministerial appointments have included being Minister for Health and Ageing, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Prior to entering Parliament she was Principal Lecturer and Chair with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences.

Events

  • 2000 - 2000

    Official visit to New Zealand

  • 2001 - 2001

    Official visit to Papua New Guinea

  • 1974 - 1976

    Senior Tutor with the Psychology Department at Monash University

  • 1977 - 1983

    Lecturer with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences

  • 1983 - 1985

    Senior Lecturer with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences

  • 1986 - 1987

    Principal Lecturer and Chair with the School of Behavioural Sciences at the Lincoln Institute of Health Sciences

  • 1983 - 1983

    Kellogg Travelling Fellow and Visiting Fellow with the Institue of Gerontology at the University of Michigan

  • 1985 - 1985

    Visiting Scholar with the Gerontology Center at Pennsylvania State University

  • 1978 - 1999

    Member of the Monash University Council

  • 1974 - 1991

    Member of Guides Victoria State Council

  • 1993 - 1993

    Member of Guides Victoria State Council

  • 1974 - 1985

    Member of Guides Victoria State Executive

  • 1988 - 1991

    Member of Guides Victoria State Executive

  • 2002 - 2002

    Life Member of Guides Victoria

  • 1996 - 1998

    Participating member of the Community Affairs: Legislation Committee

  • 1990 - 1992

    Member of the Senate Estimates Committee: C

  • 1993 - 1994

    Member of the Senate Estimates Committee: C

  • 1961 - 1964

    Small business secretary and office manager

  • 1990 - 1996

    Member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry

  • 1990 - 1992

    Parliamentary Secretary to the Chair of the Social Policy and Health Group

  • 1992 - 1993

    Parliamentary Secretary to the Chair of the Family, Social and Health Policy Group

  • 1993 - 1994

    Shadow Minister for Senior Citizens and Aged Care and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader of the Opposition on Women’s Affairs and the Arts

  • 1994 - 1995

    Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Community Services, Senior Citizens and Aged Care

  • 1970 - 1970

    Tutor with the Faculty of Education at the University of Sydney

  • 1995 - 1996

    Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services

  • 1985 - 1987

    Delegate from the Hawthorn West Branch of the Liberal Party State Council

  • 1986 - 1987

    Vice-President of the Hawthorn West Branch of the Liberal Party

  • 1985 - 1987

    Membership Officer of the Hawthorn West Branch of the Liberal Party

  • 1985 - 1987

    Member of the Hawthorn and East Yarra Province Electorate Committee

  • 1996 - 1996

    Chair of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

  • 1997 - 1997

    Chair of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

  • 1989 - 1989

    Delegate at the 3rd Commonwealth Conference on Delegated Legislation in London

  • 1987 - 1987

    Elected to the Senate for Victoria

  • 1996 - 1998

    Temporary Chair of Committees

  • 1998 - 2001

    Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

  • 2000 - 2001

    Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs

  • 2001 - 2003

    Minister for Health and Ageing

  • 2003 - 2003

    Minister for Family and Community Services and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women

  • 1987 - 1990

    Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Scruting of Bills

  • 1988 - 1993

    Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances

  • 1996 - 1996

    Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances

  • 1997 - 1998

    Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances

  • 1987 - 1991

    Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Employment, Education and Training

  • 1992 - 1992

    Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs

  • 1994 - 1996

    Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: References Committee

  • 1998 - 1998

    Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: References Committee

  • 1994 - 1996

    Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: Legislation Committee

  • 1998 - 1998

    Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Community Affairs: Legislation Committee

  • 1996 - 1996

    Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Employment, Education and Training: References Committee

  • 1998 - 1998

    Chair of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

  • 1995 - 1996

    Participating member of the Economics: Legislation Committee

  • 1996 - 1998

    Participating member of the Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: References Committee

  • 1996 - 1997

    Participating member of the Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

  • 2001 - 2001

    Official visit to Samoa

  • 2001 - 2001

    Leader of the Delegation to the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa

  • 1997 - 1997

    Parliamentary Adviser at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York

  • 1996 - 1996

    Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

  • 1997 - 1997

    Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

  • 1998 - 1998

    Member of the Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committee for Environment, Recreation, Communications and the Arts: Legislation Committee

  • 2001 - 2001

    Awarded the Centenary Medal ‘for service as Minister for Health and Ageing’

  • 2016 - 2016

    Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)

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