Events

1961 - 1964

Small business secretary and office manager

1970

Tutor with the Faculty of Education at the University of Sydney

1974 - 1976

Senior Tutor with the Psychology Department at Monash University

1974 - 1985

Member of Guides Victoria State Executive

1974 - 1991

Member of Guides Victoria State Council

1977 - 1983

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

1978 - 1999

Member of the Monash University Council

1983

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

1983 - 1985

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

1985

Visiting Scholar with the Gerontology Center at Pennsylvania State University

1985 - 1987

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

1985 - 1987

Member of the Hawthorn and East Yarra Province Electorate Committee

1985 - 1987

Membership Officer of the Hawthorn West Branch of the Liberal Party

1986 - 1987

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

1986 - 1987

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

1 July 1987

Elected to the Senate for Victoria

24 September 1987 - 8 May 1990

Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Scruting of Bills

24 September 1987 - 14 February 1991

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

1988 - 1991

Member of Guides Victoria State Executive

24 February 1988 - 30 June 1993

Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances

November 1989

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

11 April 1990 - 28 April 1992

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

11 April 1990 - 11 March 1996

Member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry

24 August 1990 - 20 August 1992

Member of the Senate Estimates Committee: C

28 April 1992 - 7 April 1993

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

5 October 1992 - 23 October 1992

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

1993

Member of Guides Victoria State Council

7 April 1993 - 26 May 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

6 May 1993 - 10 October 1994

Member of the Senate Estimates Committee: C

26 May 1994 - 14 February 1995

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

10 October 1994 - 29 April 1996

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

10 October 1994 - 1 July 1996

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

14 February 1995 - 11 March 1996

Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services

29 May 1995 - 29 April 1996

Participating member of the Economics: Legislation Committee

1 May 1996 - 10 November 1998

Temporary Chair of Committees

2 May 1996 - 30 June 1996

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

8 May 1996 - 5 December 1996

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

8 May 1996 - 6 December 1996

Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances

20 May 1996 - 5 December 1996

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

28 June 1996 - 9 November 1998

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

1 July 1996 - 30 April 1998

Participating member of the Community Affairs: Legislation Committee

5 December 1996 - 4 February 1997

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

4 February 1997 - 22 February 1997

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

4 February 1997 - 9 November 1998

Member of the Senate Standing Committee for Regulations and Ordinances

5 February 1997 - 22 September 1997

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

September 1997 - December 1997

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

27 January 1998 - 9 November 1998

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

5 February 1998 - 9 November 1998

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

30 April 1998 - 14 May 1998

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

30 April 1998 - 3 December 1998

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

21 October 1998 - 26 November 2001

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs

16 February 2000 - 26 November 2001

Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs

April 2000

Official visit to New Zealand

April 2001

Official visit to Papua New Guinea

June 2001 - July 2001

Official visit to Samoa

August 2001 - September 2001

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

26 November 2001 - 6 October 2003

Minister for Health and Ageing

2002

Life Member of Guides Victoria

7 October 2003

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

Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.senatorpatterson.webcentral.com.au/ accessed 2001-12-05; http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/web/s-LI4.htm accessed 2001-12-05; http://www.vic.liberal.org.au/federal/senators/patterson.html accessed 2001-12-05 and http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/minister1.nsf/content/biography.htm accessed 2004-02-05.