Crossin, Patricia Margaret (Trish) (1956 - )

The Northern Territory gained their first female representative in Federal Parliament when Patricia Crossin was chosen to replace the Hon. R. L. Collins, following his resignation. She was re-elected in 1998 and 2001. Prior to entering Parliament Crossin worked as Branch Secretary for the National Tertiary Education Union (NT-Branch) from 1996-1998 after spending six years as the Union's Industrial Officer. Between 1978-1989 she worked as a primary school teacher.

Related Corporate Bodies

• EMILY's List Australia (1996 - )

Online Resources

• Australian Labor Party, 'Trish Crossin, Senator for Northern Territory Trish Crossin, Senator for Northern Territory Trish Crossin, Senator for Northern Territory', http://www.alp.org.au/people/nt/crossin_trish.php. [ Details... ]
• Australian Parliament House, 'Trish Crossin, Senator for the Northern Territory', in Parliament House, http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/senators.asp?id=7Y6. [ Details... ]
• EMILY's List Australia, 'Trish Crossin', http://www.emilyslist.org.au/candidates/candidate.asp?id=32. [ Details... ]

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. [ Details... ]