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In the Queen's Birthday list (8 June 1968) Dorothy Tangney became the first Western Australian born woman to be appointed Dames Commander of the British Empire for services to the Western Australia Parliament. She was a senator for Western Australia in the Senate of the Australian Parliament from 1943 until she retired in 1968.
A former schoolteacher Dorothy Tangney became the first woman member of the Australian Senate. An advocate for health and welfare, she served on the Joint Committee on Social Security 1943-1946 and served as a senator from 1943 until she retired in 1968. Dorothy Tangney featured on the 45c stamp (1973) and the electoral division of Tangney in Western Australia is named after her. Also in 1999 the street, formerly known as Administration Place (Canberra), was changed to Dorothy Tangney Place. In the Queen's Birthday list (8 June 1968) Dorothy Tangney became the first Western Australian born woman to be appointed Dames Commander of the British Empire for services to the Western Australian Parliament.
Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.nwmc.org.au/history2/biogs/tagney.htm accessed 23/01/2002 http://www.curriculum.edu.au/democracy/connect/classact/polact.htm accessed 23/01/2002.
Anne Heywood
Created: 23 January 2002, Last modified: 29 September 2009
http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0243b.htm
I am attempting to locate a biography of Dorothy Tangney prior to her election to the Senate;I have checked the Biographical Cuttings at the National Library; it appears that she contested the State seat of Nedlands in WA & was also an unsuccessful Senate candidate in the Federal Election prior to 1943;
As you are aware, both Tangney & Dame Enid Lyons were elected to the Federal Parliament in 1943;
Briefly, this query relates to the election of Tangney; noting that Dame Enid had a much highr profile as the wife of Lyons the former PM;
Thanking you
George McLEAN - 11 October 2011, 3:36 PM EST