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Callister, Valerie Joy (1950 - )

Born
16 June 1950
Leongatha, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Parliamentarian and Teacher
Alternative Names
  • Charles, Valerie Joy (maiden name)
Website
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=943

Summary

Valerie Callister served as the Member for Morwell in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian State Parliament from 1981-88. A member of the Australian Labor Party from 1976, she was secretary of the Parliamentary party from 1982 and served on the Privileges Committee of the Victorian Parliament from 1982. Before her election to parliament she had a career as a technical school teacher from 1975-81.

Sources used to compile this entry: Browne, Geoff, Biographical register of the Victorian Parliament, Government Printing Office on behalf of the Library Committee, Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1985, 229 pp. p. 28..

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See also

  • Browne, Geoff, Biographical register of the Victorian Parliament, Government Printing Office on behalf of the Library Committee, Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1985, 229 pp. p. 28. Details
  • Draper, W J (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1983, 24 edn, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 1983, 960 pp. Details

Rosemary Francis

Created: 27 May 2005, Last modified: 30 April 2009

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