McLean, Jean (1934 - )

A member of the Australian Labor Party from 1965, Jean McLean served in the Victorian Parliament as the Australian Labor Party member for Boronia province in the Legislative Council from 1985-92 and then as the member for Melbourne West province from 1992 until her retirement in 1999. Before her entry into parliament she was active in her opposition to conscription and the Australian involvement in the Vietnam War as convenor of the Save Our Sons Movement from 1965-73 and as Vice-chairperson of the Vietnam Moratorium Movement.

Membership

• Save Our Sons Movement (1965 - 1973)

See also

• Victorian Parliamentary Handbook / prepared by direction of the President of the Legislative Council and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Parliament of Victoria, Melbourne, 1989, 106 pp. [ Details... ]
• [Sydney] Save our Sons movement 1965-1972 (ed.), S.O.S. Newsletter, 1965-1972. [ Details... ]
• Francis, Rosemary, 'Women in protest movements: the Women's Peace Army and the Save Our Sons Movement.', Hons thesis, The University of Melbourne, 1984. [ Details... ]
• Pauline Armstrong, 'A history of the Save Our Sons movement of Victoria: 1965-1973', MA thesis, Monash University, 1991. [ Details... ]