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Australian Women
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Tehan, Marie Therese (1940 - 2004) |
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| Born: 19 June 1940 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 31 October 2004 Nagambie, Victoria, Australia. | |
A member of the Liberal party of Australia, Marie Tehan served in both Houses of the Victorian Parliament. She was the member for Central Highlands in the Legislative Council from 1987-92 and for Seymour in the Legislative Assembly from 1992-99. As a minister in the Kennett Liberal Government she held the portfolios of Minister for Health from 1992-96 and Minister for Conservation and Land Management from 1996-99. |
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Educated at Sacre Coeur, Glen Iris, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne, Marie Tehan qualified as a lawyer. She married Jim Tehan in 1963 and settled in regional Victoria. After producing six children she established her own legal practice in Mansfield, Victoria in 1970. She was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 1987 and retired from Parliament in 1999. She died at Nagambie after a short illness on 31 October 2004. | |
| Sources used to compile this entry: Who's Who in Australia 1998, p.1550. | |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 4 September 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1236b.htm |