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Tehan, Marie Therese (1940 - 2004)

Born
19 June 1940
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
31 October 2004
Nagambie, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Parliamentarian and Lawyer
Alternative Names
  • O'Brien, Marie Therese (maiden name)
Website
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=41

Summary

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 until 1999, when she retired. 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.

Details

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 at a by-election and retired from Parliament in 1999. She died at Nagambie after a short illness on 31 October 2004.

Sources used to compile this entry: Neto, Maryanne (researcher) (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1998, 38 edn, Information Australia Group Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1997, 1720 pp.

Published resources

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Booklets

  • Tehan, Marie, A profile of reform in Victoria's public health system : an address to the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Plenary session, Department of Health and Community Services, Melbourne, 1994, 20 pp. Details
  • Tehan, Marie, Small rural hospitals task force report : ministerial responses, Department of Health and Community Services, Melbourne, 1995. Details

Online Resources

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
  • Neto, Maryanne (researcher) (ed.), Who's who in Australia 1998, 38 edn, Information Australia Group Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1997, 1720 pp. Details

Rosemary Francis

Created: 8 July 2005, Last modified: 29 April 2009

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