• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE1289

Powell, Jeanette

(1949 – )
  • Nationality Australian
  • Born 4 February, 1949, Prescot England
  • Occupation Local government councillor, Parliamentarian

Summary

A member of the National Party, Jeanette Powell served as a local government councillor for the Shire of Shepparton from 1990-94 and as Shire president from 1993-4 before being elected to the Victorian State Parliament in 1996. She initially served in the Legislative Council representing the North-Eastern Province from 1996-2002. In November 2002 she was elected as the Member for Shepparton District in the Legislative Assembly. She was re-elected in November 2006 and again in November 2010. She held the ministerial portfolios of Local Government and Aboriginal Affairs in the Baillieu/Napthine Government. She retired from parliament at the November 2014 election.

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