The Honourable

Born

4 February 1949
Prescot, England

Occupation

Parliamentarian and Local government councillor

Alternative Names

• Cushion, Elizabeth Jeanette (maiden name)
• Powell, Elizabeth Jeanette (also known as)

Website

http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members/id/147

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 currently holds the ministerial portfolios of Local Government and Aboriginal Affairs in the Baillieu Government.

Sources used to compile this entry: Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp.