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Allen, Denise Margaret (1953 - )

Born
19 March 1953
Alexandra, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Parliamentarian
Website
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=52

Summary

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Denise Allen was elected as the Member for Benalla in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria at a by-election in 2000 after an initial unsuccessful attempt at the 1999 election. She was defeated at the 2002 election. In a change of party membership, she stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the People Power Party in the Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the Victorian state election, which was held on 25 November 2006.

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  • Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2002, 2020 pp. Details

Rosemary Francis

Created: 2 December 2005, Last modified: 14 October 2008

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