- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1335
Ashmore-Smith, Suzanne Catherine
- Occupation Lawyer, Political candidate, Taxation officer, Teacher
Summary
Suzanne Ashmore-Smith was a once-only candidate (ALP for Bligh in 1978), who later had a varied and successful career.
Details
Suzanne Ashmore-Smith was educated at Santa Sabina College, Strathfield, and the University of Sydney, where she graduated in Arts (BA) and obtained her teacher’s certificate. She later completed a law degree at the University of New South Wales (LLB).
She taught in schools in Papua New Guinea and Thailand and was a part-time tutor in politics at the UNSW for three years. In 1978 she became Assistant Research Officer with the Australian Taxation Office, later rising to become Assistant Commissioner.
Suzanne Ashmore-Smith joined the ALP c.1960. After returning to Australia from a long residence overseas, she rejoined the party and was elected a delegate to various party councils and to the Labor Women’s Conference.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Ashmore-Smith, Suzanne Catherine, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-701075
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Site Exhibition
- Putting Skirts on the Sacred Benches: Women Candidates for the New South Wales Parliament, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2006, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/pssb/home.html
- Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens, http://www.womenaustralia.info/lawyers/biogs/AWE1335b.htm