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Boland, Patricia |
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Patricia Boland was a highly qualified woman, though an unsuccessful candidate. She ran as a member of the Natural Law Party in the House of Representatives for Wentworth in 1993 and New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Vaucluse seat in 1995. |
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Patricia Boland, after graduating with a B Bus, qualified as a chartered public accountant and worked in merchant banking, becoming a manager of national money market operations for a major international bank. After marriage and while at home with children, she completed her BA majoring in sociology, literature/drama and religion. She also completed training as a teacher of Transcendental Meditation. When she ran her campaign for election in 1993 she was conducting a transcendental meditation centre in Bondi and working as a consultant for chartered accountants. She is married with two sons. |
| Sources used to compile this entry: Ephemera on NSW State and local elections, Box 8, Mitchell Library collection, State Library of NSW, Sydney; Ephemera on Federal Elections 1993. Mitchell Library collection, State Library of NSW, Sydney. |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 23 December 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1372b.htm |