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Brown, Jill

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Summary

A once-only candidate, Jill Brown stood for the One Nation Party in the 1999 Marrickville elections.

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Jill Brown said she believed in Pauline Hanson's One Nation party because her father was a returned soldier from World War II. She also believed in the abolition of discriminatory policies relating to Aboriginal and multicultural affairs. She won 4% of the vote.

Sources used to compile this entry: Glebe and Inner Western Weekly, 24 March 1999.

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Annette Alafaci

Created: 7 December 2005, Last modified: 10 May 2006

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"Marrickville elections": local government, State or Federal electorate?

Ann Smith - 27 January 2012, 8:47 PM EST

It is a NSW state electorate.

AWAP Administrator - 2 February 2012, 5:08 PM EST

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