- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1404
Colyer, Val
(1947 – )- Nationality Australian
- Born 12 July, 1947
- Occupation Tour operator
Summary
Val Colyer was well known as a local and community activist who ran as a Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kogarah in 2003.
Details
Val migrated with her parents as a refugee after World War II. She is married with three children and has been active in Parents and Citizens Associations of her children’s schools.
From1999 to 2003 she was President of the Hurstville Chamber of Commerce. Val has also sat on many Juvenile Justice Committees in her area, and in 2003 was the Youth Director and President elect of the St. George Central Rotary. She was a Director on the Board of the Sydney YWCA for 9 years and is an Inbound Tour Operator.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Colyer, Val (1947-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-703074
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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