- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE1409
Costa, Dorothy
- Occupation Social worker
Summary
Dorothy Costa stood for Parliament only once: the 1988 Canterbury elections as a Socialist Party of Australia candidate.
Details
One of the problems of the electorate, stressed by Dorothy Costa in her 1988 campaign, was the use of sections of Canterbury Road by prostitutes. She also was concerned about the deterioration in the hospitals and public schools in the area.
Published resources
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Resource
- Trove: Costa, Dorothy, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-702087
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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