- Born
- c. 1930
Summary
Gladys Gander is a once only candidate for election to Parliament: a One Nation Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Newcastle in 2003.
Gander, Gladys (c. 1930 - )
Details
Gladys Gander was 73 and retired from employment when she ran for election for the seat of Newcastle in 2003. She gave her address as Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney, so her candidature in Newcastle was intended to bolster the vote of her party leader, Pauline Hanson, in her bid for a seat in the Legislative Council of New South Wales. Although she was in first position on the ballot paper, she won only 2.4% of the votes cast.
Her husband, Trevor Gander, aged 74, also ran for the One Nation Party, in the adjoining seat of Lake Macquarie.
Sources used to compile this entry: Newcastle Morning Herald, 14 March 2003.
Published resources
The Australian Women's Register Exhibitions
- 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. Details
Online Resources
- 'Gander, Gladys (1930-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-710077. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 12 December 2005, Last modified: 7 February 2006
