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Gow, Heather Oxley (c. 1929 - ) |
| Statistician, Administrator and Civil celebrant |
Heather Gow was a Liberal Party member who only ran for election to Parliament once: in 1981 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Seven Hills. She had more luck at the local council level where she was elected to the Blacktown City Council from 1974-1977 and was Deputy Mayor from 1975-76. |
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Heather Gow was educated North Sydney Girls High School. She was the first woman elected Deputy Mayor of Blacktown Council, 1975-76. She was a civil marriage celebrant and at the time of her campaign was a widow. In 1981, she had begun a communication course as an external student, but she had previously worked as a statistician and had spent 25 years in administration. |
| Sources used to compile this entry: DECKER, Dianne , Women in Australian Parliament and Local Government: An updated history 1975-1992; Liberal Party of Australia NSW Division, State General Election 1981 Biographies of Candidates, August 1981. |
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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/AWE1578b.htm |