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Roper, Edna Sirius (1913 - 1986) |
| Homemaker, Jeweller and Parliamentarian |
| Born: 21 July 1913 Alberton, South Australia, Australia. Died: 08 October 1986 Leura, New South Wales, Australia. |
Edna Roper was an ALP member of the New South Wales Legislative Council for over twenty years. She was elected in 1957 and then re-elected in 1970. She served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition between 3/12/1973 -13/5/1976 (2 years 5 months 11 days) and was Deputy Leader of Government between 14/5/1976 - 17/10/1978 (2 years 5 months 4 days). She was a delegate to the International Women's Year conference in Mexico in 1975. |
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For further details refer to Catherine Green’s web-page at the New South Wales Parliament’s web-site, located at: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/1c80bf9e1a924b56ca256d3b0013d652!OpenDocument |
| Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/1c80bf9e1a924b56ca256d3b0013d652!OpenDocument. |
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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: 3 December 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE2075b.htm |