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Roper, Edna Sirius (1913 - 1986)

Born
21 July 1913
Alberton, South Australia, Australia
Died
08 October 1986
Leura, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Homemaker, Jeweller and Parliamentarian

Summary

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.

Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/1c80bf9e1a924b56ca256d3b0013d652!OpenDocument.

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