Janet Powell
Janet Powell Victoria | |
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In office 26 August 1986 – 30 June 1993 | |
Preceded by | Don Chipp |
Personal details | |
Born | Janet Frances McDonald 29 September 1942 Independent (1992–2004) |
Spouse |
Alan Powell
(m. 1965; div. 1988) |
Domestic partner(s) | Academic Politician |
Janet Frances Powell
A native of
Political career
Powell was active in the
She became the third elected leader of the party, from 1 July 1990 to 19 August 1991, when she was deposed in a coup promoted by the party's Queensland division "In the six years that I have been in this place I have valued most highly the cooperative work that I have been able to do with colleagues on all sides of the chamber...for example, I reflect on the magnificent work done by former Senator Peter Baume which played a large part in enabling the passage, unopposed, through the Parliament of my private member's Bill which banned the print advertising of tobacco products. On the other side, I look forward to a successful result on the question of discrimination against homosexuals in the armed forces as a result of important strategic cooperation between myself, Senator Margaret Reynolds and other Labor Party backbenchers."[9]
In 1996, she campaigned for Greens leader
Community service
Janet Powell was a member of the Patrons Council of the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria, a Life Member of YWCA Victoria, and also an inaugural appointee to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2000 "for services to the community".
In the
References
- ^ Ireland, Judith (1 October 2013). "Former Democrats leader Janet Powell dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ a b c d Jones, Kate (2017). "POWELL, Janet Frances (1942–2013)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ Who's Who in Australia 2013, Crown Content, 2012.
- ^ Biography for Powell, Janet Frances at Parliament of Australia
- ^ "Rotation of Senators" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. 17 September 1987. pp. 194–213.
- ABC PM radio interview with Maxine McKew, 1 August 1991
- ^ Gerard Ryle Meg Lees: The unauthorised story The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 July 2002
- ^ Hans Paas (5 July 2002). "A cautionary tale of hypocrisy and ambition". The Age. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
- ^ Senator Janet Powell: Statement by leave, Senate Hansard 18 August 1992
External links
- Janet Powell, Senate Biography
- Luntz Stephen: Missing a Mentor Obituary, at Wordpress.com, 1 October 2013
- Milne, Christine Tribute to Janet Powell AM at Parliament of Australia, 2 October 2013
- Powell, Janet Frances at The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia