Marie Fisher
Marie Fisher | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council | |
| In office 7 October 1978 – 22 February 1988 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marie Claire Callinan 9 June 1931 Labor Party |
| Spouse | Dugald Fisher |
| Children | 3 |
| Occupation | Schoolteacher |
Marie Claire Fisher (9 June, 1931 – 17 August, 2008) was an Australian politician. She was a
Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
from 1978 to 1988.
Fisher was born Marie Claire Callinan in
Sydney Teachers College.[1] In 1957 she began teaching English and history at Bourke High School. In 1960 she married Dugald Fisher, a local grazier, with whom she had three children. They lived on 'Galambo', a 24,300 ha pastoral property.[2]
A member of the
Cobar branches of the party, as well as Secretary of the Castlereagh
State Electoral Council.
In 1978, Fisher was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a Labor member. She served until 1988. She died in 2008 at Lismore.[2]
References
- ^ Veitch, Harriet (19 November 2008). "Teacher battled for the bush". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Mrs Marie Claire Fisher". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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