Margaret Woodgate

Margaret Woodgate
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Pine Rivers
In office
2 December 1989  19 September 1992
Preceded by Yvonne Chapman
Succeeded by Seat abolished
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Kurwongbah
In office
19 September 1992  17 March 1997
Preceded by New seat
Succeeded by Linda Lavarch
Personal details
Born Margaret Rosemary Woodgate
(1935-09-01) 1 September 1935
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political party Australian Labor Party
Occupation Electorate secretary

Margaret Rosemary Woodgate (born 1 September 1935) is a former Australian politician.

Woodgate was born in Brisbane. A member of the Labor Party, she served on Pine Rivers Shire Council from 1985 to 1988 and was a delegate to the Queensland Local Government Conference during that time. In 1989 she was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as the member for Pine Rivers, moving to Kurwongbah in 1992. She was Temporary Chairman of Committees from 1990 to 1991 and in 1995 was appointed Minister for Family and Community Services. Following Labor's defeat on the floor of the Assembly in 1996 she became Shadow Minister for Families, Community Care and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs, but she resigned from the ministry in 1996 and from parliament in 1997, triggering a by-election.[1]

References

  1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Yvonne Chapman
Member for Pine Rivers
19891992
Abolished
New seat Member for Kurwongbah
19921997
Succeeded by
Linda Lavarch


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