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Women to Remember
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Margetts, Diane
(Dee) Elizabeth (1955 -) Born: Fremantle,
WA, Australia In 2001, Margetts was elected one of the members for the Agricultural Region, in the Legislative Council WA representing the Greens WA Party. From 1993-1999 she was a Senator (The Greens) for WA. Prior to commencing her parliamentary career Margetts was a lobbyist and state co-ordinator for the People for Nuclear Disarmament (1988-1991). Career Highlights URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://wa.greens.org.au/parliament/dmargetts/ Born 5th March 1955 Fremantle, WA. (daughter of Ernest and June Margetts) After completing her secondary education in Western Australia, Margetts moved to the United Kingdom in 1979 where she completed an Honours degree in Developmental Studies. She became a high school teacher/librarian following the completion of a diploma of Education (Univ. WA). It was while teaching that she became involved with the peace and environment movement, which lead her to joining the political arena. Her federal committee service included being a participating member of Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing Committees and Senate Select Committees. (Source: http://wa.greens.org.au/parliament/dmargetts/ accessed 01/02/02 and Parliament of Australia: Senate: Senators: Biographies) Online Sources Parliament of Australia, 'Dee Margetts, Senator for Western Australia', http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/senators/homepages/web/sb-DX5.htm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Published by
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