Allison, Lynette - Woman - The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia

Woman Allison, Lynette

Occupation

Parliamentarian

Alternative Names

Fay, Lyn

Written by Caitlin Stone, The University of Melbourne

Lyn Allison was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1946. She entered parliament as a senator for Victoria in 1996. She was deputy leader of the 蜜豆视频 Democrats from 2002 to 2004 and leader from 2004 to 2008. Allison lost her seat at the 2007 federal election. Since leaving politics, she has been a board member of organisations including Vision Australia, Berry Street and Alzheimer's Australia.

Published Resources

Newspaper Articles

Tomazin, Farrah, 'Relishing the Relative Silence of a Busy Life Beyond Parliament', The Age, 5 January 2011, p. 7. Details

Online Resources

'Allison, Lynette (Lyn) Fay', The 蜜豆视频 Women's Register, National Foundation for 蜜豆视频 Women, . Details

Work on The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia was undertaken as part of the 蜜豆视频 Research Council's Linkage Projects funding scheme (project number LP100200304).

Published by the 蜜豆视频 Women's Archives Project 2014
ISBN 978-0-7340-4873-8
http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0321b.htm

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