Margaret Reynolds
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Margaret Reynolds AC (née Lyne; born 19 July 1941) served as an Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland from 1983 to 1999.
Margaret Reynolds | |
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Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women | |
In office 19 January 1988 – 4 April 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
Preceded by | Susan Ryan |
Succeeded by | Wendy Fatin |
Minister for Local Government | |
In office 18 September 1987 – 4 April 1990 | |
Prime Minister | Bob Hawke |
Preceded by | New title |
Succeeded by | Wendy Fatin |
Senator for Queensland | |
In office 5 March 1983 – 30 June 1999 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Margaret Lyne (1941-07-19) 19 July 1941 (age 82) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
Political party | Labor |
Spouse | |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Queensland |
Profession | Schoolteacher |
Reynolds had two ministerial appointments during her time in the Senate, serving as Minister for Local Government from September 1987 to April 1990 and as Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women from January 1988 to April 1990.[1]
She retired from federal politics in 1999, and went on to lecture in politics and international relations at the University of Queensland. In 1995, Reynolds published a book titled The Last Bastion: Labor women working towards equality in the parliaments of Australia, which is a compilation of biographical details about ALP women from the Party's inception till the year it was published. A further book, Living Politics, was published by University of Queensland Press in 2007.