The Hon. Virginia Anne CHADWICK (1944 - 2009)

Date of Birth: 19/12/1944
Place of Birth: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 18/09/2009
Place of Death: Toronto, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position	Start	End	Period	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	6 Nov 1978	5 Mar 1999	20yr(s) 3mth(s) 28day(s)	A Member of the directly elected Legislative Council. Dates of Election 7 October 1978 and 19 March 1988.
Minister for Family and Community Services	25 Mar 1988	20 Jul 1990	2yr(s) 3mth(s) 26day(s)
Minister for School Education and Youth Affairs	20 Jul 1990	3 Jul 1992	1yr(s) 11mth(s) 14day(s)
Minister for Education and Youth Affairs and Minister for Employment and Training	3 Jul 1992	26 May 1993	10mth(s) 24day(s)
Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Minister for Tourism and Minister Assisting the Premier	26 May 1993	4 Apr 1995	1yr(s) 10mth(s) 10day(s)
Opposition Whip	3 Apr 1984	22 Feb 1988	3yr(s) 10mth(s) 20day(s)
President of the Legislative Council	29 Jun 1998	5 Mar 1999	8mth(s) 5day(s)	Granted retention of title of "Honourable" for life.

Political Party Activity

Liberal Party. Joined Newcastle Young Liberals 1960 and subsequently Liberal Party, Newcastle Branch. Held most offices at Branch and Conference level, various State Council Committees and a past member of State Executive. Chair of Hunter Parliamentary Taskforce.

Community Activity

Member and Patron of various community organisations.

Qualifications, occupations and interests

High School Teacher and businesswoman in a computer service. B.A., Dip.Ed. University of Newcastle. Newcastle Girls School from 1967 until 1968. Dormers Wells, Southall, United Kingdom 1969 until 1970. Newcastle Technical College 1971 until 1973. Finance Director of Compuserve Newcastle Pty Ltd in 1978. First woman Opposition Whip and woman to gain ministerial appointment in a Liberal Government. First woman President of the Legislative Council. Recreational interests included water skiing, swimming, art and family.

Personal

Married Bruce Sheldon and they had 1 daughter and 1 son.

Additional Information

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