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The Hon. Elaine Blanche NILE (1936 - 2011)

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Date of Birth: 20/03/1936
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 17/10/2011
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 19 Mar 1988 27 Aug 2002 14 years 5 months 9 days A Member of the directly elected Legislative Council. Date of Election 19 March 1988 and 25 March 1995..
Political Party Activity
Call to Australia Group. Executive Committee member.
Community Activity
Advisor to Immune Deficiency Syndrome Innocently Acquired (IDSIA). Support Group Hon. National President Women for the Family.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Comptometrist from 1951-1958. Manager Australian Christian Solidarity Paper: 1981 - 1986. Police Matron, Darlinghurst Court from 1977. Speaker Women's Christian Groups. Director, Family World News. Organiser, lecturer. educated at Gardiner's Road High School, Mascot. Recreational interests include reading and gardening.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Married the Reverend the Hon. F.J. Nile, Member of Legislative Council, in 1958 and had issue, 3 sons and 1 daughter.
Additional Information
First speech:

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.