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'''Jeannette Tweeddale Patrick''' (née Breen; 2 November 1929 – 24 May 2011) was an Australian politician. She was a [[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal Party]] member of the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] from 1976 to 1985. |
'''Jeannette Tweeddale Patrick''' (née Breen; 2 November 1929 – 24 May 2011) was an Australian politician. She was a [[Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Liberal Party]] member of the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]] from 1976 to 1985. |
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Patrick was born in [[Brighton, Victoria|Brighton]], the daughter of solicitor Robert Breen and future Senator Dame [[Marie Breen]]. She studied at [[Firbank Girls' Grammar School]], and after short stints as a kindergarten teacher and dental nurse, undertook the article clerks' course at [[Melbourne University]], and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the [[Supreme Court of Victoria]] on 3 April 1967. She worked as a solicitor in her family firm of R. T. Breen & Company from that point on. She was a [[City of Brighton (Victoria)|City of Brighton]] councillor from 1973 to 1976, a member of the Consumer Affairs Council from 1974 to 1975, and was honorary solicitor to a number of local organisations.<ref name="parl">{{cite web|title=Re-Member: Patrick, Jeannette Tweeddale|publisher=[[Parliament of Victoria]]|url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1364|accessdate=9 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="register">{{cite web|title=Patrick, Jeannette Tweeddale|publisher=Australian Women's Register|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1206b.htm|accessdate=9 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="obituary">{{Citation|last=Fitzherbert|first=Margaret|title=Leader in push for equal opportunity|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=14 June 2011|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/leader-in-push-for-equal-opportunity-20110613-1g091.html|accessdate=8 April 2016}}</ref> |
Patrick was born in [[Brighton, Victoria|Brighton]], the daughter of solicitor Robert Breen and future Senator Dame [[Marie Breen]]. She studied at [[Firbank Girls' Grammar School]], and after short stints as a kindergarten teacher and dental nurse, undertook the article clerks' course at [[Melbourne University]], and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the [[Supreme Court of Victoria]] on 3 April 1967. She worked as a solicitor in her family firm of R. T. Breen & Company from that point on. She was a [[City of Brighton (Victoria)|City of Brighton]] councillor from 1973 to 1976, a member of the Consumer Affairs Council from 1974 to 1975, and was honorary solicitor to a number of local organisations.<ref name="parl">{{cite web|title=Re-Member: Patrick, Jeannette Tweeddale|publisher=[[Parliament of Victoria]]|url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1364|accessdate=9 October 2012|archive-date=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523230941/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1364|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="register">{{cite web|title=Patrick, Jeannette Tweeddale|publisher=Australian Women's Register|url=http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1206b.htm|accessdate=9 October 2012|archive-date=27 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527173033/http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE1206b.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="obituary">{{Citation|last=Fitzherbert|first=Margaret|title=Leader in push for equal opportunity|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=14 June 2011|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/obituaries/leader-in-push-for-equal-opportunity-20110613-1g091.html|accessdate=8 April 2016}}</ref> |
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Patrick was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the [[1976 Victorian state election|1976 state election]], having defeated [[Peter Reith]] and Alan Dixon, among others, for preselection in the safe Liberal seat.<ref name="obituary"/> Only the fifth woman to enter the Legislative Assembly, and the only one serving for her first eighteen months, she entered a parliament where there was no female toilets in the legislative wing.<ref name="obituary"/><ref name="circumstance">{{Citation|last=Strong|first=Geoff|title=Women MPs balk at pomp and circumstance|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=21 March 1980|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8u5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8JIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6098,1952336|accessdate=8 April 2016}}</ref> |
Patrick was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the [[1976 Victorian state election|1976 state election]], having defeated [[Peter Reith]] and Alan Dixon, among others, for preselection in the safe Liberal seat.<ref name="obituary"/> Only the fifth woman to enter the Legislative Assembly, and the only one serving for her first eighteen months, she entered a parliament where there was no female toilets in the legislative wing.<ref name="obituary"/><ref name="circumstance">{{Citation|last=Strong|first=Geoff|title=Women MPs balk at pomp and circumstance|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=21 March 1980|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8u5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8JIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6098,1952336|accessdate=8 April 2016|archive-date=28 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428204758/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8u5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8JIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6098,1952336|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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In 1977, she was involved in the research, drafting and passage of the Equal Opportunity Act, which she would later tout as her greatest accomplishment in parliament.<ref name="obituary"/> She was a member of the Public Accounts Committee in her first term and was promoted to secretary to the parliamentary Liberal party in 1979, the first Liberal woman to hold such a position.<ref name="secretary">{{Citation|title=Woman wins Liberal post|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=23 May 1979|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WvZUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4936,3495665|accessdate=9 October 2012}}</ref> In 1980, she chaired a government inquiry into the possibility of abortion law reform in Victoria.<ref name="abortion">{{Citation|last=Strong|first=Geoff|title= |
In 1977, she was involved in the research, drafting and passage of the Equal Opportunity Act, which she would later tout as her greatest accomplishment in parliament.<ref name="obituary"/> She was a member of the Public Accounts Committee in her first term and was promoted to secretary to the parliamentary Liberal party in 1979, the first Liberal woman to hold such a position.<ref name="secretary">{{Citation|title=Woman wins Liberal post|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=23 May 1979|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WvZUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4936,3495665|accessdate=9 October 2012|archive-date=13 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513043643/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WvZUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4936,3495665|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1980, she chaired a government inquiry into the possibility of abortion law reform in Victoria.<ref name="abortion">{{Citation|last=Strong|first=Geoff|title=State committee to look at abortion laws|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=22 February 1980|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VfVUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3834,3114489|accessdate=8 April 2016|archive-date=29 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429090023/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VfVUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aJIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3834,3114489|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="abortion2">{{Citation|last=Chubb|first=Philip|title=State will try to restrict abortions|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=10 November 1981|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NSRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TJQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5842,4101443|accessdate=8 April 2016|archive-date=26 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426182901/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NSRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TJQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5842,4101443|url-status=live}}</ref> The Liberal Party lost the [[1982 Victorian state election|1982 election]]; afterwards she was promoted to Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and Shadow Minister for Local Government.<ref name="obituary"/> |
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Her husband was diagnosed with [[lung cancer]] in 1984, and she retired at the [[1985 Victorian state election|1985 state election]].<ref name="obituary"/><ref name="stepdown">{{Citation|title=Patrick to step down|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=12 April 1984|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=21FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3101,5336938|accessdate=8 April 2016}}</ref> |
Her husband was diagnosed with [[lung cancer]] in 1984, and she retired at the [[1985 Victorian state election|1985 state election]].<ref name="obituary"/><ref name="stepdown">{{Citation|title=Patrick to step down|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=12 April 1984|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=21FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3101,5336938|accessdate=8 April 2016|archive-date=12 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512211232/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=21FVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3101,5336938|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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Patrick died in Brighton on 24 May 2011 following a series of strokes. Her daughter, [[Jane Patrick]], has been a judge of the [[County Court of Victoria]] since 2008.<ref name="obituary"/> |
Patrick died in Brighton on 24 May 2011 following a series of strokes. Her daughter, [[Jane Patrick]], has been a judge of the [[County Court of Victoria]] since 2008.<ref name="obituary"/> |
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Latest revision as of 02:24, 7 July 2024
Jeannette Tweeddale Patrick (née Breen; 2 November 1929 – 24 May 2011) was an Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1985.
Patrick was born in Brighton, the daughter of solicitor Robert Breen and future Senator Dame Marie Breen. She studied at Firbank Girls' Grammar School, and after short stints as a kindergarten teacher and dental nurse, undertook the article clerks' course at Melbourne University, and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria on 3 April 1967. She worked as a solicitor in her family firm of R. T. Breen & Company from that point on. She was a City of Brighton councillor from 1973 to 1976, a member of the Consumer Affairs Council from 1974 to 1975, and was honorary solicitor to a number of local organisations.[1][2][3]
Patrick was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 1976 state election, having defeated Peter Reith and Alan Dixon, among others, for preselection in the safe Liberal seat.[3] Only the fifth woman to enter the Legislative Assembly, and the only one serving for her first eighteen months, she entered a parliament where there was no female toilets in the legislative wing.[3][4]
In 1977, she was involved in the research, drafting and passage of the Equal Opportunity Act, which she would later tout as her greatest accomplishment in parliament.[3] She was a member of the Public Accounts Committee in her first term and was promoted to secretary to the parliamentary Liberal party in 1979, the first Liberal woman to hold such a position.[5] In 1980, she chaired a government inquiry into the possibility of abortion law reform in Victoria.[6][7] The Liberal Party lost the 1982 election; afterwards she was promoted to Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs and Shadow Minister for Local Government.[3]
Her husband was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1984, and she retired at the 1985 state election.[3][8]
Patrick died in Brighton on 24 May 2011 following a series of strokes. Her daughter, Jane Patrick, has been a judge of the County Court of Victoria since 2008.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Re-Member: Patrick, Jeannette Tweeddale". Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ "Patrick, Jeannette Tweeddale". Australian Women's Register. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g Fitzherbert, Margaret (14 June 2011), "Leader in push for equal opportunity", The Age, retrieved 8 April 2016
- ^ Strong, Geoff (21 March 1980), "Women MPs balk at pomp and circumstance", The Age, archived from the original on 28 April 2016, retrieved 8 April 2016
- ^ "Woman wins Liberal post", The Age, 23 May 1979, archived from the original on 13 May 2016, retrieved 9 October 2012
- ^ Strong, Geoff (22 February 1980), "State committee to look at abortion laws", The Age, archived from the original on 29 April 2016, retrieved 8 April 2016
- ^ Chubb, Philip (10 November 1981), "State will try to restrict abortions", The Age, archived from the original on 26 April 2016, retrieved 8 April 2016
- ^ "Patrick to step down", The Age, 12 April 1984, archived from the original on 12 May 2016, retrieved 8 April 2016
