FIRST WOMEN ELECTED TO VICTORIAN COUNCILS
(Information taken from Women in Australian Parliaments and Local Governments – Past and
Present by A. Viola Smith, published 1975; and Women in Australian Parliament and Local
Government – An Updated History 1975 – 1992 by Dianne Decker, published 1992. Extra
information has been supplied by a number of Councils and Historical Societies, and taken from
back copies of the ALGWA Newsletter.)
Omissions, updates and corrections welcomed.
An * beside a name indicates that this person served as either a Mayor or Shire President.
[C] signifies that the information has been confirmed and is complete.
Council
Councillor
Served
Alberton Shire
Fran DAWSON
1985 - 1992
Alexandra Shire
Daisy Ellen Rebecca WEEEKS*
Kathleen Mary COOPER*
Edna Stella WEBSTER
Jeanette Ethel CASTLES
Patricia WATERS
Anne SANDERSON
1940 – 1961
1970 – 1982
1985 – 1989
1985 – 1989
1990 – 1992
1991 – 1994
Altona Shire
Katherine Margaret Mary McINTYRE
1957 – 1960
Arapiles Shire
Elizabeth M. THOMPSON
1988 – 1992
Ararat City
Iris ROBINSON
Rhoda Jessie BOYLES*
Patricia BONSACK
Gwenda ALLGOOD
1970 – 1973
1971 – 1982
1980 –
1982 - 1992
Ararat Shire
June McINNES
Sandra LEWIS*
Dorothy DUNN
1970 – 1973
1987 – 1992
1988 – 1992
Avoca Shire
Patricia MURRELL*
Jennifer Elise JONES
1980 -1992
1992 – 1992
Avon Shire
Enid Mary AURISCH
Rita Tatiana GLOVER
Susanne Denis STROTHERS*
Joan Elizabeth TRAILL
Janice Mary JONES
1972 – 1975
1979 – 1980
1980 – 1991
1985 – 1992
1990 –
1
Bacchus Marsh Shire
M. LOVE
Delwyn LEGGATT*
Sandra PARAG
Sheryl TUNNECLIFFE
1973 – 1992
1985 – 1992
1991 – 1992
1991 –
Bairnsdale Shire
Beatrice HOLLOWAY
Pat RICE
1967 – 1972
1985 – 1992
Bairnsdale Town
Bairnsdale City
Patricia Ann EVANS
Grace McCAUGHEY
Genevieve A. KELLY
1967 – 1976
1988 – 1991
1991 – 1992
Ballan Shire
Gwenda BRYANT
Barbara GIBBS
1993 – 1994
1993 – 1994
Ballarat Shire
Ivy May NELSON*
Barbara HUGHES
Mary FORD
1974 – 1992
1982 –
1989 – 1992
Ballarat City
Jessie Margaret SCOTT*
Wanda V. CHAPMAN*
Vashti A.F. LLOYD*
Catherine M. LAFFEY
Janet M. DALE
Leora A. SENIOR
1970 – 1981
1981 - 1990
1983 –
1987 – 1990
1987 – 1991
1991 –
Bannockburn Shire
Diane M. RITCHIE
1990 –
Barrabool Shire
Patricia HICKFORD*
1981 – 1992
Bass Shire
Jan CUTLER
Heather VICCARS
1990 – 1992
1991 – 1992
Beechworth United Shire
Verna Jean DOWNES
Valerie Dawn MASON*
Vivienne PAYNE
Karen Elizabeth BARTSCH
Laraine CATLOW
1969 – 1972
1973 – 1979
1981 –
1990 –
1992 – 1994
Belfast Shire
Clare Margaret RYAN
1990 – 1992
Bellarine Shire
Jean CULL
Gwynneth MADDISON*
1975 – 1981
1981 – 1987
2
Bellarine Rural City
Merle RICKARDS
Dorothy McWHINNEY
1989 – 1991
1991 - 1992
Benalla City
Joyce SAY*
Dulcie Johns BRACK
Pauline MESSENGER
Helen Margaret MITCHELL
1963 – 1968
1967 – 1976
1987 – 1992
1991 –
Benalla Shire
Sue CASSIDY
Vicki BAILEY
1988 – 1991
1987 –
Bendigo City
Christine WISEMAN
Annie Edith GALVIN
Ada A. ARNETT
Mary HALL
Helen LONG
1964 – 1969
1968 – 1970; 1972 – 1975
1974 – 1977
1982 –
1991 - 1992
Berwick City
Janice Gwendoline BATEMAN*
Joan E. PHILLIPS
Robyn HRYCKOW
Margaret F. OWENS
Lorraine F. KOVACS*
Kirstin J. LOTTKOWITZ*
Lorna K. WILSON
Norma J. McCAUSLAND
1971 – 1984; 1992 –
1974 – 1977
1979 – 1983
1981 – 1984
1986 – 1989
1987 – 1992
1989 –
1990 –
Berwick Shire
Jennie Patricia VAUGHN
June MATTHEWS
Norma McCAUSLAND
1968 – 1971
1972 – 1975
1990s
Bet Bet Shire
Ann DORAN
1988 –
Birchip Shire
Joyce A. TUCK
Gayle SHARP
1979 – 1986
1990 – 1992
Box Hill [C]
Esther Primrose POELMAN*
Betty Ann WALTERS*
Rosemary VARTY
Noelle Mary RYAN*
1968 – 1977; 1981 – 1981
1977 – 1989
1981 – 1984
1990 – 1994
Bright Shire
Ruth HAMILTON
Marion RICHARDS
1973 – 1976
1979 –
3
Rosslyn MOORE
1990 – 1992
Brighton City
Elizabeth H. BLEAZY
Irene DUNSMUIR
Jeanette PATRICK
Di LOPES
Sally ALLMAND*
Kay HARMAN*
Rayleen HAIG
Shirley Ann ANDERSSON
Linn MASKELL
Elizabeth FRANCIS
Jill McKIGGAN
1929 – 1946
1970 – 1976
1973 – 1976
1976 – 1981
1977 – 1983
1979 – 1988
1983 –
1989 –
1991 –
1992 – 1994
1993 – 1994
Broadford Shire
Kathleen M. MACKENZIE
1984 - 1992
Broadmeadows City
N. McEGAN
Rosemary KERR
Dorothy WHITE
Alice COLLIS
1974 – 1977
1985 – 1992
1987 – 1992
1989 – 1992
Brunswick City
Marian KERMONDE
Loretta YORK
Marisa AMICO
Elizabeth JACKSON*
Mini CRISTOFAKIS
Katerina ANGELOPOULOS
Maureen FANNING
Glenys ROMANES*
1971 – 1977
1973 – 1976
1979 –
1979 – 1992
1982 –
1989 – 1992
1989 – 1992
1990s
Bulla Shire
Pauline DE LUCA*
Frances CARSTAIRS
Helen CONNELLY*
Paddy KEITH
Kathy DUNCAN
Veronica BURGESS
1983 –
1985 – 1992
1987 –
1989 –
1991 –
1991 –
Buln Buln Shire
Helga Hedegaard PEDERSON
Heather WALLER
Ruth Barbara McDONALD
Elizabeth Marjorie DELZOPPO*
Janet Louise KIRTON-CLARK
Barbara Ellen HATFIELD
1969 – 1975
1982 –
1985 – 1992
1986 – 1992
1989 –
1990 –
4
Bungaree Shire
Merrill Joy CULLINAN
1991 –
Buninyong Shire
Judith COULL*
Coral Margaret HARBOUR
Jocelyn Elizabeth NEVETT
1979 – 1992
1987 – 1992
1991 – 1992
Camberwell City
Dorothy Yvonne LAVER*
Jennifer WILLING
J. CAPP
Laraine BEATTIE
Judith HARRISON
Jenny CAREY
Carolyn INGVARSON
Beth LEE
1969 – 1984
1974 – 1977
1974 – 1977
1984 – 1992
1988 – 1991
1989 –
1990 –
1991 –
Camperdown Town
Norma Frances COOK
Pat ROBERTSON
1972 – 1975
1987 –
Castlemaine Shire
Loretta SIMMONS
1973 – 1976
Castlemaine Town
Ellen SHEEHAN*
Helen VELLACOTT
Susan L. MULLINGTON
Ruth NORRIS*
1944 – 1947; 1950 – 1959
1964 – 1966
1989 – 1992
1989 –
Caulfield City
Gladys Ellen WALLACE/MACHIN*
Nancy NEEDHAM*
Noela STEWART
Irene CAPEK
Dorothy FORD*
Joan HARDY
Sandy ANDERSON
Veronika MARTENS*
Helen FRIENDMANN
Heather WELSH
1950 – 1965
1970 – 1976
1974 – 1976
1977 - 1978
1977 – 1984
1979 – 1985
1986 – 1992
1986 –
1987 – 1992
1993 – 1994
Charlton Shire
Denise Marie ROBERTS
1985 – 1992
Chelsea City
Nola Isobel Constance BARBER*
Heather ROSS
Ann BUDGE*
Rosemary DRODGE
Marie McINTOSH
Luellen KICK
1948 – 1957; 1960 – 1975
1979 –
1987 – 1992
1988 – 1991
1984 – 1992
1990 – 1992
5
Chiltern Shire
Marcia Jean CROSS*
1985 – 1992
Cobram Shire
May SINCLAIR
Margaret DICK
Dot KILGOUR
Ruth RITCHIE
1961 – 1962; 1964 – 1966
1985 –
1987 – 1991
1989 – 1992
Coburg City
Shirley ROBERTSON*
Debra COPLAND
Julie HOGAN
Norma WILLOUGHBY*
Pauline TAYLOR*
Geraldine RAWSON
Patricia COOPER
Beverley CHUMBLEY
Katheryne SAVAGE
Anna PETROU
Mandy TZAFERIS
1976 – 1981
1982 – 1985
1987 – 1990
1987 – 1992
1988 – 1992
1989 – 1992
1989 – 1994
1989 – 1991
1990 – 1992
1991 – 1992
1992 – 1994
Cohuna Shire
Dorothy FITCH*
Helen WILLIAMS*
Aileen A. BREWER
Catherine A. BOND
1966 – 1992
1988 – 1992
1989 –
1990 – 1992
Colac City
Nellie P. LIBBES
Dorothea [Peg] KLUTKE*
Sharyn MATTHEWS*
Norma SELL
Irene SPOKES
1957 – 1960
1972 – 1981
1987 –
1989 – 1992
1991 – 1992
Colac Shire
Elizabeth ARUNDELL
1986 – 1992
Collingwood City
Rebecca (Rita) JAMIESON
Carolyn Jennifer HOGG*
Solange Marie SHAPIRO*
June Mary BRADBURY
Marion MILLER
Elspeth McCRACKEN-HEWSON
Pamela JENKINS*
Robyn TUNBRIDGE
Jennifer Margaret BACKHOLER*
Jennifer McMILLAN
Maureen O’BRIEN
1964 – 1970
1970 – 1973
1974 – 1986
1975 – 1978
1976 – 1981
1976 – 1982
1981 – 1987
1980 – 1983
1982 – 1992
1984 – 1987
1984 – 1986
6
Mary CARUANA
Marcia FLEET*
Lisa BEALEAR
Kate NEAL
Helen CONNORS
Diane MEIER
Noreen MOORE
1984 – 1986
1987 – 1993
1988 – 1989
1989 – 1991
1991 –
1991 –
1991 –
Corio Shire
Trudy MORITZ
Joan ROWE*
1975 – 1984
1985 – 1992
Cranbourne Shire
Patricia BOYLE
Judy ELSO
Phyllis FREDRIKSSON
Katie RYAN
1981 –
1985 – 1991
1987 – 1992
1991 – 1992
Creswick Shire
Merlyn Florence HUBBARD
Ann Geraldine SCOTT
Pearl Amelia MILLANE*
Colleen Ruby SIMMONS
Janine Mary BOOTH
Helen GAULKE
1970 – 1973
1980 – 1982
1986 – 1992
1989 –
1991 –
Unknown
Croydon Shire [C]
Rosalyn S. BULL
Estelle HILLARD
1964 – 1968
1967 – 1968
Croydon City [C]
Patricia CLARK
Anne Catherine O’SHAUGHNESSY*
Anne Isabella PATCH*
Karen McLEOD
Brenda COURT
Maureen Ann NAYLOR
1973 – 1974
1979 – 1983
1981 – 1992
1985 – 1987
1992 – 1994
1992 – 1994
Dandenong City
Lois June TWOHIG*
Janet Tindale Calder WILSON
Jeannie Phyllis WOOD*
Wilma Jean MILLER
Christine Leitha WARE*
Rosalea Anne ROBERTS
Clare O’NEIL
1952 – 1975
1977 – 1986
1983 – 1991
1987 – 1988
1988 –
1990 – 1992
1990 –
Daylesford & Glenlyon
Shire
Sarah WHITELEY
Betty Constance RAE
1964 – 1971
1972 – 1975
7
Eleanor Jean LIMPYER
Pamela Jean MANNING
Winifred Marigold ELLIOTT
Beverley BOF
1987 – 1992
1988 – 1993
1988 – 1994
1990 – 1992
Diamond Valley Shire
Pauline TONER
F.L. WILKES-JOHNSON
Heather CHICK
Margaret DEVLIN*
Barbara SMITH*
Ann TROTT
1973 – 1977
1974 – 1977
1981 –
1986 –
1987 –
1985 – 1992
Dimboola Shire
Jean KING
Karral HABY
1988 –
1991 –
Donald Shire
Eva Jay FRANKLING*
Vivienne O. DAVIDSON
Deirdre J. MORGAN
1969 – 1979
1991 –
1991 –
Doncaster- Templestowe
City
Angela E.J. BOOTH
Vera Muriel GREEN
Faith Mary FITZGERALD*
Margaret L. SEEDSMAN*
Chris DAY
Irene GOONAN*
Valerie B. POLLEY*
Noel STEVENSON
Louise D. JOY
Maris S. TAYLOR
1926 – 1933
1973 – 1976
1973 – 1980
1975 – 1980
1985 –
1989 – 1994
1989 – 1994
1989 – 1992
1990 – 1994
1990 – 1994
Dundas Shire
Christine Lesley DUNSTAN
Elizabeth Lesley HOBBS
1982 – 1984; 1986 – 1987
1988 – 1992
Dunmunkle Shire
Joanne BOURKE
Jeanette GRIGG*
Lorraine HEINTZE
1986 –
1989 –
1988 –
Eaglehawk Borough
Willi CARNEY*
Barbara PRICE-REES
Lola MILLER*
Megan WESTON*
Jill WILLIAMS*
1977 – 1980; 1983 – 1992
1980 –
1988 –
1989 –
1984 –
8
East Loddon Shire
Joan DOOLAN*
Bev STEWART*
1980s
1988 –
Echuca Shire
Peg HONEY
Yvonne DE ROOZE
Janina GAWLER
Alma MITCHELL
1981 –
1986 – 1992
1987 – 1991
1991 –
Eltham Shire
[C]
Alice M. PEAK (GANT)
Eva M. EDWARDS
Charis Meta PELLING*
P. ROBINSON
Mary GRANT
Jennifer MITCHELL
Pamela SLADDEN
1952 – 1956
1963 – 1965
1961 – 1971
1974 – 1977
1980 – 1992
1989 – 1992
1988 – 1992
Essendon City
Dorothy FULLARTON*
Monica HAYES
Judy MADDIGAN
Joan BRODIE*
Barbara RIDGWELL
1973 – 1985
1985 – 1991
1985 – 1991
1986 –
1991 –
Euroa Shire
Lorna McBURNEY
Esme STRINGER*
Elizabeth NEWNHAM
Kaylene DUNCAN
1976 – 1987
1983 –
1988 – 1990
1990 –
Ferntree Gully Shire
Violet Barry LAMBERT*
1931 – 1959
Fitzroy City
Florence Ethel PEEL*
Jeanne Wilhelmina MILLER
Jennifer Anne MILLER*
Eileen Jessie WHEELER*
Barbara Lillian A. POWDERLY
Carol Yvonne CARNEY
Louise Katherine ELLIOT
Barbara Alyson GAYLOR
Carol RICHARDS
Rosemary Esther KISS
Deirdre MASON
Patricia Joy CASWELL
Elaine Jessie BATCHELDER
Sandra RICHARDS
Elizabeth Jean BURNS
1949 – 1964
1958 – 1962
1964 – 1969; 1973 – 1984
1965 – 1975
1967 – 1975
1973 – 1982
1974 – 1977
1974 – 1977
1976 – 1979; 1983 – 1984
1979 – 1982
1980 – 1983
1981 – 1984
1982 – 1985
1982 – 1982
1983 – 1986
9
Teresa Mary PITT
Helen Mary ANDERTON
Judith Lauretta CROZIER
Angela Christine IRELAND*
Margaret RIGHTON
Heather Lorraine BLAKEY*
Sarah Ellen EASTON
Christine Mary HANCOCK
Helen Veronica MADDEN
Margaret Ann WALSH
Robyn Josephine ZALCMAN
Jane-Anne HUDSON
1983 – 1984
1984 – 1987
1985 – 1988
1985 – 1988; 1991 –
1985 – 1989
1986 –
1986 – 1987
1987 – 1991
1988 – 1991
1989 – 1990
1989 –
1990 –
Flinders Shire
Dorothy HOUGHTON
Rosemary SIMPSON*
Jean TURNER
Juanita HARTKOPF
1972 – 1984
1980 –
1981 –
1992 –
Footscray City
Sika KERRY
Phyllis CARSON
Margery Inez CAELLI*
Evelyn Mary DE BONNAIRE*
Jean Marie KING
Lynne Janice KOSKY*
Geraldine Mary EARLE
Cheryl Jessie CURRAN
Enid Marie EARLE
1972 – 1977
1974 – 1982
1975 – 1988
1982 – 1988
1985 – 1990
1986 – 1990
1986 – 1988
1987 –
1990 –
Frankston City
Edith Gertrude CAMERON
Faye NOTTAGE
Jane Margaret HILL
Dianne Margaret FULLER*
Leonie Rose CLARK*
Valerie Therese OGIER*
Susan JESSON
Marianne Lynette MEEHAN
Kathleen NEILSEN
1967 – 1970
1967 – 1971
1979 – 1982
1981 – 1985
1982 – 1990
1985 – 1992
1989 –
1987 – 1992
1989 – 1992
Geelong City
Betty Jean COLE
Elizabeth MILNE
Lesley YEOMANS
Anne FAIRBAIRN
1973 – 1976
1985 – 1990
1989 – 1992
1991 – 1992
Geelong West City
Virginia TODD*
1985 –
10
Sue MAKIN
1990 – 1992
Gisborne Shire
Blanche Muriel Eugene ROSS-WATT*
Terriss Valmai ORMEROD
Loris CADDY
Gwenyth YUILL
Helen GIBSON*
Rhonda BRADLEY
Robyne HEAD
Shirley McKEOWN
1925 – 1950
1957 – 1966
1980 –
1980 –
1981 –
1989 –
1989 –
1991 –
Glenelg Shire
Olive Jean McCALLUM*
1989 – 1994
Gordon Shire
Marie WORLAND
1990 –
Goulburn Shire
Kristin PHILLIPS
Susan B. VERGE
1983 –
1988 –
Grenville Shire
Sarah Agnes MOLONEY
Roselyn Kaye DUNN
Glenis Jean KIDD
1977 – 1978
1977 –
1991 –
Hamilton City
Frances Kathleen HEWETT*
Shirley RABACH
Helen MORRISON
Judy KENNY
Audrey NOSKE
Joan EVANS
1956 – 1980
1978 – 1979
1984 – 1988
1983 – 1989
1987 – 1990
1991 –
Hampden Shire
Marie L. THORNTON*
Jillian MEATHREL*
1985 – 1986
1991 –
Hasting Shire
Lorna BENNETTS
D.E. HOUGHTON
Rosie BUCHANAN
Sue De Carteret WILDING
Prudence GRIFFITHS
1970 – 1976
1974 – 1977
1989 – 1991
1981 –
1989 –
Hawthorne Shire
Jean Marjorie MANNING
1966 – 1970
Hawthorn City
Betty MARGINSON
Rosalind McMILLAN
Carol MATHEW
Barbara VAN ERNST*
1972 – 1980
1981 –
1980s
1984 –
11
Elizabeth LYONS
Jane NATHAN
1985 –
1987 –
Healesville Shire
Mildred Alice Murray MURTON
Hilda Gracia BAYLOR*
Beryl Thelma ANDREWS
Hazel Aveen HILL
Loraine Susan WADE
Veronica Maree HOLLAND*
Joanne Elizabeth BUCHAN/SPEARS
Juliana CURRAN
Di MOORE
Karen ROACH
1943 – 1946
1966 – 1978
1976 – 1979
1978 – 1984
1983 – 1984
1984 – 1989
1985 – 1988
1988 – 1990
1988 –
1991 –
Heidelberg City
Nellie Grace IBBOT*
Edna May DAVEY
Dorothy Jean BAKER*
Terrie SEYMOUR
Donna BEER
Michelle PENSON
1927 – 1950
1952 – 1953
1969 – 1992
1989 –
1990 –
1991 –
Heytesbury Shire
Joelyn Meredyth ANDERSON
Jessie Alma MacDONALD
Margaret McKENZIE
Annette PRICE
1989 –
1989 –
1990 –
1990 –
Heywood Shire
Shirley ELLIOTT*
Elizabeth Valmai GEE
Anne Louise HAY
Sophia HOLM
Barbara Jean YUILL
1987 – 1992
1981 – 1992
1988 – 1992
1988 – 1992
1992 – 1994
Horsham City
Maria Victoria LANDT*
Gayle CROOKE*
Suzanne Maree BROOOKS
1955 – 1967
1987 – 1992
1991 – 1992
Huntly Shire
Patricia RETALLICK
1989 – 1982
Kaniva Shire
Bessie Marion HAWKER*
Elizabeth ALLSOP
1967 – 1973
1982
Kara Kara Shire
12
Karkarooc Shire
Isabel ANDERSON
Genevieve LEHMANN
Elsie McLEAN
Marjorie Jean FENTON
Lillian Lorraine MORRIS
Victoria LYONS
1983 – 1991
1985 – 1992
1990 – 1992
1981 – 1986
1986 – 1990
1990 –
Keilor City
Nancy KIRCHNER
Andrea SURACE*
Rhonda MARTIN
Dorothy COSTA
Cheryl HILDEBRANDT
Bernadette SMITH
1972 – 1975
1986 – 1991
1988 – 1991
1989 – 1992
1990 – 1992
1991 – 1992
Kerang Borough
Thelma GRAVENALL
Ellen May PIERCE
1964 – 1967
1968 – 1974
Kerang Shire
Margery FENTON
Victoria LYONS
1984 –
1990 – 1992
Kew City
Marie DALLEY*
Dorothy Ada BUCHANAN
Gladys Charlotte FINK
Phyllis Catherine HORE
Kay COLE*
Kerry LOVERING
Joan LAMB
Dione McINTYRE
1948 – 1963
1967 – 1977
1969 – 1974
1971 –
1973 – 1976
1973 – 1976
1987 –
1989 – 1991
Kilmore Shire
Marlene COFF
Kate RUSSELL
Una HURST
Valerie POCOCK
Janet ROBINSON
Elaine McDONALD
1971 – 1974
1983 – 1985
1986 – 1986
1988 – 1989
1988 –
1992 –
Knox City
Barbara POWNEY
Marie WALLACE*
Margaret JONES
Joan SCHULZ
Mary RADISICH
Karin ORPEN*
1972 – 1975
1973 – 1994
1981 –
1983 –
1988 –
1990 – 1994;
Koroit Borough
Margaret LAURENCE*
1975 – 1984
13
Korong Shire
Gladys Mary EGGINK
Helen Mae LEECH*
1987 –
1989 –
Korumburra Shire
Grundry Decina MAYNE
Anne Meldrum COSGRIFF*
Noela Jean STUBINGTON
Jennifer Jane BEALES
Robyn Annette BROWN
1956 – 1959
1975 – 1984
1978 – 1987
1988 – 1990
1989 – 1990
Kowree Shire
Carlyne Marree WHITEHEAD
1989 – 1992
Kyabram Town
Ann Jeanette Moora ADAMS*
Dawn Mary THOMSON
Mary Patricia HAYES
Vicki Anne NEELE
Mary BOWMAN
Patricia June MORRELL
1974 – 1983
1982 – 1983
1983 – 1986
1984 – 1991
1988 –
1989 –
Kyneton Shire
Maisie HARPER*
Marie PRIEST
1971 – 1974
1992 –
Leigh Shire
Claire BARBER*
Fiona PARKER
Barbara McCALLUM
1980 –
1989 – 1992
1991 – 1992
Lilydale Shire
Margaret Gwen HARDY*
Robyn BARKER
Toni FRASER
Carol A. AHERN
Kristine BROOM
Ann ATKINSON
Gis MARVEN
Sue THOMPSON
1973 – 1976
1980 –
1987 –
1988 – 1991
1988 – 1991
1990 –
1990 –
1990 – 1992
Lowan Shire
Mavis Joan BAILEY
Marion COLEMAN
1971 – 1977
1973 – 1976
McIvor Shire
Rhonda O’KEEFE
Bronwyn WHEATLEY
1988 – 1991
1991 –
Lexton Shire
14
Maffra Shire
Marion Coleman
Mary HOWSON*
Patricia PHELAN
Fairlie KERMODE
1973 – 1976
1984 –
1988 –
1989 –
Maldon Shire
Moira Elsie WHITEMAN*
Margaret Wellesley DUNNE
Margaret May McKNIGHT
1984 – 1991
1988 –
1991 –
Malvern City
Lady A. SCHOLL
Ann MORROW*
Janice CARPENTER
Marie QUINN*
Gloria FITTS
Elspeth NEWMAN
Elizabeth SHALLESS *
Anne COX
1974 – 1977
1970s
1984 –
1984 –
1986 –
1986 –
1986 –
1991 –
Mansfield Shire
Sheba Elizabeth BROWNE
Anne Maree BELL*
Mary Lynette MAHONEY
Zaldah Christine KIRLEY
Ailsa Jeanette FOX
1974 – 1976
1982 – 1992
1983 – 1985
1987 – 1988
1988 –
Marong Shire
Elaine KNIGHT*
Elaine Valda McNAMARA
Helen Orme HARRISON
1972 – 1975
1972 – 1992
1979 –
Maryborough City
Margaret HARRISON*
Gwenda FREEMAN
Jill FAVERO
1988 –
1991 –
1991 –
Melbourne City
Clare Josephine CASCARRET
Hanna PAN
Alexis (Leckie) Margaret ORD*
Winsome Mavis McP. McCAUGHEY*
Lorna Elizabeth ROLFE
Lynette HATTON
Rhonda CUMBERLAND
Barbara CHAMPION
Cheryl FRUSCALZO
Janette HIBBERD
Lorna HANNAN
1967 – 1976
1972 – 1981
1987 – 1991
1982 – 1991
1981 – 1991
1985 –
1988 –
1991 –
1991 –
1991 –
1991 –
15
Kate REDWOOD
Fran SCIARRETTA
1991 –
1991 –
Irene May RICHARDS
Marjorie NORTON
Ann O’KEEFE
Therese SAMSON*
Grace WITHINGTON
Leonie PATTERSON
Jeanette ANDREWARTHA
Jacqueline SEXTON
Morita BOWMAN*
Helen CASPAR
Betty HAWKES
Wendy WEBB
Margaret WOOD
Olive PENNO
Helen RINGROSE
Marion LANDE
1970 – 1976
1980 –
1981 –
1982 – 1991
1988 – 1991
1987 – 1991
1989 – 1991
1990 –
1990 –
1991 –
1991 –
1991 –
1991 –
1988 –
1990 – 1992
1990 –
Mildura City
Kathleen RICHARDSON
Kathleen Mary GAMBETTA *
Diana E. DUCK*
Nola L. LEVER
Kathleen J. AVERY
Shirley PENNY*
1958 – 1964
1965 – 1980
1975 – 1987
1980 – 1986
1987 –
1982 –
Mildura Shire
Elizabeth MAFFEI*
Anne COX*
1981 –
1988 –
Minhamite Shire
Christine HEATHERINGTON
1991 –
Mirboo Shire
Gladys Muriel WATT
Janice Olive SUTER
Deborah Helen WILLIAMS
Nancy HEWITT*
Diane SMITH
1954 – 1964
1972 – 1975
1985 – 1987
1987 – 1992
1989 –
Moe Shire
Avis G. MAUDE
1969 – 1970
Moe City
Dorothy DEAN
Margaret ADAMS
Betty COLLINS
1980 – 1992
1984 –
1985 –
Melton Shire
Metcalfe Shire
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Moorabbin City
Julie Christine COOPER*
Ann DUNKLEY*
Shirley CROPLEY
Shirley ALEXANDER
Inga PEULICH
Rose Mary BEVERIDGE
Terry O’BRIEN
1976 – 1987
1979 – 1985
1981 – 1984
1987 – 1991
1990 – 1992
1991 –
1992 – 1994
Mordialloc City
Mary Therese ROBERTSON
Gertrude Josephine McKENZIE*
Shirley Olga BURKE*
Doris STOCKTON*
Hazel PIERCE*
Lesley McGURGAN
1930 – 1931
1955 – 1961
1958 – 1964
1977 – 1989
1982 –
1991 – 1994
Mornington Shire
Elsie May DORRINGTON
Jessie Ellen WHITE*
Marcia Joan SLY*
Lois Jean WEIR
Marianne Deidre TOOTELL
Susanna Diana SANDLER
Sue HARVEY
Susan MacCREADIE
Patricia LEECH*
1952 – 1958
1963 – 1975
1974 – 1979
1978 – 1980
1978 – 1981
1982 – 1985
1983 – 1986
1984 – 1987
1988 – 1994
Mortlake Shire
Joanne JACKSON
Brenda HAMPSON
Betty BRUMLEY
1983 – 1991
1988 – 2008
1991 –
Morwell Shire
Ruth DEAN
Gloria Jean AUCHTERLONIE*
Mabel RENNIE
Elizabeth Jane OLLQUIST
1970 – 1976
1982 – 1989
1985 – 1987
1989 –
Mount Rouse Shire
Hope HENRY
1955 – 1957
Myrtleford Shire
Molly CORREA
Ila TRELOAR
Rita SGUARIO
1972 – 1981
1981 – 1990
1990 –
Narracan Shire
Sheila May FERGUSON*
Mary REDSTON
Lynette ROBERTS
Janet GREEN
1973 – 1991
1975 – 1978
1981 – 1984
1986 – 1988
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Thelma Joyce ROWSELL*
Julie Anne HOARE
Inge MITCHELL
1985 – 1992
1990 – 1992
1992 –
Nathalia Shire
Newham & Woodend Shire Ruby E. McKENZIE*
Marianne N.C. VAN BLYNBURGH
Marlene Sylvia JAGER*
Noreen WILLS
Dianne DALE*
Jenny SHAW
1948 – 1968
1970 – 1975
1979 – 1991
1982 –
1986 – 1992
1991 –
Newstead Shire
Andrea Mae DYER
Wendy Margaret DRONEY
1988 – 1991
1990 –
Newtown City
Zilla CRAWCOUR*
Gladys Dorothy SEATON
Valarie Denise NICHOLLS
Jan Felice LAIDLAW*
Frances Therese MATLOCK*
Prudence Ann FIDGE*
Helene Flora BENDER
1957 – 1977
1974 – 1976
1979 – 1982
1979 – 1991
1982 – 1991
1989 – 1992
1992 –
Northcote City
Lucy HATHAWAY
Elizabeth JONES
Julie NELSON
Elizabeth DONOGHUE
Lyn SAINT-JAMES
Margaret GUTHRIE
Teena CROSS
Keren FRANZI
Carolyn PURDUE
Lidia ARGONDIZZO
Emily DIMITRACOPOULOS
Angela KOTSIRAS
Maria VAMVAKINOU
1975 – 1978
1978 – 1980
1979 – 1984
1981 – 1983
1983 – 1986
1985 – 1987
1988 – 1989
1984 –
1986 –
1987 –
1990 –
1990 –
1990 –
Numurkah Shire
Janette WILLIS
Monica PINNUCK*
Sue ALDRIDGE
1981
1987 –
1989 –
Nunawading City [C]
Janette Lucie PLUMMER*
Raylene Thelmae CRABTREE
1974 – 1979; 1982 – 1994
1974 – 1976
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Judith Wendy REID*
Coleen COLEMAN
Valda ARROWSMITH*
Helen McFARLANE
Christine FENSHAM
Robyn Louise McCANN
Dorothy Grace SMITH*
Evelyn Doreen FESL
Joan Frances MORGAN
Margaret Lyn EDWARDS
Sally GOODE
1976 – 1989
1978 – 1981
1979 – 1990
1983 – 1985
1985 – 1986
1986 – 1987
1986 – 1991
1989 – 1990
1989 – 1991
1989 – 1992
1990 – 1993
Olga JACKSON
Heather NORLING*
Joyce McGILL
Denise McGILL*
Gloria KNEEBONE*
Margaret NICHOLLS*
1980 – 1983
1983 –
1984 –
1987 – 1992
1984 –
1989 – 1994
Orbost Shire
Winifred Veronica MAURICE
Alexia MUNDY
Brenda MURRAY*
Stella Irene KAVANAGH
Claire LOCK
Shirley ROSS
Margaret Rae VINCENT
Barbara Janet BOWIE
Mary DOLAND
1954 – 1956
1956 – 1965
1972 – 1987
1980 – 1993
1980 –
1982 –
1983 – 1988
1991 –
1991 –
Otway Shire
Evelyn Rose COSTIN
Jean Elaine CAPPONI
Jean SHANAHAN
Carol WILMINK
Mary FREE
Lois WADE
1960 – 1963
1964 –
1982 –
1985 –
1985 –
1991 –
Oxley Shire
Alison WALPOLE
1982 –
Pakenham Shire
Jeune MATTHEWS*
Pam WYLEY
Kathleen HALVY*
Lyn DOOLEY
1979 –
1985 – 1991
1990 – 1992
1991 –
Oakleigh City
Omeo Shire
19
Phillip Island Shire
Alice DAVIS
Lucy Kruger THOMPSON
Kathleen Mary ROGAN
Phil DIXON
Ann DAVIE
1928 – 1929
1931 – 1937
1971 – 1977
1987 – 1992
1989 – 1992
Port Fairy Borough
Margaret WHITEHEAD*
Valda L. GOLDIE*
1982 –
1989 –
Port Melbourne City
J.W. WOODRUFF
Anna Louisa ROBIESON*
Cynthia MARTIN
Helen FARRELL
Brenda BEDFORD
Lyn ALLISON
Brenda BEDFORD
Kerry McKENDRICK
Liana THOMPSON*
Ilsa RAND
1974 – 1977
1978 – 1982
1990 –
1990 –
1991 –
Portland Town
Mabel Emily HEDDITCH*
Lila Joy DAVIS*
Gwenda Kathleen BOLITHO
Margaret Beatrice PUNTON
Kaye FRANKCOM
1951 – 1961
1972 – 1987
1984 – 1987
1987 – 1990
1990 – 1992
Prahran City
Marjorie Frances BULBICK
Patricia Anne RAYSON
Mary DUFFY*
Wendy SPRY*
Sandra GATEHOUSE
Leonie Therese BURKE*
Sandra Alexandra MAKRIS
Jane Henderson MOFFAT
Winfred Mary VEARS
1969 – 1972
1976 – 1979
1979 – 1985
1985 – 1991
1986 –
1987 – 1993
1987 –
1987 –
1991 –
Preston City
Helen DAVIS
Anne MURPHY
Chris KELLY
1978 –
1987 – 1994
1993 – 1994
Pyalong Shire
Margaret Mary RYAN
1990 –
20
1992 – 1994
1992 –
Sarah J. THOMPSON
1991 –
Queenscliffe Borough
Jennifer Meredith LAMBIE
Flora WAYTH
Cynthia R. WILKINSON
Kerri L. ERIER
1972 – 1977
1982 –
1988 –
1990 –
Richmond City
Mary Catherine ROGERS
Eileen Margaret SLATTERY
Beverley May GENSER
Gloria Jean LEE
Shelley R. LAVENDER
Dorothy SOFTLY
Maureen BREEN*
Christine HAMMETT
Rosemary Anne MASON
Barbara ANDREWS
Maureen McDERMOTT
1920 – 1925
1952 – 1957
1965 – 1979
1972 – 1979
1977 – 1979
1978 – 1982
1988 –
1988 –
1989 –
1990 –
1991 –
Ringwood City [C]
Elizabeth PENNY*
Patricia Elizabeth PALMER*
Patricia GOTLIB*
Lilian Mary ROSEWARNE
Kate MAHONEY
Betty MILTON*
Margaret Ellen CHEEVERS*
Ann FRASER
Sylvia PHILLIPS
Yvonne Kaukas
1966 – 1967
1967 – 1973
1978 – 1987
1982 – 1991
1984 – 1985
1985 – 1991
1989 – 1994
1987 – 1990; 1991 – 1994
1991 – 1994
1993 – 1994
Ripon Shire
Marjory ODDIE
Joanne CUTHBERT
1982 –
1989 –
Rochester Shire
Helen Rosaline CLARKE*
Joan DOOLAN
Joy WELLER
1969 – 1982
1987 –
1987 –
Rodney Shire
Cherie CRAWFORD*
Carmel SCHROEN
1990 – 1994
1992 – 1994
Romsey Shire
Mildred May HANDLEY
1927 – 1930
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Rosedale Shire
Rosemary HUG*
Margaret PULLIN
Vicki L. LEESON*
Joan M. GRAY
Kathleen CAPON
1970s
1988 –
1988 –
1989 –
1991 – 1994
Rutherglen Shire
Jennifer Frances TEMPLETON
Sandra Margaret JOHNSTONE
Margaret Helen FITZGIBBON
1989 –
1990 – 1994
1990 – 1994
St. Arnaud Town
Ella Ivy EBERY*
Marjorie Ida GARTON
Janice Lorraine SAMPSON
1969 – 1979; 1984 –
1986 –
1989 – 1992
St. Kilda City
Helen HALLIDAY
Elaine MILLER*
Norma WALKER
Mary Louise JELBART
Melanie EAGLE*
Virginia BROWNE
Robyn BATTEN
Dimity REED
Elizabeth JOHNSTONE
1970s
1982 –
1986 – 1991
1987 – 1991
1987 – 1992
1989 –
1989 –
1991 – 1994
1991 – 1994
Sale City
Kathleen FOLEY
Betty MOWAT
Pauline McLAREN
Jan KING
Janet NEUMANN
Christina SCHWERIN
Caroline CROSSLEY
Helen LANIGAN
1977 – 1982
1986 –
Sandringham City
Ruby May IVISON*
Marjorie BENNETT
Lesley FALLOON*
Pauline REYNOLDS
Carmel WATSON
Kay CURRIE
Deborah PAGURA-INGLIS
1961 – 1976
1973 – 1977
1978 –
1981 – 1990
1982 –
1992 – 1994
1993 – 1994
Sebastopol Borough
Margaret Lillian TURNER*
1961 – 1973
22
1990 – 1991
1989 – 1992
1990 – 1992
Dulcie SULLIVAN
Karen OVERINGTON*
Annette BEDFORD
1979 – 1982
1982 – 1992
1989 –
Seymour Shire
Barbara ZEGIR
Denise SMITH
Shelley FRAWLEY
Susan EDWARDS
1983 – 1986
1987 – 1990
1990 –
1987 – 1989; 1992 –
Shepparton Shire
Alice Bessie McLEOD
Elizabeth Jeanette POWELL
1965 – 1973
1990 – 1994
Sherbrooke Shire
Nancy Constance REYNOLDS
Pamela HARRIS*
Carolyn KINGHAM
Kay GAYLARD
Betty MARSDEN
Lorraine ROBERTSON
Margo COWARD
Rhonda COLLINS
Julie BEW
Elizabeth DRAKE
Robyn HALE
Lorraine ROBERTSON
Carla GATES
Betty TOMADA
1973 – 1976
1979 –
1979 –
1981 –
1982 –
1985 –
1985 –
1985 –
1988 –
1989 –
1990 –
1989 –
1991 –
1989 – 1991
South Barwon Shire
Margaret Avril DRAYTON*
Priscilla Ann PESCOTT*
Marian Margaretta BAYLEY
Marie Jeanette PEDERSEN
Susan Patricia PEARCE
Helen Louise OATES
1956 – 1973
1977 – 1993
1983 – 1989
1986 – 1989
1989 –
1989 – 1992
South Gippsland Shire
Ethel Mary SMALLWOOD
Caryl Ann Paula NICOLSON*
Marina Janice MILDENHALL
Heather Jane BLIGH
Jeanette HARDING
1970 – 1974
1981 – 1986
1986 – 1987
1989 –
1992 – 1994
South Melbourne City
Janet Pierson COOPER*
Doris Catherine CONDON*
Patricia BROWN*
1950 – 1953; 1956 – 1968
1962 – 1975
1978 – 1984; 1988 - 1992
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Anne FAHEY*
Marilyn BLAIR
Jenny MOSS
Kristin A. SCULLY
Elizabeth GRIEB
Yvonne STEWART
Julie JOHNSON
1979 – 1988
1980 – 1983
1983 – 1986
1984 – 1987
1988 –
1988 – 1990
1990 – 1994
Springvale City
Mary Georgina BRAMLEY
Dorothy BELL
Janet TREZISE*
Lyn DOOLEY
Noelle TREMBATH*
Lorna STEVENSON*
Roz BLADES
Joan SHEEN*
T. RECHICHI
Margaret FRASER
1971 – 1974
1981 – 1987
1981 – 1987
1983 – 1984
1985 – 1992
1985 – 1991
1987 –
1987 –
1988 – 1991
1992 – 1994
Stawell Town
Stawell City
Lynette McMULLIN
Jean EARLE
Isabelle Violet HUMPHRIES*
Marjorie CLEGHORN
Valder Joyce GAYLOR
Cheryl-Ann SMITH
Isabelle HUMPHRIES
Hazel May LEWIS
Elaine Meri McCRACKEN
Jean Dorothy EARLE
1968 – 1970
1981 –
1983 –
Strathfieldsaye Shire
Marilyn WALLIS
Nonette GORDON
Helen SANDNER
June HOULAHAN
Wendy BARRY
1981 – 1992
1982 –
1988 – 1991
1989 –
1990 –
Sunshine City
Jean LOWE
Jean BOLES*
Lindsay GRAHAM
Marion MARTIN
Janice WHITE
Irene SHAND
1971 – 1974
1982 – 1992
1989 –
1990 –
1989 –
1991 –
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1983 – 1987
1985
1988 – 1989
1986 –
1987 –
Swan Hill City
Beryle Frances CAMPBELL
Noelle HOLMES
Gillian DAY*
Maren CHANDLER
Joan WILKINS*
1959 – 1962; 1969 – 1972
1981 – 1984
1981 – 1986
1989 - 1992
1984 –
Swan Hill Shire
Suzanne Mary CHAMBERS
Maureen Ann TAGGERT
Margaret Grace SCHINTLER*
Pamela PISASALE*
1987 – 1988
1987 – 1989
1985 –
1986 – 1992
Talbot & Clunes Shire
Joyce WAGSTAFF*
Laurice NEWMAN
1986 –
1991 – 1994
Tallangatta Shire
Isabella DRUMMOND
Mary Christina FRASER*
Robyn MANZIE
Wendy L. HAMILTON
1980 – 1991
1986 – 1988
1991 –
Tambo Shire
Lynette Claire ROBERTS
Judith HENDERSON
Adeline WHELAN
Valerie FOWLES
Margot KERBY
1973 – 1976
1981 –
1987 –
1990 –
1991 – 1994
Towong Shire
Isobel DRUMMOND
1972 – 1975
Traralgon City
Gwendolyn Ethel FARRINGTON*
Freda FREEMAN
Jenny POPOV
Dorothy TAYLOR
Kerry SUNDERLAND
Marj COOPER
Lorraine BARTLING*
Yvette BENTLEY
1961 – 1974
1980 – 1986
1982 – 1984
1982 – 1988
1985 – 1990
1988 – 1992
1987 – 1992
1990 – 1992
Traralgon Shire
Terie PORTER
Joy Maria HEYRON
1984 –
1991 –
Tullaroop Shire
Margaret Olive SNOW*
Elizabeth Marjorie DOWIE*
Joan MAHER
Shirley CAMPBELL
Audrey HURSE*
1964 – 1971
1964 – 1975
1990 – 1991
1987 –
1989 – 1992
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Upper Murray Shire
Lois JEPHCOTT
Laurel LOCHHEAD
Sue SORBELLO
Marilyn VOGEL*
1986 – 1991
1988 –
1987 – 1988
1982
Upper Yarra Shire
Helena Louisa MARR
Margaret Jean FULLER
Lynn Rosemary TAIT
Patricia Margaret HUNTER
Loraine Jean Mary STROUD*
Mary Eleanor BURFOOT
1977 – 1980
1977 – 1983
1979 – 1982
1988 –
1989 –
1989 –
Violet Town Shire
Marie Theresa BERRY
Pamela Jean ROBINSON*
Sheila Margaret RIDLAND
1983 – 1990
1982 –
1989 –
Walpeup Shire
Valmai GIBBS
Marie Alice ROSS
- TORPEY
1982 – 1983
1989 –
1993 – 1994
Wangaratta Borough
Doris Myra TILSON*
1952 – 1954
Wangaratta City
Jean Isobel McKENNA
Aileen MELICAN
Dawn FOX
Dianne LEWIS
Patricia WALSH
Mary SADLER
Valma GLEESON
Beverley WITTIG
1965 – 1976
1970 – 1971
1979 – 1981
1982 – 1984
1982 – 1986
1986 –
1987 –
1991 –
Wangaratta Shire
Helen WARD*
Helen GUILFOYLE
1986 – 1992
Wannon Shire
Anne Kathleen KEALY
Gwen BAUDINETTE
Pamela LEMMING*
Sandra HEMPEL
1973 – 1976
1986 – 1989
1983 –
1989 –
Waranga Shire
Clara BOERKAMP*
1981 –
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Jose BOHN
Natalie AYSON
Audrey May HOFFMANN*
Helen LEGGETT
1985 –
1987 – 1988
1981 – 1984; 1988 –
1990 –
Warragul Shire
Marion Elizabeth RICHARDSON
1968 – 1970
Warragul City
Roseann BARRON*
Margaret MALLOCH
Hedy KIRKBRIDGE
Isabell WEIR
Joy RYNE
1983 – 1989
1988 – 1989
1989 –
1989 –
1991 –
Warrnambool City
Florence Jane COLLINS
Valmai BERTRAND
Mary MAHONEY
Toni McCORMACK*
Margaret SMART
1960 – 1975
1979 – 1980
1982 – 1983
1982 – 1992
1989 –
Warrnambool Shire
Catherine BOWMAN
Jean HUNT
1986 –
1985 – 1991
Waverley City
Rene MARRIOTT
June Rose BAGHEL*
Jennie GRAY
Iris PEDERICK*
Morna STURROCK
Barbara M. THOMPSON*
Pat COTTON
Gill CLARE
1954 – 1958
1968 – 1976
1979 – 1982
1979 – 1984
1984 – 1989
1985 – 1994
1988 – 1994
1992 – 1994
Wendouree Shire
May NELSON
1974 – 1977
Werribee Shire
L. A. (Gina) MENEGAZZA
Patricia GOODWIN*
Margaret Lorraine ADAMSON
Jeanette Roma BRAYBROOK
Shirley VAN KUELEN
1974 – 1981
1981 – 1994
1983 – 1986
1989 – 1993
1993 – 1994
Whittlesea Shire
Hazel Eileen [Wendy] JENKINS
1980 – 1984
Whittlesea City
Cheryl KERR
Julie ADAMSON
Glenys DYSON
1988 – 1990
1991 – 1994
1991 – 1994
Warracknabeal
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Williamstown City
May Clifton BRIGGS
A.A. BERNARD
Geraldine SCHUTT*
Jessie HODGSON
Mary KLESTADT
1943 – 1945
1973 – 1976
1979 – 1982
1990 –
1990 –
Wimmera Shire
I.L. BAUDINETTE
1990 –
Winchelsea Shire
Betty McDONALD
Helen LORD
Lindon CROSSLAND
1987 – 1988
1989 – 1990
1989 –
Wodonga Shire
Pamela Mary STONE*
Betty McLEAN
Valentina GILLARD
Rosslyn Vicki MURTAGH
Rachelle Therese VALENTE
1977 – 1992
1978 –
1985 –
1989 –
1991 –
Wonthaggi Borough
Jean DENNIS*
Rae Ruth HAINES
Wendy Suzanne CRELLIN
1957 – 1964
1982 – 1985
1990 –
Woorayl Shire
Joyce M. JOYNER
Mary CHECKLEY
Joy E.C. HOY
Yvonne M. THUNDER
Debra A. SCOTT
1978 – 1981
1982 – 1987
1982 – 1988
1990 –
1991 –
Wycheproof Shire
Beverley June STEPHENS*
Beverley Joyce COOK*
Eleanor Mary POLLARD
1983 – 1989
1988 –
1987 – 1992
Yackandandah Shire
Noelene WALLACE
Manu Folau GODWARD
1980 –
1990 –
Yarrawonga Shire
Dawn KEENAN*
Carmel BYHAM
1981 – 1982
1989 –
Yea Shire
Mary M. HARPER
Lynette Merlyn GUNTER
Kim Marree CHADBAND
Betty WOOD
1973 – 1976
1986 –
1988 – 1991
1989 –
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