Surname: JAMES
Given Names: Gillian Hilma
Title and Honours: Mrs, AM, Hon. (14 April 1997)
Qualifications:
Date and Place of Birth: 6 December 1934 - Launceston, Tasmania
Date of Death:
House of Assembly: (1) 11 December 1976 (2)
1 February 1992
Electorate: Bass
Party: ALP
Positions Held: Chair Committees 1979-80
Minister: Yes
Date of Departure: (1) 8 February 1986 (2) 20 July 2002
Reason for Departure: (1) Defeated. (2) Retired.
Comments: First woman Cabinet minister in Tasmania.
House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 615
Source: Parliament of Tasmania Members Biographical Database, Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
Additional Reference Material:
A Handbook of Australian Government and Politics, 1890-1964 [by] Colin A. Hughes and B. D. Graham. Canberra, ANU Press, 1968.
Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament, 1851-1960 / Scott Bennett and Barbara Bennett. Canberra : ANU, 1980.
