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Frances Mary Bladel

Frances Mary Bladel

Surname: BLADEL

Given Names: Frances Mary

Title and Honours: Mrs, Honourable

Qualifications: BA (Hons), TTC

Date and Place of Birth: 3 October 1933 - Hobart, Tasmania

Date of Death: 5 December 2023

House of Assembly: 8 February 1986

Electorate: Franklin

Party: ALP

Positions Held: Cabinet Secretary; Minister 1989-92, 2000-02.

Date of Departure: 9 April 2002

Reason for Departure: Resigned to stand for Huon at Leg Council election (4 May 2002). Defeated.

Inaugural Speech (19 March 1986)

Comments:

Granted the right to use the title 'Honourable' for life on 25 March 1992.

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 655

House of Assembly Long Room Picture Number indicates each Member's position in the photographic record.

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.