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Larissa Tahireh (Lara) Giddings

Larissa Tahireh (Lara)Giddings

Surname: GIDDINGS

Given Names: Larissa Tahireh (Lara)

Title and Honours: Ms, Honourable

Qualifications: Bachelor Arts/Law

Date and Place of Birth: 14 November 1972 -Goroka, Papua New Guinea

Date of Death:

 

House of Assembly: (1) 24 February 1996 (2) 20 July 2002

Electorate: (1) Lyons (2) Franklin

Party: ALP

Positions Held: Government Whip, Minister 2004 - 2011, Attorney-General 2008, Treasurer 2010 - 2014, Premier 2011 - 2014

Date of Departure: (1) 29 August 1998 (2) 3 March 2018

Reason for Departure: (1) Defeated. (2) Retired.

Comments:

First Tasmanian Female Premier. Granted the right to use the title 'Honourable' for life on 16 August 2017.

Inaugural Speech (8 May 1996)

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 703

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.