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Allison Maree Ritchie

Allison Maree Ritchie

Surname: RITCHIE

Given Names: Allison Maree

Title and Honours: Ms

Qualifications:

Date and Place of Birth: 28 July 1974 - Hobart, Tasmania

Date of Death:

 

 

Legislative Council: 5 May 2001

Electorate: Pembroke

Party: ALP

Positions Held: Minister for Planning and Workplace Relations. 18/09/2008 - 24/11/2008.

Date of Departure: 20 June 2009

Reason for Departure: Resigned

Inaugural Speech (31 May 2001)

Comments:

Youngest person ever elected to Legislative Council. Resigned as a Minister due to poor health.

House of Assembly Long Room Picture: 721

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.