Elizabeth Harvey

Elizabeth Harvey
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Hawker
In office
11 July 1987  24 March 1990
Preceded by Ralph Jacobi
Succeeded by Christine Gallus
Personal details
Born (1946-10-19) 19 October 1946
Adelaide, South Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party

Elizabeth Robyn Harvey (born 19 October 1946) is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1987 to 1990.

Harvey won the south Adelaide seat of Hawker as the Labor candidate at the 1987 federal election. Harvey was defeated for the same seat by Liberal Christine Gallus at the 1990 federal election by an extremely narrow 14 votes. Had just 14 Australian Democrats voters ranked Harvey higher than Gallus on next preferences, Harvey would have won.[1]

Elizabeth has since worked as a ministerial staffer, public servant, teacher and writer. She has published on a blog her novel, Snowflake's Hope, a fictionalised account of her experiences as a Federal MP.[2]

References

  1. Psephos: 1990 Election - Voting by Constuency, South Australia
  2. Amber, Jamieson (2013). "Hawke's spider poem and scary Keating: novel reveals life as an '80s MP". Crikey. Retrieved 2013-04-04.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Ralph Jacobi
Member for Hawker
1987–1990
Succeeded by
Christine Gallus
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