Date of Birth: 01/09/1938
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death:
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Parliamentary Service
| Member for Heffron |
27 Mar 1999 |
28 Feb 2003 |
3 years 11 months 2 days |
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| Member for Heffron |
25 Mar 1995 |
05 Mar 1999 |
3 years 11 months 9 days |
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| Member for Heffron |
25 May 1991 |
03 May 1995 |
3 years 11 months 9 days |
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| Member for Heffron |
23 Jun 1990 |
03 May 1991 |
10 months 11 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
23 Jun 1990 |
28 Feb 2003 |
12 years 8 months 6 days |
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| Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council |
06 Apr 1988 |
31 May 1990 |
2 years 1 month 26 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
19 Mar 1988 |
31 May 1990 |
2 years 2 months 13 days |
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| Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Small Business and Assistant Minister for Health |
26 Nov 1987 |
25 Mar 1988 |
4 months |
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| Deputy Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council |
04 Jul 1986 |
25 Mar 1988 |
1 year 8 months 22 days |
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| Minister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant Minister for Health |
04 Jul 1986 |
26 Nov 1987 |
1 year 4 months 23 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Council |
06 Nov 1978 |
22 Feb 1988 |
9 years 3 months 17 days |
A Member of the indirectly elected Council 1934 - 1978. Date of Election 7 October 1978. A Member of the directly elected Legislative Council. Date of Election 19 March 1988. Granted retention of the title of "Honourable" for life. |
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member of the Federal Australian Labor Party Education Policy Committee 1982-1984. Chairman Legislative Council Labor Caucus 1984. Member of the New South Wales Administrative Committee 1985. Deputy Chairman Parliamentary Labor Caucus 1985. New South Wales delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference 1986. Junior Vice President of the New South Wales Branch of the Australian Labor Party in 1988.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Librarian and shopkeeper. Educated at the Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Kensington, Librarian at Randwick Municipal Council from 1957 to 1962 and then managed the family pharmacy business until 1978. Interests include opera and gardening. In 2016 appointed a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for significant service to the Parliament and the community of New South Wales, to education administration and to social welfare.
Honours Received
Member of the Order of Australia, 26 January 2016.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Daughter of Thomas Charles Brereton and his wife Jessie Colliss. Married Walter Sylvester Grusovin in 1962 and had issue, 3 daughters and 4 sons. Catholic faith. Her brother, L. J. Brereton, was also a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
