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Collingwood Women Councillors

Collingwood Women Councillors

by Anne Holmes | 30 Nov, 2014 | City of Collingwood, Councillors, Mayors

As some of you probably know November 2014 marked the centenary of a significant landmark for Victorian Councils.  It was in November 1914 that the law changed and women for the first time were enabled and entitled to stand as candidates for local Victorian...
Rita Jamieson #blogjune Day 6

Rita Jamieson #blogjune Day 6

by Anne Holmes | 6 Jun, 2013 | #blogjune, Caroline Hogg, City of Collingwood, Mayor, Rebecca Jamieson, Rita Jamieson, Union of Australian Women

Rebecca “Rita” Jamieson was the first woman elected to Collingwood Council.  She was elected to Council in 1963 for the Abbotsford Ward and served that ward as a Councillor until her death in 1970.  She was replaced in the ward by Caroline Hogg...

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