Anne Margaret Cohen is a former Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician. She was the Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 member for Minchinbury

Electoral district of Minchinbury

Minchinbury was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1988 to 1991, which included the suburb of Minchinbury. Its only member was Anne Cohen, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. It was replaced by Badgerys Creek.-Members for...

 and then Badgerys Creek

Electoral district of Badgerys Creek

Badgerys Creek was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1991 to 1999, which included the suburb of Badgerys Creek. It replaced Minchinbury.-Members for Badgerys Creek:-Election results:...

 from 1988 to 1995.

Cohen was born in Inverell

Inverell, New South Wales

Inverell is a town in northern New South Wales, Australia, situated on the Macintyre River. It is also the centre of Inverell Shire. Inverell is located on the Gwydir Highway on the western slopes of the Northern Tablelands. It has a temperate climate...

 in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, and was an editor and small business owner before entering politics. Married to Richard, she has two children. In 1988, she was selected as the Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 candidate for the new notionally Labor

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 seat of Minchinbury

Electoral district of Minchinbury

Minchinbury was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1988 to 1991, which included the suburb of Minchinbury. Its only member was Anne Cohen, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. It was replaced by Badgerys Creek.-Members for...

; she had a narrow win. In 1991 Minchinbury was replaced by Badgerys Creek

Electoral district of Badgerys Creek

Badgerys Creek was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1991 to 1999, which included the suburb of Badgerys Creek. It replaced Minchinbury.-Members for Badgerys Creek:-Election results:...

, which Cohen also won. Shortly after that election she became Chief Secretary and Minister for Administrative Services. In 1995, she was very narrowly defeated by Labor candidate Diane Beamer

Diane Beamer

Diane Beamer is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly between 1995–2011 representing the electorates of Badgerys Creek and Mulgoa for the Australian Labor Party.-Early life and background:Beamer joined Labor in 1975...

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