Anne Lore Eckstein 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.

Born in Ferntree Gully

Ferntree Gully, Victoria

Ferntree Gully is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in the Dandenong Ranges, 29 km east from Melbourne's central business district. It is in the Local Government Area's of the Shire of Yarra Ranges and the City of Knox...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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, she graduated from Boronia High School in 1973 and received a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 (Hons) in 1978 from Monash University

Monash University

Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....

. In 1979 she received her Diploma of Education

Diploma of Education

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 and became a primary school teacher. She also held a number of positions with the Department of Education and Training.

She was the Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 candidate for the new fairly safe Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

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 seat of Ferntree Gully

Electoral district of Ferntree Gully

The Electoral district of Ferntree Gully is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 2002 as a replacement for the abolished electorate of Knox....

 in the 2002 Victorian state election, and won it on the back of the Labor landslide. She was defeated in 2006 by Liberal candidate Nick Wakeling

Nick Wakeling

Nick Wakeling is a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly representing the electoral district of Ferntree Gully for the Liberal Party of Australia. He was elected in November 2006. Prior to his election, Wakeling was employed as senior workplace relations advisor.- Childhood and education...

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