Judith Anne Winstanley Levy AO

Order of Australia

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 (born 29 September 1934) is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 member of the South Australian Legislative Council

South Australian Legislative Council

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 from 1975 to 1997.

Levy was President of the South Australian Legislative Council

President of the South Australian Legislative Council

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from 1986 to 1989 (the first and so far only woman to hold the position) and in April 1989 was appointed Minister for Local Government and the Arts, with State Services added in December. In early 1991 her portfolios were reorganised as Local Government Relations and Arts and Cultural Heritage. She ceased to be a minister following Labor's election loss in 1993 and she retired from the Council in 1997.