Glenyys Dorothy Romanes is a former Australia

Australia

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n politician.

Born in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, she attended public schools in Coburg

Coburg, Victoria

Coburg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland, although a handful of properties on Coburg's Eastern boundary are located in the City of Darebin...

 before attending the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

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, where she received a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 in 1967 and a Diploma of Education

Diploma of Education

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] in 1968. She became a secondary school teacher in Shepparton

Shepparton, Victoria

Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...

 until 1979, and was Joint Victorian State Director 1980–86 and Overseas Program Co-ordinator 1986–94. In 1991 she was elected to Brunswick City Council

City of Brunswick

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, serving as mayor from 1993 until her departure from the council in 1994. She served on Moreland City Council

City of Moreland

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 1996–99.

In 1999, she was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council

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 as the Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 member for Melbourne Province. Following the reforms to the Legislative Council in 2006, she was selected for the third position on the Labor ticket for the Eastern Victoria Region, behind fellow MLCs Matt Viney

Matt Viney

Matthew Shaw Viney , is an Australian Labor Party politician, and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Eastern Victoria Region....

 and Johan Scheffer

Johan Scheffer

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. She was defeated when the National Party

National Party of Australia

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won a seat.