Janet Powell
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Janet Frances Powell in Nhill, Victoria
, is an Australian politician.
She was appointed a senator for Victoria, representing the Australian Democrats
, upon the resignation of the party's founder, Don Chipp
, in 1986. She was elected the following year. She became the third leader of the party, from 1 July 1990 to 19 August 1991. Fellow senator Sid Spindler
's relationship with her was used as leverage to remove her from the leadership at a time when she was controversially negotiating a coalition or merger with the Greens. After internal disagreements related to her loss of the leadership, she resigned from the party in 1992 and continued as an independent senator until her defeat at the 1993 election.
In 1996, she campaigned for Greens leader Bob Brown
and, in 2004, she joined the Australian Greens
, citing that they were more capable of achieving the function of a third force in Australian politics. In the Victorian legislative election, 2006 she unsuccessfully stood for the Greens in the Eastern Metropolitan Region.
Janet is a member of the Patrons Council of the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria
and a Life Member of YWCA Victoria, She was an Inuagural appointee to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2000,"for services to the community".
Nhill, Victoria
Nhill is a town in the Wimmera, in western Victoria, Australia. Nhill is located on the Western Highway, half-way between Adelaide and Melbourne. At the 2006 census Nhill had a population of 1915.-History:...
, is an Australian politician.
She was appointed a senator for Victoria, representing the Australian Democrats
Australian Democrats
The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...
, upon the resignation of the party's founder, Don Chipp
Don Chipp
Donald Leslie Chipp, AO was an Australian politician, and the inaugural leader of the Australian Democrats.-Early life:...
, in 1986. She was elected the following year. She became the third leader of the party, from 1 July 1990 to 19 August 1991. Fellow senator Sid Spindler
Sid Spindler
Siegfried Emil "Sid" Spindler was an Australian politician representing the Australian Democrats in the Australian Senate for one term from 1990 to 1996....
's relationship with her was used as leverage to remove her from the leadership at a time when she was controversially negotiating a coalition or merger with the Greens. After internal disagreements related to her loss of the leadership, she resigned from the party in 1992 and continued as an independent senator until her defeat at the 1993 election.
In 1996, she campaigned for Greens leader Bob Brown
Bob Brown
Robert James Brown is an Australian senator, the inaugural Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens and was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia...
and, in 2004, she joined the Australian Greens
Australian Greens
The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which...
, citing that they were more capable of achieving the function of a third force in Australian politics. In the Victorian legislative election, 2006 she unsuccessfully stood for the Greens in the Eastern Metropolitan Region.
Janet is a member of the Patrons Council of the Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria
Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria
The Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria is an Australian charity that was formed by a group of concerned parents in May 1964 to provide support and information to all Victorians affected by epilepsy...
and a Life Member of YWCA Victoria, She was an Inuagural appointee to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2000,"for services to the community".