Kay Cathrine Millin Brownbill OBE

Order of the British Empire

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(21 July 1914 – 3 February 2002) was an Australia

Australia

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n politician. Born in Adelaide, South Australia, she was educated at state schools before become a journalist, broadcaster and public relations officer. In 1966, she was elected to the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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 as a member of the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

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, defeating Labor

Australian Labor Party

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 MP Patrick Galvin

Patrick Galvin (Australian politician)

Patrick Galvin OBE was an Australian politician. Born in Quorn, South Australia, he was educated at Rostrevor College before becoming an engineer and an organiser of the Australian Society of Engineers. He was also an industrial officer with the Australian Workers' Union...

 for the seat of Kingston

Division of Kingston

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. She was the first woman elected to the House since 1949, the first not succeeded by her husband, and the third woman elected to Australia's lower house (the others being Enid Lyons

Enid Lyons

Dame Enid Muriel Lyons, AD, GBE was an Australian politician and the first woman to be elected to the Australian House of Representatives as well as the first woman appointed to the federal Cabinet...

 and Doris Blackburn

Doris Blackburn

Doris Amelia Blackburn was an Australian activist and Member of Parliament.She was born Doris Amelia Hordern in Melbourne, Victoria, and became involved in women's rights and peace issues from a young age and served as the campaign secretary of Vida Goldstein, the first woman to stand for election...

). She was defeated in 1969 by Labor's Richard Gun

Richard Gun

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, and left politics. Brownbill died in 2002.