Robyn Margaret Nolan is an Australia

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Politician

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 and was a member of the first multi-member single electorate Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory...

 representing, initially, the Liberal Party of Australia

Liberal Party of Australia

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. Nolan was elected at the 1989 general election and then resigned from the Liberal Party on 22 October 1991, sat briefly as an independent

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, before founding the New Conservative Group

New Conservative Group

The New Conservative Group was a short-lived Australian political party registered in the Australian Capital Territory. It was founded in November 1991 by Robyn Nolan, a former Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly, who had resigned from that party the previous month...

 on 19 November 1991. Nolan sought re-election, leading the New Conservative party ticket, at the 1992 general election

Australian Capital Territory general election, 1992

Elections to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly were held on Saturday, 15 February 1992. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Rosemary Follett, was challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Trevor Kaine. Candidates were elected to fill seats using a modified D'Hondt method for a...

, however was unsuccessful in retaining her seat.