Carmen Lawrence President

Carmen Mary Lawrence (born 2 March 1948) is a retired Australian politician; a former Premier of Western Australia and the first woman to become Premier of a State of the Commonwealth of Australia.After leaving the State Parliament of Western Australia Lawrence became a Member of the House of Representatives in the Australian federal parliament.Lawrence became the first directly elected Federal President of the Australian Labor Party in 2003. She retired from parliament in November 2007.

Personal facts

Carmen Lawrence
Alias (AKA)Lawrence Carmen Mary
Birth dateMarch 02, 1948
Birth place
Northam Western Australia , Western Australia

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Politician

party
Australian Labor Party
region
Electoral district of Glendalough
Electoral district of Subiaco
Division of Fremantle
successor

Carmen Lawrence on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://203.147.135.214/forms/factfiles/carmen.pdf
  2. http://john.curtin.edu.au/fremantle
  3. http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/2012_lectures/2012-reid