Grace Vaughan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Grace Vaughan

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1922

Place of Birth: Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 21-Jan-1984

Profession: politician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Grace Vaughan

  • Grace Sydney Vaughan (née Ingram; 1 April 1922 – 21 January 1984) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1974 to 1980.
  • Prior to entering politics, she was a social worker, holding degrees from the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Australia.
  • Vaughan entered parliament at the 1974 state election, and served a single six-year term before being defeated at the 1980 election.
  • Before she and Margaret McAleer were elected in 1974, only two other women had ever served in the Legislative Council (Ruby Hutchison and Lyla Elliott).
  • After leaving parliament, Vaughan served as president of the International Federation of Social Workers from 1983 to her death in 1984.

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