Anne Levy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Anne Levy

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1934

Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Profession: politician, geneticist, academic

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Anne Levy

  • Judith Anne Winstanley Levy (born 29 September 1934) is a former Australian politician.
  • She was a Labor member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1975 to 1997. Levy was born in Perth, Western Australia, and moved to Adelaide at the age of six.
  • She graduated with Bachelor and Master degrees in Science from the University of Adelaide, and worked at the university as a senior tutor in genetics until she decided to enter politics.Levy served as the first Labor President of the South Australian Legislative Council, from 1986 to 1989.
  • Labor had not previously ever held the Legislative Council presidency.
  • Additionally, Levy was the first and so far only woman to hold the Legislative Council presidency.
  • In fact, she was the first woman to chair any House of any Parliament in Australia.
  • Levy was also Labor's first female elected to the Legislative Council, and only the second female elected to the Legislative Council after the Liberal and Country League's Jessie Cooper.
  • In April 1989, Levy was appointed Minister for Local Government and the Arts, with State Services added in December.
  • In early 1991, her portfolios were re-organised as Local Government Relations and Arts and Cultural Heritage with the additional portfolio of Status of Women.
  • She ceased to be a minister following Labor's election loss in 1993 and she retired from the Council in 1997.From 2000 to 2005, Levy served as honorary consul for France in South Australia.
  • At the end of her term, she was conferred a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by the French government.
  • In 1986 she was given the award of Australian Humanist of the Year for her work towards abortion law reform, voluntary euthanasia, family planning, decriminalisation of prostitution, and other reforms.
  • Anne was a founding member and a Patron of the Humanist Society of South Australia.
  • In 2011, she was made an Officer of the Order of Australia.

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