FIRST WOMEN ELECTED TO VICTORIAN COUNCILS

(Information taken from Women in Australian Parliaments and Local Governments – Past and Present by A. Viola Smith, published 1975; and Women in Australian Parliament and Local Government – An Updated History 1975 – 1992 by Dianne Decker, published 1992. Extra information has been supplied by a number of Councils and Historical Societies, and taken from back copies of the ALGWA Newsletter.)

Omissions, updates and corrections welcomed.

An * beside a name indicates that this person served as either a Mayor or Shire President.

[C] signifies that the information has been confirmed and is complete.

Council Councillor Served

Alberton Shire Fran DAWSON 1985 - 1992

Alexandra Shire Daisy Ellen Rebecca WEEEKS* 1940 – 1961Kathleen Mary COOPER* 1970 – 1982Edna Stella WEBSTER 1985 – 1989Jeanette Ethel CASTLES 1985 – 1989Patricia WATERS 1990 – 1992Anne SANDERSON 1991 – 1994

Altona Shire Katherine Margaret Mary McINTYRE 1957 – 1960

Arapiles Shire Elizabeth M. THOMPSON 1988 – 1992

Ararat City Iris ROBINSON 1970 – 1973Rhoda Jessie BOYLES* 1971 – 1982Patricia BONSACK 1980 –Gwenda ALLGOOD 1982 - 1992

Ararat Shire June McINNES 1970 – 1973Sandra LEWIS* 1987 – 1992Dorothy DUNN 1988 – 1992

Avoca Shire Patricia MURRELL* 1980 -1992Jennifer Elise JONES 1992 – 1992

Avon Shire Enid Mary AURISCH 1972 – 1975Rita Tatiana GLOVER 1979 – 1980Susanne Denis STROTHERS* 1980 – 1991Joan Elizabeth TRAILL 1985 – 1992Janice Mary JONES 1990 –

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Bacchus Marsh Shire M. LOVE 1973 – 1992Delwyn LEGGATT* 1985 – 1992Sandra PARAG 1991 – 1992Sheryl TUNNECLIFFE 1991 –

Bairnsdale Shire Beatrice HOLLOWAY 1967 – 1972Pat RICE 1985 – 1992

Bairnsdale Town Patricia Ann EVANS 1967 – 1976Bairnsdale City Grace McCAUGHEY 1988 – 1991

Genevieve A. KELLY 1991 – 1992

Ballan Shire Gwenda BRYANT 1993 – 1994Barbara GIBBS 1993 – 1994

Ballarat Shire Ivy May NELSON* 1974 – 1992Barbara HUGHES 1982 –Mary FORD 1989 – 1992

Ballarat City Jessie Margaret SCOTT* 1970 – 1981Wanda V. CHAPMAN* 1981 - 1990Vashti A.F. LLOYD* 1983 – Catherine M. LAFFEY 1987 – 1990Janet M. DALE 1987 – 1991Leora A. SENIOR 1991 –

Bannockburn Shire Diane M. RITCHIE 1990 –

Barrabool Shire Patricia HICKFORD* 1981 – 1992

Bass Shire Jan CUTLER 1990 – 1992Heather VICCARS 1991 – 1992

Beechworth United Shire Verna Jean DOWNES 1969 – 1972Valerie Dawn MASON* 1973 – 1979Vivienne PAYNE 1981 – Karen Elizabeth BARTSCH 1990 – Laraine CATLOW 1992 – 1994

Belfast Shire Clare Margaret RYAN 1990 – 1992

Bellarine Shire Jean CULL 1975 – 1981Gwynneth MADDISON* 1981 – 1987

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Bellarine Rural City Merle RICKARDS 1989 – 1991Dorothy McWHINNEY 1991 - 1992

Benalla City Joyce SAY* 1963 – 1968Dulcie Johns BRACK 1967 – 1976Pauline MESSENGER 1987 – 1992Helen Margaret MITCHELL 1991 –

Benalla Shire Sue CASSIDY 1988 – 1991Vicki BAILEY 1987 –

Bendigo City Christine WISEMAN 1964 – 1969Annie Edith GALVIN 1968 – 1970; 1972 – 1975Ada A. ARNETT 1974 – 1977Mary HALL 1982 –Helen LONG 1991 - 1992

Berwick City Janice Gwendoline BATEMAN* 1971 – 1984; 1992 –Joan E. PHILLIPS 1974 – 1977Robyn HRYCKOW 1979 – 1983Margaret F. OWENS 1981 – 1984Lorraine F. KOVACS* 1986 – 1989Kirstin J. LOTTKOWITZ* 1987 – 1992Lorna K. WILSON 1989 –Norma J. McCAUSLAND 1990 –

Berwick Shire Jennie Patricia VAUGHN 1968 – 1971June MATTHEWS 1972 – 1975Norma McCAUSLAND 1990s

Bet Bet Shire Ann DORAN 1988 –

Birchip Shire Joyce A. TUCK 1979 – 1986Gayle SHARP 1990 – 1992

Box Hill [C] Esther Primrose POELMAN* 1968 – 1977; 1981 – 1981

Betty Ann WALTERS* 1977 – 1989Rosemary VARTY 1981 – 1984Noelle Mary RYAN* 1990 – 1994

Bright Shire Ruth HAMILTON 1973 – 1976

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Marion RICHARDS 1979 –Rosslyn MOORE 1990 – 1992

Brighton City Elizabeth H. BLEAZY 1929 – 1946Irene DUNSMUIR 1970 – 1976Jeanette PATRICK 1973 – 1976Di LOPES 1976 – 1981Sally ALLMAND* 1977 – 1983Kay HARMAN* 1979 – 1988Rayleen HAIG 1983 – Shirley Ann ANDERSSON 1989 – Linn MASKELL 1991 – Elizabeth FRANCIS 1992 – 1994Jill McKIGGAN 1993 – 1994

Broadford Shire Kathleen M. MACKENZIE 1984 - 1992

Broadmeadows City N. McEGAN 1974 – 1977Rosemary KERR 1985 – 1992Dorothy WHITE 1987 – 1992Alice COLLIS 1989 – 1992

Brunswick City Marian KERMONDE 1971 – 1977Loretta YORK 1973 – 1976Marisa AMICO 1979 –Elizabeth JACKSON* 1979 – 1992Mini CRISTOFAKIS 1982 –Katerina ANGELOPOULOS 1989 – 1992Maureen FANNING 1989 – 1992Glenys ROMANES* 1990s

Bulla Shire Pauline DE LUCA* 1983 –Frances CARSTAIRS 1985 – 1992Helen CONNELLY* 1987 – Paddy KEITH 1989 – Kathy DUNCAN 1991 – Veronica BURGESS 1991 –

Buln Buln Shire Helga Hedegaard PEDERSON 1969 – 1975Heather WALLER 1982 –Ruth Barbara McDONALD 1985 – 1992Elizabeth Marjorie DELZOPPO* 1986 – 1992Janet Louise KIRTON-CLARK 1989 –Barbara Ellen HATFIELD 1990 –

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Bungaree Shire Merrill Joy CULLINAN 1991 –

Buninyong Shire Judith COULL* 1979 – 1992Coral Margaret HARBOUR 1987 – 1992Jocelyn Elizabeth NEVETT 1991 – 1992

Camberwell City Dorothy Yvonne LAVER* 1969 – 1984Jennifer WILLING 1974 – 1977J. CAPP 1974 – 1977Laraine BEATTIE 1984 – 1992Judith HARRISON 1988 – 1991Jenny CAREY 1989 – Carolyn INGVARSON 1990 – Beth LEE 1991 –

Camperdown Town Norma Frances COOK 1972 – 1975Pat ROBERTSON 1987 –

Castlemaine Shire Loretta SIMMONS 1973 – 1976

Castlemaine Town Ellen SHEEHAN* 1944 – 1947; 1950 – 1959Helen VELLACOTT 1964 – 1966Susan L. MULLINGTON 1989 – 1992Ruth NORRIS* 1989 –

Caulfield City Gladys Ellen WALLACE/MACHIN* 1950 – 1965Nancy NEEDHAM* 1970 – 1976Noela STEWART 1974 – 1976Irene CAPEK 1977 - 1978Dorothy FORD* 1977 – 1984Joan HARDY 1979 – 1985Sandy ANDERSON 1986 – 1992Veronika MARTENS* 1986 – Helen FRIENDMANN 1987 – 1992 Heather WELSH 1993 – 1994

Charlton Shire Denise Marie ROBERTS 1985 – 1992

Chelsea City Nola Isobel Constance BARBER* 1948 – 1957; 1960 – 1975Heather ROSS 1979 –Ann BUDGE* 1987 – 1992Rosemary DRODGE 1988 – 1991Marie McINTOSH 1984 – 1992

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Luellen KICK 1990 – 1992

Chiltern Shire Marcia Jean CROSS* 1985 – 1992

Cobram Shire May SINCLAIR 1961 – 1962; 1964 – 1966Margaret DICK 1985 –Dot KILGOUR 1987 – 1991Ruth RITCHIE 1989 – 1992

Coburg City Shirley ROBERTSON* 1976 – 1981Debra COPLAND 1982 – 1985Julie HOGAN 1987 – 1990Norma WILLOUGHBY* 1987 – 1992Pauline TAYLOR* 1988 – 1992Geraldine RAWSON 1989 – 1992Patricia COOPER 1989 – 1994Beverley CHUMBLEY 1989 – 1991Katheryne SAVAGE 1990 – 1992Anna PETROU 1991 – 1992Mandy TZAFERIS 1992 – 1994

Cohuna Shire Dorothy FITCH* 1966 – 1992Helen WILLIAMS* 1988 – 1992Aileen A. BREWER 1989 – Catherine A. BOND 1990 – 1992

Colac City Nellie P. LIBBES 1957 – 1960Dorothea [Peg] KLUTKE* 1972 – 1981Sharyn MATTHEWS* 1987 – Norma SELL 1989 – 1992Irene SPOKES 1991 – 1992

Colac Shire Elizabeth ARUNDELL 1986 – 1992

Collingwood City Rebecca (Rita) JAMIESON 1964 – 1970Carolyn Jennifer HOGG* 1970 – 1973Solange Marie SHAPIRO* 1974 – 1986June Mary BRADBURY 1975 – 1978Marion MILLER 1976 – 1981Elspeth McCRACKEN-HEWSON 1976 – 1982Pamela JENKINS* 1981 – 1987Robyn TUNBRIDGE 1980 – 1983Jennifer Margaret BACKHOLER* 1982 – 1992Jennifer McMILLAN 1984 – 1987

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Maureen O’BRIEN 1984 – 1986Mary CARUANA 1984 – 1986Marcia FLEET* 1987 – 1993Lisa BEALEAR 1988 – 1989Kate NEAL 1989 – 1991Helen CONNORS 1991 – Diane MEIER 1991 – Noreen MOORE 1991 –

Corio Shire Trudy MORITZ 1975 – 1984Joan ROWE* 1985 – 1992

Cranbourne Shire Patricia BOYLE 1981 – Judy ELSO 1985 – 1991Phyllis FREDRIKSSON 1987 – 1992Katie RYAN 1991 – 1992

Creswick Shire Merlyn Florence HUBBARD 1970 – 1973Ann Geraldine SCOTT 1980 – 1982Pearl Amelia MILLANE* 1986 – 1992Colleen Ruby SIMMONS 1989 – Janine Mary BOOTH 1991 – Helen GAULKE Unknown

Croydon Shire [C] Rosalyn S. BULL 1964 – 1968Estelle HILLARD 1967 – 1968

Croydon City [C] Patricia CLARK 1973 – 1974Anne Catherine O’SHAUGHNESSY* 1979 – 1983Anne Isabella PATCH* 1981 – 1992Karen McLEOD 1985 – 1987Brenda COURT 1992 – 1994Maureen Ann NAYLOR 1992 – 1994

Dandenong City Lois June TWOHIG* 1952 – 1975Janet Tindale Calder WILSON 1977 – 1986Jeannie Phyllis WOOD* 1983 – 1991Wilma Jean MILLER 1987 – 1988Christine Leitha WARE* 1988 – Rosalea Anne ROBERTS 1990 – 1992Clare O’NEIL 1990 –

Daylesford & Glenlyon Sarah WHITELEY 1964 – 1971

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Shire Betty Constance RAE 1972 – 1975Eleanor Jean LIMPYER 1987 – 1992Pamela Jean MANNING 1988 – 1993Winifred Marigold ELLIOTT 1988 – 1994Beverley BOF 1990 – 1992

Diamond Valley Shire Pauline TONER 1973 – 1977F.L. WILKES-JOHNSON 1974 – 1977Heather CHICK 1981 – Margaret DEVLIN* 1986 – Barbara SMITH* 1987 – Ann TROTT 1985 – 1992

Dimboola Shire Jean KING 1988 – Karral HABY 1991 –

Donald Shire Eva Jay FRANKLING* 1969 – 1979Vivienne O. DAVIDSON 1991 –Deirdre J. MORGAN 1991 –

Doncaster- Templestowe Angela E.J. BOOTH 1926 – 1933City Vera Muriel GREEN 1973 – 1976

Faith Mary FITZGERALD* 1973 – 1980Margaret L. SEEDSMAN* 1975 – 1980Chris DAY 1985 –Irene GOONAN* 1989 – 1994Valerie B. POLLEY* 1989 – 1994Noel STEVENSON 1989 – 1992Louise D. JOY 1990 – 1994Maris S. TAYLOR 1990 – 1994

Dundas Shire Christine Lesley DUNSTAN 1982 – 1984; 1986 – 1987Elizabeth Lesley HOBBS 1988 – 1992

Dunmunkle Shire Joanne BOURKE 1986 – Jeanette GRIGG* 1989 –Lorraine HEINTZE 1988 –

Eaglehawk Borough Willi CARNEY* 1977 – 1980; 1983 – 1992Barbara PRICE-REES 1980 –Lola MILLER* 1988 – Megan WESTON* 1989 – Jill WILLIAMS* 1984 –

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East Loddon Shire Joan DOOLAN* 1980sBev STEWART* 1988 –

Echuca Shire Peg HONEY 1981 –Yvonne DE ROOZE 1986 – 1992Janina GAWLER 1987 – 1991Alma MITCHELL 1991 –

Eltham Shire Alice M. PEAK (GANT) 1952 – 1956[C] Eva M. EDWARDS 1963 – 1965

Charis Meta PELLING* 1961 – 1971P. ROBINSON 1974 – 1977Mary GRANT 1980 – 1992Jennifer MITCHELL 1989 – 1992Pamela SLADDEN 1988 – 1992

Essendon City Dorothy FULLARTON* 1973 – 1985Monica HAYES 1985 – 1991Judy MADDIGAN 1985 – 1991Joan BRODIE* 1986 –Barbara RIDGWELL 1991 –

Euroa Shire Lorna McBURNEY 1976 – 1987Esme STRINGER* 1983 –Elizabeth NEWNHAM 1988 – 1990Kaylene DUNCAN 1990 –

Ferntree Gully Shire Violet Barry LAMBERT* 1931 – 1959

Fitzroy City Florence Ethel PEEL* 1949 – 1964Jeanne Wilhelmina MILLER 1958 – 1962Jennifer Anne MILLER* 1964 – 1969; 1973 – 1984Eileen Jessie WHEELER* 1965 – 1975Barbara Lillian A. POWDERLY 1967 – 1975Carol Yvonne CARNEY 1973 – 1982Louise Katherine ELLIOT 1974 – 1977Barbara Alyson GAYLOR 1974 – 1977Carol RICHARDS 1976 – 1979; 1983 – 1984Rosemary Esther KISS 1979 – 1982Deirdre MASON 1980 – 1983Patricia Joy CASWELL 1981 – 1984Elaine Jessie BATCHELDER 1982 – 1985Sandra RICHARDS 1982 – 1982

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Elizabeth Jean BURNS 1983 – 1986Teresa Mary PITT 1983 – 1984Helen Mary ANDERTON 1984 – 1987Judith Lauretta CROZIER 1985 – 1988Angela Christine IRELAND* 1985 – 1988; 1991 –Margaret RIGHTON 1985 – 1989Heather Lorraine BLAKEY* 1986 –Sarah Ellen EASTON 1986 – 1987Christine Mary HANCOCK 1987 – 1991Helen Veronica MADDEN 1988 – 1991Margaret Ann WALSH 1989 – 1990Robyn Josephine ZALCMAN 1989 –Jane-Anne HUDSON 1990 –

Flinders Shire Dorothy HOUGHTON 1972 – 1984Rosemary SIMPSON* 1980 –Jean TURNER 1981 – Juanita HARTKOPF 1992 –

Footscray City Sika KERRY 1972 – 1977Phyllis CARSON 1974 – 1982Margery Inez CAELLI* 1975 – 1988Evelyn Mary DE BONNAIRE* 1982 – 1988Jean Marie KING 1985 – 1990Lynne Janice KOSKY* 1986 – 1990Geraldine Mary EARLE 1986 – 1988Cheryl Jessie CURRAN 1987 –Enid Marie EARLE 1990 –

Frankston City Edith Gertrude CAMERON 1967 – 1970Faye NOTTAGE 1967 – 1971Jane Margaret HILL 1979 – 1982Dianne Margaret FULLER* 1981 – 1985Leonie Rose CLARK* 1982 – 1990Valerie Therese OGIER* 1985 – 1992Susan JESSON 1989 –Marianne Lynette MEEHAN 1987 – 1992Kathleen NEILSEN 1989 – 1992

Geelong City Betty Jean COLE 1973 – 1976Elizabeth MILNE 1985 – 1990Lesley YEOMANS 1989 – 1992Anne FAIRBAIRN 1991 – 1992

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Geelong West City Virginia TODD* 1985 –Sue MAKIN 1990 – 1992

Gisborne Shire Blanche Muriel Eugene ROSS-WATT* 1925 – 1950Terriss Valmai ORMEROD 1957 – 1966Loris CADDY 1980 –Gwenyth YUILL 1980 –Helen GIBSON* 1981 –Rhonda BRADLEY 1989 –Robyne HEAD 1989 –Shirley McKEOWN 1991 –

Glenelg Shire Olive Jean McCALLUM* 1989 – 1994

Gordon Shire Marie WORLAND 1990 –

Goulburn Shire Kristin PHILLIPS 1983 –Susan B. VERGE 1988 –

Grenville Shire Sarah Agnes MOLONEY 1977 – 1978Roselyn Kaye DUNN 1977 –Glenis Jean KIDD 1991 –

Hamilton City Frances Kathleen HEWETT* 1956 – 1980Shirley RABACH 1978 – 1979Helen MORRISON 1984 – 1988Judy KENNY 1983 – 1989Audrey NOSKE 1987 – 1990Joan EVANS 1991 –

Hampden Shire Marie L. THORNTON* 1985 – 1986Jillian MEATHREL* 1991 –

Hasting Shire Lorna BENNETTS 1970 – 1976D.E. HOUGHTON 1974 – 1977Rosie BUCHANAN 1989 – 1991Sue De Carteret WILDING 1981 –Prudence GRIFFITHS 1989 –

Hawthorne Shire Jean Marjorie MANNING 1966 – 1970

Hawthorn City Betty MARGINSON 1972 – 1980Rosalind McMILLAN 1981 – Carol MATHEW 1980s

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Barbara VAN ERNST* 1984 –Elizabeth LYONS 1985 –Jane NATHAN 1987 –

Healesville Shire Mildred Alice Murray MURTON 1943 – 1946Hilda Gracia BAYLOR* 1966 – 1978Beryl Thelma ANDREWS 1976 – 1979Hazel Aveen HILL 1978 – 1984Loraine Susan WADE 1983 – 1984Veronica Maree HOLLAND* 1984 – 1989Joanne Elizabeth BUCHAN/SPEARS 1985 – 1988Juliana CURRAN 1988 – 1990Di MOORE 1988 –Karen ROACH 1991 –

Heidelberg City Nellie Grace IBBOT* 1927 – 1950Edna May DAVEY 1952 – 1953Dorothy Jean BAKER * 1969 – 1992Terrie SEYMOUR 1989 – Donna BEER 1990 – Michelle PENSON 1991 –

Heytesbury Shire Joelyn Meredyth ANDERSON 1989 – Jessie Alma MacDONALD 1989 –Margaret McKENZIE 1990 – Annette PRICE 1990 –

Heywood Shire Shirley ELLIOTT* 1987 – 1992Elizabeth Valmai GEE 1981 – 1992Anne Louise HAY 1988 – 1992Sophia HOLM 1988 – 1992Barbara Jean YUILL 1992 – 1994

Horsham City Maria Victoria LANDT* 1955 – 1967Gayle CROOKE* 1987 – 1992Suzanne Maree BROOOKS 1991 – 1992

Huntly Shire Patricia RETALLICK 1989 – 1982

Kaniva Shire Bessie Marion HAWKER* 1967 – 1973Elizabeth ALLSOP 1982

Kara Kara Shire

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Karkarooc Shire Isabel ANDERSON 1983 – 1991Genevieve LEHMANN 1985 – 1992Elsie McLEAN 1990 – 1992Marjorie Jean FENTON 1981 – 1986Lillian Lorraine MORRIS 1986 – 1990Victoria LYONS 1990 –

Keilor City Nancy KIRCHNER 1972 – 1975Andrea SURACE* 1986 – 1991Rhonda MARTIN 1988 – 1991Dorothy COSTA 1989 – 1992Cheryl HILDEBRANDT 1990 – 1992Bernadette SMITH 1991 – 1992

Kerang Borough Thelma GRAVENALL 1964 – 1967Ellen May PIERCE 1968 – 1974

Kerang Shire Margery FENTON 1984 –Victoria LYONS 1990 – 1992

Kew City Marie DALLEY* 1948 – 1963Dorothy Ada BUCHANAN 1967 – 1977Gladys Charlotte FINK 1969 – 1974Phyllis Catherine HORE 1971 – Kay COLE* 1973 – 1976Kerry LOVERING 1973 – 1976Joan LAMB 1987 –Dione McINTYRE 1989 – 1991

Kilmore Shire Marlene COFF 1971 – 1974Kate RUSSELL 1983 – 1985Una HURST 1986 – 1986Valerie POCOCK 1988 – 1989Janet ROBINSON 1988 –Elaine McDONALD 1992 –

Knox City Barbara POWNEY 1972 – 1975Marie WALLACE* 1973 – 1994Margaret JONES 1981 –Joan SCHULZ 1983 –Mary RADISICH 1988 –Karin ORPEN* 1990 – 1994;

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Koroit Borough Margaret LAURENCE* 1975 – 1984

Korong Shire Gladys Mary EGGINK 1987 – Helen Mae LEECH* 1989 –

Korumburra Shire Grundry Decina MAYNE 1956 – 1959Anne Meldrum COSGRIFF* 1975 – 1984Noela Jean STUBINGTON 1978 – 1987Jennifer Jane BEALES 1988 – 1990Robyn Annette BROWN 1989 – 1990

Kowree Shire Carlyne Marree WHITEHEAD 1989 – 1992

Kyabram Town Ann Jeanette Moora ADAMS* 1974 – 1983Dawn Mary THOMSON 1982 – 1983Mary Patricia HAYES 1983 – 1986Vicki Anne NEELE 1984 – 1991Mary BOWMAN 1988 –Patricia June MORRELL 1989 –

Kyneton Shire Maisie HARPER* 1971 – 1974Marie PRIEST 1992 –

Leigh Shire Claire BARBER* 1980 –Fiona PARKER 1989 – 1992Barbara McCALLUM 1991 – 1992

Lexton Shire

Lilydale Shire Margaret Gwen HARDY* 1973 – 1976Robyn BARKER 1980 –Toni FRASER 1987 –Carol A. AHERN 1988 – 1991Kristine BROOM 1988 – 1991Ann ATKINSON 1990 –Gis MARVEN 1990 –Sue THOMPSON 1990 – 1992

Lowan Shire Mavis Joan BAILEY 1971 – 1977Marion COLEMAN 1973 – 1976

McIvor Shire Rhonda O’KEEFE 1988 – 1991Bronwyn WHEATLEY 1991 –

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Maffra Shire Marion Coleman 1973 – 1976Mary HOWSON* 1984 –Patricia PHELAN 1988 –Fairlie KERMODE 1989 –

Maldon Shire Moira Elsie WHITEMAN* 1984 – 1991Margaret Wellesley DUNNE 1988 –Margaret May McKNIGHT 1991 –

Malvern City Lady A. SCHOLL 1974 – 1977Ann MORROW* 1970sJanice CARPENTER 1984 –Marie QUINN* 1984 –Gloria FITTS 1986 –Elspeth NEWMAN 1986 –Elizabeth SHALLESS* 1986 –Anne COX 1991 –

Mansfield Shire Sheba Elizabeth BROWNE 1974 – 1976Anne Maree BELL* 1982 – 1992Mary Lynette MAHONEY 1983 – 1985Zaldah Christine KIRLEY 1987 – 1988Ailsa Jeanette FOX 1988 –

Marong Shire Elaine KNIGHT* 1972 – 1975Elaine Valda McNAMARA 1972 – 1992Helen Orme HARRISON 1979 –

Maryborough City Margaret HARRISON* 1988 – Gwenda FREEMAN 1991 –Jill FAVERO 1991 –

Melbourne City Clare Josephine CASCARRET 1967 – 1976Hanna PAN 1972 – 1981Alexis (Leckie) Margaret ORD* 1987 – 1991Winsome Mavis McP. McCAUGHEY* 1982 – 1991Lorna Elizabeth ROLFE 1981 – 1991Lynette HATTON 1985 – Rhonda CUMBERLAND 1988 –Barbara CHAMPION 1991 – Cheryl FRUSCALZO 1991 –Janette HIBBERD 1991 –

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Lorna HANNAN 1991 –Kate REDWOOD 1991 –Fran SCIARRETTA 1991 –

Melton Shire Irene May RICHARDS 1970 – 1976Marjorie NORTON 1980 –Ann O’KEEFE 1981 –Therese SAMSON* 1982 – 1991Grace WITHINGTON 1988 – 1991Leonie PATTERSON 1987 – 1991Jeanette ANDREWARTHA 1989 – 1991Jacqueline SEXTON 1990 –Morita BOWMAN* 1990 –Helen CASPAR 1991 –Betty HAWKES 1991 –Wendy WEBB 1991 –Margaret WOOD 1991 –

Metcalfe Shire Olive PENNO 1988 –Helen RINGROSE 1990 – 1992Marion LANDE 1990 –

Mildura City Kathleen RICHARDSON 1958 – 1964Kathleen Mary GAMBETTA * 1965 – 1980Diana E. DUCK* 1975 – 1987Nola L. LEVER 1980 – 1986Kathleen J. AVERY 1987 –Shirley PENNY* 1982 –

Mildura Shire Elizabeth MAFFEI* 1981 –Anne COX* 1988 –

Minhamite Shire Christine HEATHERINGTON 1991 –

Mirboo Shire Gladys Muriel WATT 1954 – 1964Janice Olive SUTER 1972 – 1975Deborah Helen WILLIAMS 1985 – 1987Nancy HEWITT* 1987 – 1992Diane SMITH 1989 –

Moe Shire Avis G. MAUDE 1969 – 1970

Moe City Dorothy DEAN 1980 – 1992Margaret ADAMS 1984 –Betty COLLINS 1985 –

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Moorabbin City Julie Christine COOPER* 1976 – 1987Ann DUNKLEY* 1979 – 1985Shirley CROPLEY 1981 – 1984Shirley ALEXANDER 1987 – 1991Inga PEULICH 1990 – 1992Rose Mary BEVERIDGE 1991 –Terry O’BRIEN 1992 – 1994

Mordialloc City Mary Therese ROBERTSON 1930 – 1931Gertrude Josephine McKENZIE* 1955 – 1961Shirley Olga BURKE* 1958 – 1964Doris STOCKTON* 1977 – 1989Hazel PIERCE* 1982 – Lesley McGURGAN 1991 – 1994

Mornington Shire Elsie May DORRINGTON 1952 – 1958Jessie Ellen WHITE* 1963 – 1975Marcia Joan SLY* 1974 – 1979Lois Jean WEIR 1978 – 1980Marianne Deidre TOOTELL 1978 – 1981Susanna Diana SANDLER 1982 – 1985Sue HARVEY 1983 – 1986Susan MacCREADIE 1984 – 1987Patricia LEECH* 1988 – 1994

Mortlake Shire Joanne JACKSON 1983 – 1991Brenda HAMPSON 1988 – 2008Betty BRUMLEY 1991 –

Morwell Shire Ruth DEAN 1970 – 1976Gloria Jean AUCHTERLONIE* 1982 – 1989Mabel RENNIE 1985 – 1987Elizabeth Jane OLLQUIST 1989 –

Mount Rouse Shire Hope HENRY 1955 – 1957

Myrtleford Shire Molly CORREA 1972 – 1981Ila TRELOAR 1981 – 1990Rita SGUARIO 1990 –

Narracan Shire Sheila May FERGUSON* 1973 – 1991Mary REDSTON 1975 – 1978Lynette ROBERTS 1981 – 1984

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Janet GREEN 1986 – 1988Thelma Joyce ROWSELL* 1985 – 1992Julie Anne HOARE 1990 – 1992Inge MITCHELL 1992 –

Nathalia Shire

Newham & Woodend Shire Ruby E. McKENZIE* 1948 – 1968Marianne N.C. VAN BLYNBURGH 1970 – 1975Marlene Sylvia JAGER* 1979 – 1991Noreen WILLS 1982 –Dianne DALE* 1986 – 1992Jenny SHAW 1991 –

Newstead Shire Andrea Mae DYER 1988 – 1991Wendy Margaret DRONEY 1990 –

Newtown City Zilla CRAWCOUR* 1957 – 1977Gladys Dorothy SEATON 1974 – 1976Valarie Denise NICHOLLS 1979 – 1982Jan Felice LAIDLAW* 1979 – 1991Frances Therese MATLOCK* 1982 – 1991Prudence Ann FIDGE* 1989 – 1992Helene Flora BENDER 1992 –

Northcote City Lucy HATHAWAY 1975 – 1978Elizabeth JONES 1978 – 1980Julie NELSON 1979 – 1984Elizabeth DONOGHUE 1981 – 1983Lyn SAINT-JAMES 1983 – 1986Margaret GUTHRIE 1985 – 1987Teena CROSS 1988 – 1989Keren FRANZI 1984 –Carolyn PURDUE 1986 –Lidia ARGONDIZZO 1987 – Emily DIMITRACOPOULOS 1990 –Angela KOTSIRAS 1990 –Maria VAMVAKINOU 1990 –

Numurkah Shire Janette WILLIS 1981Monica PINNUCK* 1987 – Sue ALDRIDGE 1989 –

Nunawading City [C] Janette Lucie PLUMMER* 1974 – 1979; 1982 – 1994

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Raylene Thelmae CRABTREE 1974 – 1976Judith Wendy REID* 1976 – 1989Coleen COLEMAN 1978 – 1981Valda ARROWSMITH* 1979 – 1990Helen McFARLANE 1983 – 1985Christine FENSHAM 1985 – 1986Robyn Louise McCANN 1986 – 1987Dorothy Grace SMITH* 1986 – 1991Evelyn Doreen FESL 1989 – 1990Joan Frances MORGAN 1989 – 1991Margaret Lyn EDWARDS 1989 – 1992Sally GOODE 1990 – 1993

Oakleigh City Olga JACKSON 1980 – 1983Heather NORLING* 1983 –Joyce McGILL 1984 –Denise McGILL* 1987 – 1992Gloria KNEEBONE* 1984 –Margaret NICHOLLS* 1989 – 1994

Omeo Shire

Orbost Shire Winifred Veronica MAURICE 1954 – 1956Alexia MUNDY 1956 – 1965Brenda MURRAY* 1972 – 1987Stella Irene KAVANAGH 1980 – 1993Claire LOCK 1980 –Shirley ROSS 1982 –Margaret Rae VINCENT 1983 – 1988Barbara Janet BOWIE 1991 –Mary DOLAND 1991 –

Otway Shire Evelyn Rose COSTIN 1960 – 1963Jean Elaine CAPPONI 1964 – Jean SHANAHAN 1982 –Carol WILMINK 1985 –Mary FREE 1985 –Lois WADE 1991 –

Oxley Shire Alison WALPOLE 1982 –

Pakenham Shire Jeune MATTHEWS* 1979 –Pam WYLEY 1985 – 1991Kathleen HALVY* 1990 – 1992

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Lyn DOOLEY 1991 –

Phillip Island Shire Alice DAVIS 1928 – 1929Lucy Kruger THOMPSON 1931 – 1937Kathleen Mary ROGAN 1971 – 1977Phil DIXON 1987 – 1992Ann DAVIE 1989 – 1992

Port Fairy Borough Margaret WHITEHEAD* 1982 –Valda L. GOLDIE* 1989 –

Port Melbourne City J.W. WOODRUFF 1974 – 1977Anna Louisa ROBIESON* 1978 – 1982Cynthia MARTIN 1990 –Helen FARRELL 1990 –Brenda BEDFORD 1991 –Lyn ALLISONBrenda BEDFORDKerry McKENDRICKLiana THOMPSON* 1992 – 1994Ilsa RAND 1992 –

Portland Town Mabel Emily HEDDITCH* 1951 – 1961Lila Joy DAVIS* 1972 – 1987Gwenda Kathleen BOLITHO 1984 – 1987Margaret Beatrice PUNTON 1987 – 1990Kaye FRANKCOM 1990 – 1992

Prahran City Marjorie Frances BULBICK 1969 – 1972Patricia Anne RAYSON 1976 – 1979Mary DUFFY* 1979 – 1985Wendy SPRY* 1985 – 1991Sandra GATEHOUSE 1986 – Leonie Therese BURKE* 1987 – 1993Sandra Alexandra MAKRIS 1987 –Jane Henderson MOFFAT 1987 –Winfred Mary VEARS 1991 –

Preston City Helen DAVIS 1978 –Anne MURPHY 1987 – 1994Chris KELLY 1993 – 1994

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Pyalong Shire Margaret Mary RYAN 1990 –Sarah J. THOMPSON 1991 –

Queenscliffe Borough Jennifer Meredith LAMBIE 1972 – 1977Flora WAYTH 1982 –Cynthia R. WILKINSON 1988 –Kerri L. ERIER 1990 –

Richmond City Mary Catherine ROGERS 1920 – 1925Eileen Margaret SLATTERY 1952 – 1957Beverley May GENSER 1965 – 1979Gloria Jean LEE 1972 – 1979Shelley R. LAVENDER 1977 – 1979Dorothy SOFTLY 1978 – 1982Maureen BREEN* 1988 –Christine HAMMETT 1988 –Rosemary Anne MASON 1989 –Barbara ANDREWS 1990 –Maureen McDERMOTT 1991 –

Ringwood City [C] Elizabeth PENNY* 1966 – 1967Patricia Elizabeth PALMER* 1967 – 1973Patricia GOTLIB* 1978 – 1987Lilian Mary ROSEWARNE 1982 – 1991Kate MAHONEY 1984 – 1985Betty MILTON* 1985 – 1991Margaret Ellen CHEEVERS* 1989 – 1994Ann FRASER 1987 – 1990; 1991 – 1994Sylvia PHILLIPS 1991 – 1994Yvonne Kaukas 1993 – 1994

Ripon Shire Marjory ODDIE 1982 –Joanne CUTHBERT 1989 –

Rochester Shire Helen Rosaline CLARKE* 1969 – 1982Joan DOOLAN 1987 –Joy WELLER 1987 –

Rodney Shire Cherie CRAWFORD* 1990 – 1994Carmel SCHROEN 1992 – 1994

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Romsey Shire Mildred May HANDLEY 1927 – 1930

Rosedale Shire Rosemary HUG* 1970sMargaret PULLIN 1988 –Vicki L. LEESON* 1988 –Joan M. GRAY 1989 –Kathleen CAPON 1991 – 1994

Rutherglen Shire Jennifer Frances TEMPLETON 1989 –Sandra Margaret JOHNSTONE 1990 – 1994Margaret Helen FITZGIBBON 1990 – 1994

St. Arnaud Town Ella Ivy EBERY* 1969 – 1979; 1984 – Marjorie Ida GARTON 1986 –Janice Lorraine SAMPSON 1989 – 1992

St. Kilda City Helen HALLIDAY 1970sElaine MILLER* 1982 – Norma WALKER 1986 – 1991Mary Louise JELBART 1987 – 1991Melanie EAGLE* 1987 – 1992Virginia BROWNE 1989 –Robyn BATTEN 1989 –Dimity REED 1991 – 1994Elizabeth JOHNSTONE 1991 – 1994

Sale City Kathleen FOLEY 1977 – 1982Betty MOWAT 1986 –Pauline McLARENJan KINGJanet NEUMANNChristina SCHWERIN 1990 – 1991Caroline CROSSLEY 1989 – 1992Helen LANIGAN 1990 – 1992

Sandringham City Ruby May IVISON* 1961 – 1976Marjorie BENNETT 1973 – 1977Lesley FALLOON* 1978 –Pauline REYNOLDS 1981 – 1990Carmel WATSON 1982 –Kay CURRIE 1992 – 1994Deborah PAGURA-INGLIS 1993 – 1994

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Sebastopol Borough Margaret Lillian TURNER* 1961 – 1973Dulcie SULLIVAN 1979 – 1982Karen OVERINGTON* 1982 – 1992Annette BEDFORD 1989 –

Seymour Shire Barbara ZEGIR 1983 – 1986Denise SMITH 1987 – 1990Shelley FRAWLEY 1990 –Susan EDWARDS 1987 – 1989; 1992 –

Shepparton Shire Alice Bessie McLEOD 1965 – 1973Elizabeth Jeanette POWELL 1990 – 1994

Sherbrooke Shire Nancy Constance REYNOLDS 1973 – 1976Pamela HARRIS* 1979 –Carolyn KINGHAM 1979 –Kay GAYLARD 1981 – Betty MARSDEN 1982 –Lorraine ROBERTSON 1985 –Margo COWARD 1985 –Rhonda COLLINS 1985 –Julie BEW 1988 –Elizabeth DRAKE 1989 –Robyn HALE 1990 –Lorraine ROBERTSON 1989 –Carla GATES 1991 –Betty TOMADA 1989 – 1991

South Barwon Shire Margaret Avril DRAYTON* 1956 – 1973Priscilla Ann PESCOTT* 1977 – 1993Marian Margaretta BAYLEY 1983 – 1989Marie Jeanette PEDERSEN 1986 – 1989Susan Patricia PEARCE 1989 –Helen Louise OATES 1989 – 1992

South Gippsland Shire Ethel Mary SMALLWOOD 1970 – 1974Caryl Ann Paula NICOLSON* 1981 – 1986Marina Janice MILDENHALL 1986 – 1987Heather Jane BLIGH 1989 – Jeanette HARDING 1992 – 1994

South Melbourne City Janet Pierson COOPER* 1950 – 1953; 1956 – 1968Doris Catherine CONDON* 1962 – 1975

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Patricia BROWN* 1978 – 1984; 1988 - 1992Anne FAHEY* 1979 – 1988Marilyn BLAIR 1980 – 1983Jenny MOSS 1983 – 1986Kristin A. SCULLY 1984 – 1987Elizabeth GRIEB 1988 – Yvonne STEWART 1988 – 1990Julie JOHNSON 1990 – 1994

Springvale City Mary Georgina BRAMLEY 1971 – 1974Dorothy BELL 1981 – 1987Janet TREZISE* 1981 – 1987Lyn DOOLEY 1983 – 1984Noelle TREMBATH* 1985 – 1992Lorna STEVENSON* 1985 – 1991Roz BLADES 1987 –Joan SHEEN* 1987 – T. RECHICHI 1988 – 1991Margaret FRASER 1992 – 1994

Stawell Town Lynette McMULLIN 1968 – 1970Stawell City Jean EARLE 1981 –

Isabelle Violet HUMPHRIES* 1983 – Marjorie CLEGHORNValder Joyce GAYLOR 1983 – 1987Cheryl-Ann SMITHIsabelle HUMPHRIES 1985Hazel May LEWIS 1988 – 1989Elaine Meri McCRACKEN 1986 –Jean Dorothy EARLE 1987 –

Strathfieldsaye Shire Marilyn WALLIS 1981 – 1992Nonette GORDON 1982 –Helen SANDNER 1988 – 1991June HOULAHAN 1989 –Wendy BARRY 1990 –

Sunshine City Jean LOWE 1971 – 1974Jean BOLES* 1982 – 1992Lindsay GRAHAM 1989 –Marion MARTIN 1990 –Janice WHITE 1989 –Irene SHAND 1991 –

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Swan Hill City Beryle Frances CAMPBELL 1959 – 1962; 1969 – 1972Noelle HOLMES 1981 – 1984Gillian DAY* 1981 – 1986Maren CHANDLER 1989 - 1992Joan WILKINS* 1984 –

Swan Hill Shire Suzanne Mary CHAMBERS 1987 – 1988Maureen Ann TAGGERT 1987 – 1989Margaret Grace SCHINTLER* 1985 –Pamela PISASALE* 1986 – 1992

Talbot & Clunes Shire Joyce WAGSTAFF* 1986 –Laurice NEWMAN 1991 – 1994

Tallangatta Shire Isabella DRUMMONDMary Christina FRASER* 1980 – 1991Robyn MANZIE 1986 – 1988Wendy L. HAMILTON 1991 –

Tambo Shire Lynette Claire ROBERTS 1973 – 1976Judith HENDERSON 1981 –Adeline WHELAN 1987 –Valerie FOWLES 1990 –Margot KERBY 1991 – 1994

Towong Shire Isobel DRUMMOND 1972 – 1975

Traralgon City Gwendolyn Ethel FARRINGTON* 1961 – 1974Freda FREEMAN 1980 – 1986Jenny POPOV 1982 – 1984Dorothy TAYLOR 1982 – 1988Kerry SUNDERLAND 1985 – 1990Marj COOPER 1988 – 1992Lorraine BARTLING* 1987 – 1992Yvette BENTLEY 1990 – 1992

Traralgon Shire Terie PORTER 1984 –Joy Maria HEYRON 1991 –

Tullaroop Shire Margaret Olive SNOW* 1964 – 1971Elizabeth Marjorie DOWIE* 1964 – 1975Joan MAHER 1990 – 1991Shirley CAMPBELL 1987 –

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Audrey HURSE* 1989 – 1992

Upper Murray Shire Lois JEPHCOTT 1986 – 1991Laurel LOCHHEAD 1988 –Sue SORBELLO 1987 – 1988Marilyn VOGEL* 1982

Upper Yarra Shire Helena Louisa MARR 1977 – 1980Margaret Jean FULLER 1977 – 1983Lynn Rosemary TAIT 1979 – 1982Patricia Margaret HUNTER 1988 –Loraine Jean Mary STROUD* 1989 –Mary Eleanor BURFOOT 1989 –

Violet Town Shire Marie Theresa BERRY 1983 – 1990Pamela Jean ROBINSON* 1982 – Sheila Margaret RIDLAND 1989 –

Walpeup Shire Valmai GIBBS 1982 – 1983Marie Alice ROSS 1989 –- TORPEY 1993 – 1994

Wangaratta Borough Doris Myra TILSON* 1952 – 1954

Wangaratta City Jean Isobel McKENNA 1965 – 1976Aileen MELICAN 1970 – 1971Dawn FOX 1979 – 1981Dianne LEWIS 1982 – 1984Patricia WALSH 1982 – 1986Mary SADLER 1986 –Valma GLEESON 1987 –Beverley WITTIG 1991 –

Wangaratta Shire Helen WARD* 1986 – 1992Helen GUILFOYLE

Wannon Shire Anne Kathleen KEALY 1973 – 1976Gwen BAUDINETTE 1986 – 1989Pamela LEMMING* 1983 –Sandra HEMPEL 1989 –

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Waranga Shire Clara BOERKAMP* 1981 – Jose BOHN 1985 –Natalie AYSON 1987 – 1988

Warracknabeal Audrey May HOFFMANN* 1981 – 1984; 1988 –Helen LEGGETT 1990 –

Warragul Shire Marion Elizabeth RICHARDSON 1968 – 1970

Warragul City Roseann BARRON* 1983 – 1989Margaret MALLOCH 1988 – 1989Hedy KIRKBRIDGE 1989 –Isabell WEIR 1989 –Joy RYNE 1991 –

Warrnambool City Florence Jane COLLINS 1960 – 1975Valmai BERTRAND 1979 – 1980Mary MAHONEY 1982 – 1983Toni McCORMACK* 1982 – 1992Margaret SMART 1989 –

Warrnambool Shire Catherine BOWMAN 1986 –Jean HUNT 1985 – 1991

Waverley City Rene MARRIOTT 1954 – 1958June Rose BAGHEL* 1968 – 1976Jennie GRAY 1979 – 1982Iris PEDERICK* 1979 – 1984Morna STURROCK 1984 – 1989Barbara M. THOMPSON* 1985 – 1994Pat COTTON 1988 – 1994Gill CLARE 1992 – 1994

Wendouree Shire May NELSON 1974 – 1977

Werribee Shire L. A. (Gina) MENEGAZZA 1974 – 1981Patricia GOODWIN* 1981 – 1994Margaret Lorraine ADAMSON 1983 – 1986Jeanette Roma BRAYBROOK 1989 – 1993Shirley VAN KUELEN 1993 – 1994

Whittlesea Shire Hazel Eileen [Wendy] JENKINS 1980 – 1984

Whittlesea City Cheryl KERR 1988 – 1990Julie ADAMSON 1991 – 1994

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Glenys DYSON 1991 – 1994

Williamstown City May Clifton BRIGGS 1943 – 1945A.A. BERNARD 1973 – 1976Geraldine SCHUTT* 1979 – 1982Jessie HODGSON 1990 –Mary KLESTADT 1990 –

Wimmera Shire I.L. BAUDINETTE 1990 –

Winchelsea Shire Betty McDONALD 1987 – 1988Helen LORD 1989 – 1990Lindon CROSSLAND 1989 –

Wodonga Shire Pamela Mary STONE* 1977 – 1992Betty McLEAN 1978 –Valentina GILLARD 1985 –Rosslyn Vicki MURTAGH 1989 –Rachelle Therese VALENTE 1991 –

Wonthaggi Borough Jean DENNIS* 1957 – 1964Rae Ruth HAINES 1982 – 1985Wendy Suzanne CRELLIN 1990 –

Woorayl Shire Joyce M. JOYNER 1978 – 1981Mary CHECKLEY 1982 – 1987Joy E.C. HOY 1982 – 1988Yvonne M. THUNDER 1990 –Debra A. SCOTT 1991 –

Wycheproof Shire Beverley June STEPHENS* 1983 – 1989Beverley Joyce COOK* 1988 –Eleanor Mary POLLARD 1987 – 1992

Yackandandah Shire Noelene WALLACE 1980 –Manu Folau GODWARD 1990 –

Yarrawonga Shire Dawn KEENAN* 1981 – 1982Carmel BYHAM 1989 –

Yea Shire Mary M. HARPER 1973 – 1976Lynette Merlyn GUNTER 1986 –Kim Marree CHADBAND 1988 – 1991Betty WOOD 1989 –

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