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Person details for: CP 470
Person number
CP 470
Name
Hon Wendy Frances FATIN
Date range
10 Apr 1941 -
Series recorded by this person
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Person note
Wendy Fatin was born in 1941 at Harvey in Western Australia.  Her qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament included Adviser to Minister for Repatriation and Compensation and Minister for Social Security 1974-75;  RN (W Aust), B App Sci (Nsg) (WAIT), FCNA;  political research assistant; founder member, Women's Electoral Lobby.
 
Wendy Fatin was elected to the House of Representatives for Canning (Western Australia) in 1983 and re-elected, following 1984 electoral redistribution, for Brand (Western Australia) in 1984 and 1987.  
The electorate of Brand was created in the 1984 redistribution of Federal electorate boundaries.  In the 1988 redistribution it underwent significant changes losing the local government areas of Armadale and Serpentine-Jarrahdale to the north and gaining the Shire of Collie in the south.  It now includes the local government areas of Kwinana, Rockingham, Mandurah, Murray, Waroona, Harvey (except Australind) and Collie.  Brand includes the State Legislative Assembly seats of Rockingham, Mandurah and Murray and parts of Peel, Wellington and Collie.
 
In April 1990 Wendy Fatin was appointed Minister for Local Government and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women.  
In December 1991 Wendy Fatin was appointed Minister for Arts and Territories leaving the Minister for Local Government but remaining as Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women.

Wendy Fatin retained the seat of Brand in the March 1993 election but chose to stand down from Cabinet.  She retired prior to the general election of 2 March 1996.

Sources:

Parliamentary Handbook On-line, accessed 14 January 1999

Agency associated with person unregistered

1983-  1987: Government Economic Committee 
1983-? 1990: Government Community Services and Welfare Committee 
1985-? 1990: Government Primary Industries and Resources Committee 
1987-? 1990: Government Employment,Education and Training Committee 
1983-? 1990: Government Status of Women Co-ordinating Committee
Agencies associated with person
  • 05 Mar 1983 - 01 Dec 1984
    CA 692, Department of the House of Representatives - Member for Canning (Western Australia)
  • 01 Dec 1984 - 29 Jan 1996
    CA 692, Department of the House of Representatives - Member for Brand (Western Australia)
  • 28 Feb 1985 - 05 Jun 1987
    CA 3192, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Expenditure - Member
  • 08 Oct 1987 - 19 Feb 1990
    CA 6934, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Workplace Relations - Member
  • 08 Oct 1987 - 19 Feb 1990
    CA 6933, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs - Member
  • 04 Apr 1990 - 27 Dec 1991
    CA 5988, Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs, Central Office - Minister for Local Government
  • 04 Apr 1990 - 24 Mar 1993
    CA 1401, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet - Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women
  • 27 Dec 1991 - 24 Mar 1993
    CA 7431, Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories, Central Office - Minister for Arts & Territories
  • 12 May 1993 - 29 Jan 1996
    CA 6933, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs - Member
Date registered
17 Jan 1990

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