Margaret May

Margaret May
Margaret May
Member of the Australian Parliament
for McPherson
In office
3 October 1998 – 19 July 2010
Preceded by John Bradford
Succeeded by Karen Andrews
Personal details
Born 30 June 1950 (1950-06-30) (age 61)
Ba, Fiji
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Occupation Electorate secretary

Margaret Ann May (born 30 June 1950), Australian politician, was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to July 2010, representing McPherson, Queensland.[1]

May was born in Ba, Fiji, and was educated at Seaforth TAFE College in Sydney. She was a financial administrator with the New South Wales Department of Education 1982-88 and an electorate secretary before entering politics.[2]

May was elected to the seat of McPherson at the 1998 election. She defeated her Labor challenger local Councillor Eddy Saroff at the 2007 election and was subsequently appointed to the Outer Shadow Ministry as Shadow Minister for Ageing until the change in Liberal leadership in December 2009.[2]

On 14 August 2009 she announced that she would retire at the 2010 federal election.[1]

References

Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
John Bradford
Member for McPherson
1998–2010
Succeeded by
Karen Andrews



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