- Liz Constable
Infobox MLA | name =Elizabeth Constable
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nationality =Australian
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term_start =20 July 1991
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deputy =
predecessor =Andrew Mensaros
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birth_date =December 2 1943
birth_place =SydneyNew South Wales
constituency =Churchlands
party =Independent
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profession =Lecturer
education =PhD
religion =
footnotes =|Dr Elizabeth Constable was born
December 2 1943 in Sydney inNew South Wales . She has been an Independent member of theWestern Australian Legislative Assembly firstly representing the electorate of Floreat after winning the seat at a 1991 by-election following the resignation ofAndrew Mensaros . After the abolition of Floreat in a redistribution in 1994, Constable was elected to the electorate of Churchlands in 1996 then successfully re-elected in 2001 and 2005. [cite web|url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/WAllMembersFlat/Constable,+Elizabeth?opendocument|title=Extract from the Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook|year=2008|accessdate=2008-06-10]Constable was once a member of the Liberal Party before becoming an independent. [cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/wa/content/2004/s1253899.htm|title=ABC - Stateline Transcirpt - Barnett denies sinister campaign strategy|year=2004|accessdate=2008-06-10] She left the Liberal Party when it became clear that the favoured candidate of power-broker,
Noel Crichton-Browne , would be given preselection for the safe seat of Floreat in 1991 at her expense. Constable contested the seat as aconservative independent and won easily with 49% of the primary vote. [cite web|url=http://www.pollbludger.com/300|title=The Poll Bludger - By-election bloodbaths|year=2005|accessdate=2008-06-10] [cite web|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/pubs/pops/pop17/c04.pdf|title=Suffrage to Sufferance - 100 years of Women in Parliament|year=2005|accessdate=2008-06-10]References
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