Diana Laidlaw

Diana Laidlaw

Diana Laidlaw (born Diana Vivienne Laidlaw, September 2 1951) was a South Australian Liberal politician, an elected member of the Legislative Council (1982–2003) and held several ministerial posts. [1]

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Biography

Her early political career was as an assistant to elected State and Federal politicians before being elected to the Legislative Council in 1982. She entered cabinet in 1993 when the Brown government (1993-1996) came to power in the 1993 election, where she remained under the subsequent Olsen (1996-2001) and Kerin (2001-2002) governments, following which the Liberals lost power.

Ministerial posts

  • Minister for Transport (1995–1997)
  • Minister for Transport and Urban Planning (1997–2002)
  • Minister for the Arts (1993–2002)
  • Minister for the Status of Women (1993–2002)

Anecdotes

In 2001, while Minister for the status of Women, she saw her government's prostitution reforem bill defeated in the Legislative Council. She is said to have neen moved to tears, and called her colleagues "gutless". [2]

References

  1. ^ National Library of Australia: Laidlaw, Diane
  2. ^ Round seven on sex industry laws. Adelaide Now Sept 27 2011

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