Trish Draper

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name = Trish Draper
honorific-suffix = MP
caption = Member of Parliament for Makin
birth_date =Birth date and age|1959|4|2|df=y
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constituency_MP = Makin
parliament = Australian
term_start = 2 March, 1996
term_end = 24 November 2007
predecessor =Peter Duncan
successor = Tony Zappia
party = Liberal
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Patricia "Trish" Draper (born 2 April 1959), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the
Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until November 2007, representing the Division of Makin, South Australia. She was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and was educated at the University of South Australia. She was a nurse before entering politics. She was often distinguished in parliament by her wearing of a red-blue-yellow scarf, showing her support for the Adelaide Crows.

She first won her seat after defeating the sitting ALP member Peter Duncan in 1996.

A poll by "The Advertiser" in August 2004 found her trailing ALP candidate Tony Zappia, the mayor of Salisbury 56-44 on a two party preferred basis. However in the election of 2004 she won the seat of Makin.

Draper did not recontest preselection for her seat in the 2007 election. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1698337.htm Federal MP Draper to quit politics] ]

Draper won the Liberal Party's preselection for the state seat of Newland for the next state election. [ [http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24152281-2682,00.html Trish Draper wins Newland pre-selection nod] Accessed 2008-08-09]

Travel scandal

Trish Draper was involved in a travel scandal when she took her boyfriend away with her to a taxpayer-funded study tour to Europe in 2004. She was forced to pay back nearly $10,000 of his expenses. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2004/s1114927.htm Draper affair sparks MP travel review] ]

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NAME=Draper, Trish
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Draper, Patricia (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH=2 April 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH=Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
DATE OF DEATH=living
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