- Lisa Scaffidi
Infobox_Officeholder |
honorific-prefix =The Right Honourable
name= Lisa Scaffidi
caption=
nationality=Australian
order=55thLord Mayor of Perth
term_start=October 2007
term_end=
deputy =Michael Sutherland
predecessor=Peter Nattrass
successor= Incumbent
birth_date=12 February 1960
birth_place=
death_date=
death_place=
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party=IndependentLisa Scaffidi (nee Sanders) is the first female Lord Mayor of Perth, Western Australia. Scaffidi won the seat in the October 2007 council elections after the previous incumbent
Peter Nattrass retired at the end of a record twelve years in the position.Scaffidi was educated at Churchlands Primary School and Methodist Ladies' College after which she graduated as a
dental therapist and worked for a short period as anair hostess with TAA in the 1980s. Prior to winning the Lord Mayoral title she was a director withthink-tank Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) for over ten years.She served two terms as a Councillor, with her 2003 win being the most votes ever recorded by a City of Perth Councillor, before running for Lord Mayor. She won the Lord Mayoral seat from 4 other candidates by 432 votes.
References
*"West Weekend Magazine" ("
West Australian newspaper"), 27 October, 2007. pp8-10
* [http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21917023-5005370,00.html City slicker]
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