Christina Jane Corrie (née MacPherson, later Thynne) (1867–1937) was the founder of the

Queensland Women's Electoral League The Queensland Women's Electoral League (QWEL) was an organisation founded in 1903 in Brisbane to advance the cause of women's suffrage in Queensland, Australia. History Its founder and first president was Christina Jane Corrie (then the Lady Ma ...

Early life

Christina Jane MacPherson was born on 26 July 1867 at Helensburg-on-Clyde,

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, the daughter of James Drummond MacPherson. She married Brisbane architect Leslie Gordon Corrie on 25 March 1899 at St Thomas's Church, Enfield, Sydney.

Politics

Christina Corrie was involved in the

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. Her husband Leslie Corrie was an alderman and mayor of the

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. As his wife, Christina served as lady mayoress. She took advantage of her public prominence to launch the

in 1903 to advance the cause of

women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...

in Queensland. She was elected its first president on 27 July 1903.

Later life

Following the death of her husband Leslie Corrie on 2 August 1918, she married

Andrew Joseph Thynne Andrew Joseph Thynne (30 October 1847 – 27 February 1927) was a lawyer and politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council and Attorney-General of Queensland. Early life Thynne son of Edward Thynne ...

at St Patrick's Catholic Church, Sydney on 11 October 1922. Thynne died on 27 February 1927. She died on 7 May 1937 at

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after a long illness. She was not buried with either of her husbands but was instead privately cremated at

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References

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