Cheryl May Davenport ''née'' Crockenberg (born 19 January 1947) is a former Australian politician.
She was born in
Pinjarra and was an electorate officer before entering politics. In 1989 she was elected to the
Western Australian Legislative Council
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as a
Labor
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member for
South Metropolitan. From 1993 to 1996 she was Deputy Chairman of Committees, and then from 1997 to 2001 she was Shadow Minister for Seniors. Davenport retired in 2001.
Davenport wrote and
moved the ''Acts Amendment (Abortion) Bill 1998'' from opposition, making Western Australia the first Australian state to have legalised abortion.
Davenport is the patron on multiple non profit organisations.
Her contribution was recognised by her appointment as a
Member of the Order of Australia
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for "significant service to the Parliament of Western Australia, and to the community" in the
2021 Queen's Birthday Honours.
References
1947 births
Living people
Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
Members of the Order of Australia
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia
21st-century Australian politicians
People from Pinjarra, Western Australia
Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
21st-century Australian women politicians
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