Elizabeth Robyn Harvey (born 19 October 1946) is an Australian politician. She was an

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member of the

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from 1987 to 1990. Harvey was born in

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on 19 October 1946. She completed a diploma in secondary teaching at Adelaide Teachers College and a Bachelor of Arts at the

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. Harvey won the south

seat of

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as the

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candidate at the 1987 federal election. Harvey was defeated for the same seat by

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Chris Gallus Christine Ann Gallus (born 6 April 1943) is a former Australian politician who served as a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2004, representing two different seats in South Australia—the Division of Hawker ...

at the 1990 federal election by an extremely narrow 14 votes.Psephos: 1990 Election - Voting by Constuency, South Australia
/ref> Elizabeth has since worked as a ministerial staffer, public servant, teacher and writer. She has published on a blog her novel, ''Snowflake's Hope'', a fictionalised account of her experiences as a Federal MP.

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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20170222164141/https://snowflakeshope.com/ On line novel {{DEFAULTSORT:Harvey, Elizabeth 1946 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia Members of the Australian House of Representatives Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Hawker Women members of the Australian House of Representatives 20th-century Australian politicians 20th-century Australian women politicians