Grace Sydney Vaughan (née Ingram; 1 April 1922 – 21 January 1984) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of

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from 1974 to 1980. Prior to entering politics, she was a social worker, holding degrees from the

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and the

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. Vaughan entered parliament at the 1974 state election, and served a single six-year term before being defeated at the 1980 election. Before she and

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were elected in 1974, only two other women had ever served in the Legislative Council (

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and

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). After leaving parliament, Vaughan served as president of the

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from 1983 to her death in 1984.Grace Sydney Vaughan
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 11 June 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaughan, Grace 1922 births 1984 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Politicians from Sydney 20th-century Australian politicians 20th-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Council

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