Jennifer Lilian Cashmore (born 5 December 1937) (previously, and for most of her political career, known as Mrs Jennifer Adamson) is a former Australian politician. She was a

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member of the

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between 1977 and 1993, representing the eastern suburbs seat of Coles ( Morialta since 2002). She was the third woman to be elected to the House of Assembly. She served as Minister for Health and Minister for Tourism during the 1979–1982

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government, the first woman member of Cabinet since Joyce Steele. In 1992 she contested the leadership of her party against

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and

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, the eventual winner. Once dubbed the 'green conscience' of the Liberal Party, Cashmore was the first member to raise questions about the financial viability of the

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before the

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. Cashmore is the mother of South Australian Governor

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, NSW Supreme Court judge Christine Adamson and Anglican chaplain Stuart Adamson.

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