Karen Marie Overington (16 November 1951 – 11 August 2011) was an Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presidin ...

from 1999 to 2010, representing the electorate of Ballarat West. Overington was born Karen Marie Brown in Ballarat, and attended Sacred Heart College. She worked as an electorate officer from 1984 to 1992, and as a

Uniting Church The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was founded on 22 June 1977, when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Unio ...

outreach worker from 1994 to 1999. She had a lengthy career in local government before her election to parliament, serving as a councillor for the

Borough of Sebastopol The Borough of Sebastopol was a local government area about south of the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The borough covered an area of , and existed from 1864 until 1994. Sebastopol was incorporated as a borough on 1 Octobe ...

from 1982 until 1994, with a stint as mayor in 1990–1991. The council was merged with several neighbouring ones in 1994, and Overington won election to the larger

City of Ballarat The City of Ballarat is a local government area in the west of the state of Victoria, Australia. It covers an area of and, in June 2018, had a population of 107,325. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is primarily urban with the v ...

council at its first election in 1996, serving in that role until her election to parliament. Overington was elected to parliament on her second attempt as part of Labor's victory in the 1999 elections, having lost one prior attempt in 1993. She was re-elected with little difficulty in 2002 and 2006, winning 55.5 per cent of the vote at the 2006 election. Overington was married with two children. Her husband, Brian Overington, died in 2009, and she was diagnosed with cancer shortly afterwards. She retired from parliament at the 2010 state election, and died on 11 August 2011.Baillieu, Ted
CONDOLENCES: Karen Marie Overington
Parliament of Victoria, 30 August 2011.

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