Margaret Joan Deahm (31 October 1938 – 28 December 2015) was an Australian politician. She was an

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member of the

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for the

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from

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until her defeat at the 1996 general election. Deahm was born at

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, and studied arts at the University of New England. She was a public servant from 1966 to 1987, and a freelance writer, editor and consultant from 1987 to 1992. She was a

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councillor from 1991 until 1993 when she was elected to federal parliament. She served as president and secretary of the Labor Party's Katoomba branch. She was also chair of the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils and a member of the executive of the Local Government Women's Association from 1992 to 1993. She died in December 2015.

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