Cecilia Noel Padgham-Purich (born 25 December 1927) is a former Australian politician. She was a member of the

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from 1977 to 1997, representing Tiwi until 1983, Koolpinyah until 1990 and

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thereafter. Born in

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, Padgham-Purich was initially elected as a member of the

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, and served as Minister for Housing and Conservation from 1983 to 1984 under

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and

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. In 1987 she lost CLP preselection, but was re-elected as an

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. She retired in 1997 and endorsed another independent candidate,

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, who narrowly failed to win election. Her daughter,

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, was elected to the seat of Goyder as a CLP member in 2008. Noel has six children, Melissa, Peregrine, Gervase, Kezia, Plaxy and Thisbe.

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