Pamela Frances O'Neil (born 20 September 1945) is a former Australian politician. She was the
Labor
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member for
Fannie Bay in the
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory is the unicameral legislature of the Northern Territory of Australia. The Legislative Assembly has 25 members, each elected in single-member electorates for four-year terms. The voting method f ...
from 1977 to 1983. In 1984, she was appointed Australia's first
Sex Discrimination Commissioner by the
Hawke Government, holding the position until 1988 when she was succeeded by
Quentin Bryce
Dame Quentin Alice Louise Bryce, (née Strachan; born 23 December 1942) is an Australian academic who served as the 25th governor-general of Australia from 2008 to 2014. She is the first woman to have held the position, and was previously the ...
.
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1945 births
Living people
Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Australian Labor Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Women members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
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