Patricia Lynne White (born 7 September 1964) is a

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and former

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politician, who represented

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in the

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for the Labor Party. She first won the seat at a state by-election held on 5 November 1994 following the retirement of former Premier

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and served for 16 years. She was a senior cabinet minister in the Rann government.

Career

Born in

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, White gained degrees in Engineering and Arts, from the

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, after which she worked as an engineering

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in the transport and communications industries, then with the

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Parliamentary career

From 1995 to 2002, White held various Shadow Ministries including Education and Children's Services, Further Education and Training, Higher Education, Regional Development, Tourism, Racing, Sport, Youth, Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs. When Labor took power in 2002, she became a minister. From 2002 to 2005, White has held Ministries including Education and Children's Services, Member of the Executive Council, Transport, Science and Information Economy, and Urban Development and Planning. She stepped down to spend more time with her young family. She has been a member of several parliamentary committees, including Chair Economic and Finance, Industry Development, Public Works, Social Development, Select Committee into Building Surveyors / Private Certifiers, Select Committee into DETE funded schools. The 2006 election saw White increase her margin to 27.4%. White announced she would not re-contest her seat at the 2010 state election.'Golden girl' to quit parliament: The Advertiser 6/5/2009
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who retained the seat.

Post-Parliamentary career

Post politics, White took up a senior executive role with

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global engineering services company,

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. She has been a non-executive director of several corporations, including

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. In March 2017, White signed an open letter calling for the Government of South Australia to continue to investigate the "opportunity to develop an international used nuclear fuel management industry" identified by the

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in 2015–16. From 2018 she has been President and Board Chairman of

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, the peak professional body for the engineering profession in Australia.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Trish 1964 births Living people Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of South Australia University of Queensland alumni University of South Australia alumni 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the South Australian House of Assembly Members of the Order of Australia