Valma Eileen Ferguson, ''née'' Tucker (born 20 November 1941) is a former Australian politician. She was born in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth i ...

to truck driver Robert Henry Tucker and Mavis Irene Higham. After finishing school at Girdlestone High School, she worked for Country Newspapers from 1956 to 1957, for Craft Print from 1957 to 1959, and for the Australasian Society of Engineers from 1959 to 1964. An active member of the

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms t ...

, she was an electorate officer for

Kim Beazley Kim Christian Beazley (born 14 December 1948) is an Australian former politician and diplomat. He was leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 1996 to 2001 and 2005 to 2006, having previously been a cabine ...

from 1981 to 1990, for Peter Walsh from 1990 to 1993, and for Chris Evans from 1993 to 1995. She was elected to the

Western Australian Legislative Council The Western Australian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia, a state of Australia. It is regarded as a house of review for legislation passed by the Legislative Assembly, the lower house. The two Houses ...

in February 1993 in a countback following

Kay Hallahan Elsie Kay Hallahan (born 4 November 1941) is a former deputy leader of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party. As a member of the Labor Party, she also served as a minister in the Burke, Dowding and Lawrence ministries ...

's resignation; she represented East Metropolitan, but was never sworn in as Hallahan's term was due to end in May. She returned to the Council in April 1995, this time assuming the seat vacated by the resignation of Tom Butler. She did not stand for re-election in 1996 and her term concluded in 1997. Ferguson was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferguson, Valma 1941 births Living people Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Council