Vicki Worrall Bourne (born 22 October 1954) is a former Australian Democrats

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for New South Wales from 1990 to 2002. Bourne was born in

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; she attended the selective High School Fort Street, and then

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where she obtained a BSc and MSc. She was employed as a research officer for Democrats Senator

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in 1978; in 1980 she joined the party. Following Mason's resignation she was a research officer for Senator Paul McLean. Bourne was elected to the Senate in the

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; her term began on 1 July 1990. She was elected for a second term in the

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. After she was defeated by

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candidate

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in the

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, her term ended on 30 June 2002.

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