Annabelle Rankin
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The Honourable Dame Annabelle Rankin DBE |
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| High Commissioner of Australia to New Zealand | |
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In office 1971–1974 |
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| Prime Minister |
William McMahon Gough Whitlam |
| Preceded by | Ted Hicks |
| Succeeded by | Brian Clarence Hill |
| Father of the Australian Senate | |
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In office 1 July 1968 – 24 May 1971 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Cooper |
| Succeeded by |
Bert Hendrickson, Justin O'Byrne |
| Senator for Queensland | |
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In office 1 July 1947 – 24 May 1971 |
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| Succeeded by | Neville Bonner |
| Minister for Housing | |
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In office 26 January 1966 – 22 March 1971 |
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| Prime Minister |
Harold Holt John McEwen John Gorton William McMahon |
| Preceded by | Les Bury |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Cairns |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
28 July 1908 Brisbane, Queensland |
| Died | 30 August 1986 (aged 78) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Relations | Colin Rankin (father) |
Dame Annabelle Jane Mary Rankin DBE (28 July 1908 – 30 August 1986) was the second woman member of the Australian Senate, the first woman from Queensland to sit in the Parliament of Australia, the first Australian woman to have a federal portfolio and the first Australian woman to be appointed head of a foreign mission.
Rankin was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 28 July 1908, the daughter of Colin Dunlop Wilson Rankin (a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland) and Annabelle Davidson (née Thomson).
The family lived in Brooklyn House, Howard (now heritage-listed). She attended primary school in Childers and Howard. She attended secondary school at Glennie Memorial School in Toowoomba.
She was well known in the community for her public service though the CWA, Guides Australia, Red Cross and YWCA.
Rankin was elected to the Senate in the 1946 election, as a representative of the Liberal Party. Her term began on 1 July 1947. She was the first woman appointed as Opposition Whip in the Senate and, following the election of the Menzies government in 1949, also served as Government Whip in the Senate.
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