Doone Kennedy
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Doone Kennedy AO |
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| 67th Lord Mayor of Hobart | |
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In office 1986–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Broadby |
| Succeeded by | John Freeman |
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| Born |
Lorna Doone Pleasance Brewer 10 May 1927 New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 30 August 2014 (aged 87) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | John Kennedy |
Lorna Doone Pleasance Kennedy AO (10 May 1927 – 30 August 2014) was an Australian politician and civic leader who served as the Lord Mayor of Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, from 1986 until 1996. Kennedy was the first woman to be elected Lord Mayor of Hobart and remained the city's only female mayor until the election of Sue Hickey in 2014.
Kennedy was born Lorna Doone Pleasance Brewer on 10 May 1927. She was raised on a New South Wales sheep farm. Brewer dropped out of school when she was 16 years old to find work following the outbreak of World War II. She was hired by the Bank of New South Wales in 1944, which transferred her twice, first to Sydney and then to Hobart, where she arrived in April 1947 at the age of 19. She soon met John Kennedy, her future husband, who was fifteen years older than her. John Kennedy had been an Australian POW who was forced to work on the Burma Railway by the Japanese during World War II. The couple married in 1949 and had two children. John Kennedy later served as an alderman on the Hobart City Council from 1970 until 1982. He once ran for Lord Mayor himself, but lost the election.
Doone Kennedy was first elected to the Hobart City Council in 1982, the same year that her husband left office. She served as a city alderman from 1982 until her election as Lord Mayor in 1986.
Kennedy focused on philanthropic organizations once she entered politics. By 1986, the year of her election as Lord Mayor, Kennedy had served as a president or board member of numerous organizations, including the Asthma Foundation, the Hobart District Nursing Service, Greening of Australia, the Mary Ogilvy Home Society, the board of Queen Alexandra Hospital, the Narryna Heritage Museum, the trustees of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Southern Regional Ambulance Service Advisory Council, and the Sudden Infant Death Society.
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