Pam Buchanan
| Pam Buchanan | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 19 February 1983 – 4 February 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Brian Sodeman |
| Succeeded by | Larry Graham |
| Constituency | Pilbara |
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In office 4 February 1989 – 3 March 1992 |
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| Preceded by | None (new creation) |
| Succeeded by | Fred Riebeling |
| Constituency | Ashburton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Pamela Ann Slocombe 6 February 1937 Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Died | 31 March 1992 (aged 55) Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party |
Labor (to 1991) Independent (from 1991) |
Pamela Ann Buchanan (née Slocombe; 6 February 1937 – 31 March 1992) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia between 1983 and 1992. She represented the Labor Party for the majority of her time in parliament, and was a minister in the Lawrence government, but resigned to sit as an independent in 1991.
Buchanan was born in Perth to Doris May (née Brittain) and Walter Scott Slocombe. She attended Perth Girls' High School, and later went on to Perth Technical College. From 1967 to 1976, she was a preschool administrator in Roebourne, in the state's north-west, where she also ran an adult education centre for Aboriginals. A member of the Labor Party from 1976, from 1980 to 1982 Buchanan was an assistant in the Karratha office of Peter Dowding, a member of the Legislative Council for North Province and also a future premier. Later president of the party's Wickham branch, she ran for the seat of Pilbara at the 1983 state election, winning with 58.77% of the vote. She replaced the retiring Liberal member, Brian Sodeman, who had held the seat since 1974. Buchanan increased her majority to 64.67% at the 1986 election, after which she was made a government whip.
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