Rachel Gardner
Rachel Trixie Anne Gardner, Baroness Gardner of Parkes, AM, FRSA, JP (née McGirr; born 17 July 1927) is an Australian-born dentist and Conservative member of the British House of Lords. She is the only Australian woman to date who has been elevated to the peerage.
Baroness Gardner was born in Parkes, New South Wales, the daughter of Greg McGirr, a former leader of the New South Wales Labor Party. She earned a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in 1954 from the University of Sydney and studied in Paris at le Cordon Bleu. She moved to the UK in 1957.
She was a councillor of Westminster City Council from 1968 to 1978, and was Lady Mayoress (when her husband was Lord Mayor) for 1987-88. In 1970 she stood for Parliament for the Conservative Party against Labour's Barbara Castle in Blackburn, and in February 1974 stood against the Liberal John Pardoe in North Cornwall. In 1971 she was made a Justice of the Peace. In addition she was the GLA member for Havering (1970-1973 and for Enfield Southgate (1977–86) until its abolition. She held various directorships and was the UK Representative on the United Nations Status of Women Commission 1982-1988.
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