Rosemary Follett
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Rosemary Follett AO |
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| 1st Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory | |
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In office 11 May 1989 – 5 December 1989 |
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| Deputy | Paul Whalan |
| Succeeded by | Trevor Kaine |
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In office 6 June 1991 – 2 March 1995 |
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| Deputy | Wayne Berry |
| Preceded by | Trevor Kaine |
| Succeeded by | Kate Carnell |
| Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly | |
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In office 4 March 1989 – 18 February 1995 Serving with Berry, Collaery, Connolly, Duby, Grassby, Humphries, Jensen, Kaine, Kinloch, Maher, Moore, Nolan, Prowse, Stefaniak, Stevenson, Wood, Whalan |
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| Preceded by | first Assembly |
| Succeeded by | Multi-member multiple constituencies |
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In office 18 February 1995 – 12 December 1996 Serving with Carnell, Connolly, Cornwell, Humphries, Moore, Tucker |
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| Preceded by | Multi-member single constituency |
| Succeeded by | Simon Corbell |
| Constituency | Molonglo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 March 1948 Sydney |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Alma mater | Canberra College of Advanced Education |
| Occupation | Politician, activist |
Rosemary Follett AO (born 27 March 1948) is a former Australian politician who was the inaugural Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory, serving in 1989 and again between 1991 and 1995. She was the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory.
The child of a court reporter, Aubrey Follett, an Anglican, and his wife, Judith (née Lusby), a Roman Catholic, Rosemary Follett was born in Sydney in 1948, and moved with her family to Canberra in 1952. She attended Canberra Catholic Girls' High School. She joined the Australian Public Service after leaving school, and travelled to Darwin and Sydney. She returned to Canberra with the public service, but was made to resign when she married, as was the policy at the time. She studied stenography, and worked as a secretary for various politicians over the next ten years.
The 1975 dismissal of the Whitlam government inspired Follett to join the Ginninderra branch of the Australian Labor Party, serving as its president between 1983 and 1984. In the meantime, she returned to university, studying arts and administration at the Canberra College of Advanced Education, and rejoined the public service. Prior to her election to the Assembly, Follett was an elected Member for Fraser in the representative advisory ACT House of Assembly, serving between 1985 and 1986; and became President of the ACT branch of Labor in 1987.
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