Susan Jeanes
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Susan Barbara Jeanes was an Australian Liberal Party Member of the House of Representatives
for the Division of Kingston
from 1996 to 1998. She won the seat from Gordon Bilney
in the 1996 general election where the Liberal party took power from the Labor party. She was then defeated at the 1998 general election by David Cox
.
In 2002 Susan Jeanes won preselection battle with Bob Such
, the sitting member, for the Electoral district of Fisher
. Such then ran for the electorate as an independent and defeated Jeanes.
After her political career ended she worked as an Advisor to the former Environment and Heritage Minister Robert Hill on climate change and energy policy. She was later appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Renewable Energy Generators of Australia (REGA) and is a Director of the Climate Institute.
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
for the Division of Kingston
Division of Kingston
The Division of Kingston is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the far-south metropolitan area of Adelaide. The division was first proclaimed in 1949....
from 1996 to 1998. She won the seat from Gordon Bilney
Gordon Bilney
Gordon Neil Bilney is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Kingston from 1983 to 1996.Bilney was born in Renmark, South Australia....
in the 1996 general election where the Liberal party took power from the Labor party. She was then defeated at the 1998 general election by David Cox
David Cox (Australian politician)
David Alexander Cox , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives October 1998 to October 2004, representing the Division of Kingston, South Australia...
.
In 2002 Susan Jeanes won preselection battle with Bob Such
Bob Such
Robert Bruce "Bob" Such , Australian politician, is the member for the seat of Fisher in the South Australian House of Assembly, as an independent since 2000, and as member of the Liberal Party member from the 1989 election to 2000....
, the sitting member, for the Electoral district of Fisher
Electoral district of Fisher
Fisher is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. It is named after James Fisher, a colonial politician and the first mayor of Adelaide...
. Such then ran for the electorate as an independent and defeated Jeanes.
After her political career ended she worked as an Advisor to the former Environment and Heritage Minister Robert Hill on climate change and energy policy. She was later appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Renewable Energy Generators of Australia (REGA) and is a Director of the Climate Institute.