Vicki Worrall Bourne is a former Australian Democrats

Australian Democrats

The Australian Democrats is an Australian political party espousing a socially liberal ideology. It was formed in 1977, by a merger of the Australia Party and the New LM, after principals of those minor parties secured the commitment of former Liberal minister Don Chipp, as a high profile leader...

 Senator

Australian Senate

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 for New South Wales

New South Wales

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 from 1990 to 2002.

Bourne was born in Sydney

Sydney

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; she attended the selective High School, Fort Street

Fort Street High School

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, and then UNSW

University of New South Wales

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 where she obtained a BSc and MSc. She was employed as a research officer for Democrats Senator Colin Mason

Colin Mason

Colin Victor James Mason is a New Zealand-born Australian journalist, author and former politician.Mason worked for 14 years as the first foreign correspondent of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and became deeply involved in Asian affairs...

 in 1978, in 1980 she joined the party, following Mason's resignation she was a research officer for Senator Paul McLean

Paul McLean (Australian politician)

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. She was elected to the Senate at the 1990 election, her term began on 1 July 1990. She was elected for a second them in 1996, and was defeated by Australian Greens

Australian Greens

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 candidate Kerry Nettle

Kerry Nettle

Kerry Michelle Nettle is a former Australian Senator and member of the Australian Greens in New South Wales. Elected at the 2001 federal election on a primary vote of 4.36 percent with One Nation and micro-party preferences, she failed to gain re-election at the 2007 federal election, despite an...

at the general election in 2001, her term ending on 30 June 2002.