Marjorie Jackson-Nelson

The Honourable
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson
AC CVO MBE DStJ
The Honourable Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE DStJ
	Marjorie Jackson-Nelson in 2007
33rd Governor of South Australia
	In office; 3 November 2001 – 8 August 2007
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	Rob Kerin (2001–02); Mike Rann (2002–07)
Preceded by	Sir Eric Neal
Succeeded by	Kevin Scarce
Personal details
Born	13 September 1931 (age 92); Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Spouse	Peter Nelson (m. 1953; died 1977)
	Sports career
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport	Athletics
Sports achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.4 (1952); 200 m – 23.59 (1952)
Medal record
Representing Australia
Olympic Games
British Empire and; Commonwealth Games

Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE DStJ (born 13 September 1931) is an Australian former athlete and politician. She was the Governor of South Australia between 2001 and 2007. She finished her sporting career with two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, six individual world records^[1] and every Australian state and national title she contested from 1950 to 1954.

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