Janet Powell

Janet Powell
3rd Leader of the Australian Democrats
In office
1 July 1990 – 19 August 1991
DeputyJohn Coulter
Preceded byMichael Macklin
Succeeded byJohn Coulter
Senator for Victoria
In office
26 August 1986 – 30 June 1993
Preceded byDon Chipp
Personal details
Born
Janet Frances McDonald

(1942-09-29)29 September 1942
Nhill, Victoria, Australia
Died30 September 2013(2013-09-30) (aged 71)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyGreen (after 2004)
Other political
affiliations
Democrat (until 1992)
Independent (1992–2004)
Spouse
Alan Powell
(m. 1965; div. 1988)
Domestic partner(s)Sid Spindler
(esp. 1987; sep. 1992)
Children4
EducationNhill High School
Queen's Church of England Grammar School
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
OccupationSchool teacher
(Kerang High School)
(Nhill High School)
(Department of Education)
ProfessionAcademic
Politician

Janet Frances Powell AM (née McDonald, 29 September 1942 – 30 September 2013[1]) was an Australian politician.

A native of Nhill, Victoria, Powell was educated at Ballarat Grammar School and Nhill High School. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Arts and a Diploma of Education. She then worked as a secondary school teacher at Kerang High School and Nhill High School.[2][3]

  1. ^ Ireland, Judith (1 October 2013). "Former Democrats leader Janet Powell dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  2. ^ Jones, Kate (2017). "POWELL, Janet Frances (1942–2013)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  3. ^ Who's Who in Australia 2013, Crown Content, 2012.

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