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Nationality
  
Irish Australian

Occupation
  
Accountant


Name
  
Margaret Guilfoyle

Role
  
Accountant

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Full Name
  
Margaret Georgina Constance McCarthy

Born
  
15 May 1926 (age 98) Belfast, Northern Ireland (
1926-05-15
)

Political party
  
Liberal Party of Australia

Spouse
  
Stanley Guilfoyle (m. 1952)

Education
  
Australian National University

Party
  
Liberal Party of Australia

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Dame Margaret Georgina Constance Guilfoyle, AC, DBE (née McCarthy; born 15 May 1926) is a British-born Australian who was a Senator for the state of Victoria from 1971 to 1987. She was the third woman to receive a federal ministerial portfolio, after Dame Enid Lyons and Dame Annabelle Rankin. Following her retirement she has continued to serve the Australian public through numerous boards and directorships.

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Guilfoyle was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland as Margaret Georgina Constance McCarthy. Her family migrated to Australia in 1928 and settled in Melbourne. She trained as an accountant, and later studied law at the Australian National University. She married Stanley Guilfoyle. She joined the Young Liberals in 1949, and was active within the party from that point. In 1970, Guilfoyle was elected to the Senate for the Liberal Party in Victoria, her term beginning on 1 July 1971. She served in the governments of Malcolm Fraser between 1975 and 1983, as minister, successively, for Education, Social Security and Finance. She retired from politics at the double dissolution of 5 June 1987.

Honours

  • Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), 31 December 1979.
  • Centenary Medal, 1 January 2001.
  • Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), 13 June 2005.
  • References

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