Janine Haines

Janine Haines
2nd Leader of the Australian Democrats
In office
18 August 1986 – 24 March 1990
DeputyMichael Macklin
Preceded byDon Chipp
Succeeded byMichael Macklin
2nd Deputy Leader of the
Australian Democrats
In office
20 August 1985 – 18 August 1986
LeaderDon Chipp
Preceded byColin Mason
Succeeded byMichael Macklin
Senator for South Australia
In office
1 July 1981 – 1 March 1990
Preceded byCondor Laucke
Succeeded byMeg Lees
In office
14 December 1977 – 30 June 1978
Preceded bySteele Hall
Succeeded byRon Elstob
Personal details
Born
Janine Winton Carter

(1945-05-08)8 May 1945
Tanunda, South Australia, Australia
Died20 November 2004(2004-11-20) (aged 59)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Political partyDemocrats (from 1977)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal Movement (until 1976)
Spouse
Ian Haines
(m. 1967; wid. 2004)
Children2
EducationBrighton High School
Alma materUniversity of Adelaide
University of South Australia
OccupationSchool teacher
(Department of Education)
ProfessionAcademic
Politician

Janine Winton Haines, AM (née Carter; 8 May 1945 – 20 November 2004) was an Australian politician who was a Senator for South Australia from 1977 to 1978 and again from 1981 to 1990. She represented the Australian Democrats, and served as the party's leader from 1986 to 1990, becoming the first female federal parliamentary leader of an Australian political party. She was pivotal in "shaping the Australian Democrats into a powerful political entity that held the balance of power in the Senate".[1]

  1. ^ Murphy (2004) p. 36