Pauline Toner

The Honourable
Pauline Toner
Minister for Community Welfare Services
In office
8 April 1982 – 14 March 1985
PremierJohn Cain II
Preceded byWalter Jona
Succeeded byCaroline Hogg
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Greensborough
In office
5 November 1977 – 28 February 1989
Preceded byMonte Vale
Succeeded bySherryl Garbutt
Personal details
Born
Pauline Therese Hoare

(1935-03-16)16 March 1935
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Died3 March 1989(1989-03-03) (aged 53)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Political partyLabor Party
SpouseBrian Toner (m. 1962)
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
La Trobe University
OccupationSchoolteacher

Pauline Therese Toner (16 March 1935 – 3 March 1989) was the first female cabinet minister in the Parliament of Victoria. A member of the Labor Party, she was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1977 and was Minister for Community Welfare Services from 1982 to 1985. She resigned from Parliament in 1989 and died on 3 March 1989.[1]

  1. ^ "Australian Women - Biographical entry - Toner, Pauline". National Foundation for Australian Women - Australian Women’s Archives Project. Retrieved 22 February 2009.