Jennifer Cashmore | |
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_1979.jpg) Adamson at a cabinet meeting in 1979 | |
| Member of the South Australian House of Assembly for Coles | |
| In office 17 September 1977 – 10 December 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Des Corcoran |
| Succeeded by | Joan Hall |
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| Born | 5 December 1937 |
| Died | 10 June 2024 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal |
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Jennifer Lilian Cashmore AM (née Adamson, 5 December 1937 – 10 June 2024) was an Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1977 and 1993, representing the eastern suburbs seat of Coles (Morialta since 2002). Cashmore was the third woman to be elected to the House of Assembly.
Cashmore served as Minister for Health and Minister for Tourism during the 1979–1982 Tonkin government, the first woman member of Cabinet since Joyce Steele.[2] In 1992 she contested the leadership of her party against John Olsen and Dean Brown, the eventual winner.[3]
Once dubbed the 'green conscience' of the Liberal Party, Cashmore was the first member to raise questions about the financial viability of the State Bank before the 1989 election.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
daughterswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Tonkin Cabinet named, Corcoran resigns today". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 18 September 1979. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Cashmore 'to quit politics'". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 May 1992. p. 2. Retrieved 17 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Morialta Profile". www.abc.net.au. 21 April 2006. Retrieved 11 November 2017.