Millie Peacock

Millie Peacock
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Allandale
In office
1 November 1933 – 1 February 1935
Preceded byAlexander Peacock
Succeeded byThomas Parkin
Personal details
Born
Millie Gertrude Holden

(1870-08-03)3 August 1870
East Framlingham, Victoria, Australia
Died7 February 1948(1948-02-07) (aged 77)
Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Resting placeCreswick cemetery
Political partyUAP[1]
Other political
affiliations
AWNL
Spouse
(m. 1901; died 1933)

Millie Gertrude Peacock, Lady Peacock (née Holden; 3 August 1870 – 7 February 1948), was the first woman elected to the Parliament of Victoria. She was the wife of Sir Alexander Peacock, a three-time Premier of Victoria. Upon his death in 1933, Lady Peacock won the by-election to replace him in parliament. She served only a single term, retiring at the 1935 state election.

  1. ^ "Millie Gertrude Peacock". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2022.