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Nancy Buttfield | |
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Senator for South Australia | |
In office 1 July 1968 – 11 April 1974 | |
In office 9 December 1961 – 30 June 1965 | |
Preceded by | Gordon Davidson |
In office 11 October 1955 – 8 December 1961 | |
Preceded by | George McLeay |
Succeeded by | Gordon Davidson |
Personal details | |
Born | Nancy Eileen Holden 12 November 1912 Kensington Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia |
Died | 4 September 2005 Adelaide, South Australia | (aged 92)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Frank Buttfield
(m. 1936; died 1998) |
Dame Nancy Eileen Buttfield, DBE (née Holden; 12 November 1912 – 4 September 2005) was an Australian Senator and the first woman to serve in the Australian Parliament as a representative of the state of South Australia.[1]