Nancy Buttfield

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Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE
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 (1912-11-12)12 November 1912 Kensington Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia
Died	4 September 2005(2005-09-04) (aged 92) Adelaide, South Australia
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]