Bronwyn Bishop

Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop (born October 19, 1942 in Sydney ) is an Australian politician of the Liberal Party of Australia and a member of the Australian House of Representatives .

Bishop was elected Senator for New South Wales in 1987 and 1990 and was thereby a member of the Australian Senate . In 1994 she resigned as Senator to run for Jim Carlton's successor in the House of Representatives . In March 1994 she won the Mackellar by-election and entered the House of Representatives. After the Liberal Party's victory in the general election in 1996 , she became a member of the government of John Howard , initially as Minister for Defense Industry, Science and Personnel , from 1998 as Minister for Aged Care . After two legislative terms, she lost her ministerial post in 2001.

After trying unsuccessfully to become Speaker of the House in 2005 , Bishop was nominated by Tony Abbott for this office in 2013. On November 12, 2013, she was elected spokeswoman. During her time as a spokesperson, she was accused of not exercising her office neutrally. On August 2, 2015, after a controversy over the use of parliamentary funds for party purposes, she announced her resignation as spokeswoman, but retained her mandate in the House of Representatives.

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↑ Jason Koutsoukis: Victorian takes Speaker's chair. In: The Age . November 16, 2004, accessed April 20, 2016 .
↑ Tim Dick: Why Bronwyn Bishop needs to leave the speaker's chair. In: The Sydney Morning Herald . March 24, 2015, accessed April 20, 2016 .
^ Bronwyn Bishop resigns as Speaker; Tony Abbott announces review of entitlements system. In: ABC News Australia. August 3, 2015, accessed April 20, 2016 .

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SURNAME	Bishop, Bronwyn
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bishop, Bronwyn Kathleen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 19, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney

[1] Jason Koutsoukis: Victorian takes Speaker's chair. In: The Age . November 16, 2004, accessed April 20, 2016 .

[2] Tim Dick: Why Bronwyn Bishop needs to leave the speaker's chair. In: The Sydney Morning Herald . March 24, 2015, accessed April 20, 2016 .

[3] Bronwyn Bishop resigns as Speaker; Tony Abbott announces review of entitlements system. In: ABC News Australia. August 3, 2015, accessed April 20, 2016 .