Rosemary Kyburz

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Rosemary Annette Kyburz (born April 16, 1944 in Sydney ) is an Australian politician. She was from 1974 to 1983 Member of the Queensland Parliament as representative of the Liberal Party of Australia for Salisbury .

Kyburz was a noted supporter of feminist causes in Queensland state politics in the 1970s. She and her husband lost their seats when the Liberal Party suffered a drastic slump in 1983.

Kyburz was born as Rosemary Annette Plim in Sydney and bears the name of her first husband Rolf Kyburz, whom she married in Argentina . Kyburz married the politician Rob Akers while she was a member of parliament . This marked the first time incumbent MPs in Australia got married; in addition, Kyburz became the mother of the first child of a sitting parliamentarian. She has two sons.

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