Amelia Best
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Amelia Martha (Millie) Best MBE (29 April 1900 – 14 November 1979){{cite Tas Parliament |id=besta521 |title=Best, Amelia |access-date=26 July 2022}} was one of the first two women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
Best was born in Lower Barrington, Tasmania, Australia. She ran an arts and crafts business in Launceston and was involved in the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Canteen Services during World War II.
She was elected to the House of Assembly representing the Liberal Party in the seat of Wilmot in 1955. She lost her seat in 1956, was re-elected in 1958 and lost her seat again in 1959.
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050616074607/http://www.women.tas.gov.au/significantwomen/search/amelia_best.html Amelia Martha (Millie) Best MBE (1900-1979)]
- {{cite Tas Parliament |id=besta521 |title=Best, Amelia |access-date=24 July 2022}}
External links
- {{Australian Women and Leadership|WLE0580b|Best, Amelia (Millie) (1900 - 1979)}}
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Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Category:Australian Members of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Category:20th-century Australian politicians
Category:20th-century Australian women politicians
Category:Women members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
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