Ellnor Grassby
{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1937)}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}
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| name = Ellnor Grassby
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| order2 = Minister for Housing and Urban Services
| term_start2 = 16 May 1989
| term_end2 = 5 December 1989
| predecessor2 = new Ministry
| successor2 = Trevor Kaine
| order3 = Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly
| term_start3 = 4 March 1989
| term_end3 = 18 February 1995
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = Multi-member multiple constituencies
| alongside3 = Berry, Collaery, Connolly, Duby, Follett, Humphries, Jensen, Kaine, Kinloch, Maher, Moore, Nolan, Prowse, Stefaniak, Stevenson, Wood, Whalan
| birth_name = Ellnor Judith Louez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|01|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = {{NSWcity|Griffith}}, New South Wales
| nationality = Australian
| party = Labor Party
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| spouse = Al Grassby {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AM}}
| children = Gabriella Davis
| occupation = Politician
| footnotes = {{cite book|title=Who's Who in Canberra|last=Louttit|first=Anne|last2=Louttit|first2=John|year=1989|publisher=C.E.S.L. Support Services Pty Ltd|issn=1032-710X|page=A-71}}{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/437237/Members-1st-Assembly-1989-R.pdf |title=Members of the First Assembly |publisher=Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory |date=September 1990 |accessdate=10 December 2013 }}{{Cite news |author = Stephens, Tony |title=Grassby's legacy of tolerance, diversity |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=25 April 2005 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Grassbys-legacy-of-tolerance-diversity/2005/04/24/1114281455277.html |accessdate=6 August 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/399506/A07.pdf |title=Appendix 7: Chronological list of ministries |work=Companion to Standing Orders |page=344 |publisher=Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory |year=2008 |accessdate=10 December 2013 }}
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Ellnor Judith Grassby ({{née|Louez}}; born 14 January 1937) is a former Australian politician who served as a member of the multi-member single constituency unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the Labor Party between 1989 and 1995. Grassby served as Minister for Housing and Urban Services in the First Follett Ministry.
Biography
Born in {{NSWcity|Griffith}}, New South Wales, in 1962 Ellnor Louez married Al Grassby,{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Al-Grassbys-double-life/2005/05/07/1115422847039.html |title=Al Grassby's double life |author=Walsh, Kerry-Anne |date=8 May 2005 |work=The Sun-Herald |accessdate=10 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050509001353/http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Al-Grassbys-double-life/2005/05/07/1115422847039.html |archive-date=9 May 2005 |url-status=unfit }} who was elected as the Labor Member for Murrumbidgee in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1965, before being elected as the federal Labor Member for Riverina in the House of Representatives in 1969.{{Cite news
|title=Whitlam government minister Al Grassby dies |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 April 2005 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Whitlam-government-minister-Al-Grassby-dies/2005/04/23/1114152357786.html |accessdate=6 August 2010 }} Prior to entering politics, Ellnor Grassby was employed in the accreditation of nurses, owned and managed hotels, and was a volunteer fundraiser and board member for a number of non-profit organisations.{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/437285/Members-2nd-Assembly-1992.pdf |title=Members of the Second Assembly |publisher=Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory |date=April 1993 |accessdate=10 December 2013 }}
Ellnor Grassby was elected to the inaugural ACT Legislative Assembly at the 1989 general election, and re-elected to the second Assembly at the 1992 general election. Grassby contested the multi-member electorate of Ginninderra at the 1995 general election, but was unsuccessful.{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/1995/ginninderra_95.html |work=1995 election |title=Electorate of Ginninderra Distribution of preferences |publisher=ACT Electoral Commission |year=1998 |accessdate=6 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228113954/http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections/1995/ginninderra_95.html |archivedate=28 February 2011 |df=dmy }} She served as the Minister for Housing and Urban Services in the First Follett Ministry, during 1989; however was not appointed to subsequent Labor ministries.
During 2003–2005, Grassby served on the Chief Minister's Ministerial Advisory Council on Multicultural Affairs.{{Cite web|title=Annual Report 2004-2005 |publisher=ACT Department of Disability, Housing & Community Services |year=2006 |page=271 |url=http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/4937/DHCS_Volume_1_Final_ND.pdf |accessdate=6 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304122014/http://www.dhcs.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/4937/DHCS_Volume_1_Final_ND.pdf |archivedate=4 March 2011 |df=dmy }}
She was a board member of Naming Australia Incorporated, a community organisation comprising representatives from the Spanish community, the Embassy of Spain in Australia, the business community and the ACT government who organisated celebrations for the 400th anniversary, in 2006, of Spanish contribution to the history and naming of Australia.{{Cite web|title=Board |publisher=Naming Australia Incorporated |year=2009 |url=http://www.namingaustralia.org.au/board.htm |accessdate=6 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218100125/http://www.namingaustralia.org.au/board.htm |archivedate=18 February 2011 |df=dmy }}
Following the 2005 death of Al Grassby, media reports revealed that Ellnor Grassby was aware that her husband had lovers. However, she rejected allegations that the couple had separated thirty years earlier.
See also
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Category:Australian Labor Party members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
Category:Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
Category:Spouses of Australian politicians
Category:Women members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly