Pam O'Neil

{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1945)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix =

| name = Pam O'Neil

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| image = Pam O'Neil MLA.jpg

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| caption = O'Neil in 1977

| constituency_AM = Fannie Bay

| assembly = Northern Territory Legislative

| term_start = 13 August 1977

| term_end = 2 December 1983

| predecessor = Grant Tambling

| successor = Marshall Perron

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1945|09|20}}

| birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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| death_place =

| nationality = Australian

| party = Labor Party

| profession = Biochemist

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Pamela Frances O'Neil (born 20 September 1945) is a former Australian politician. She was the Labor member for Fannie Bay in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1983. In 1984, she was appointed Australia's first Sex Discrimination Commissioner by the Hawke Government, holding the position until 1988 when she was succeeded by Quentin Bryce.{{cite web|first=Antony|last=Green|author-link=Antony Green|title=Fannie Bay|work=2005 Northern Territory Election|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|year=2005|url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/nt/2005/guide/fann.htm|accessdate=31 October 2010}}{{Cite web|title = Pamela O'Neill becomes first Sex Discrimination Commissioner {{!}} Timeline|url = http://timeline.awava.org.au/archives/1320|website = timeline.awava.org.au|date = 30 November 1984|access-date = 2016-01-15}}