Harold Holt John McEwen John Gorton William McMahon
Preceded by
Les Bury
Succeeded by
Kevin Cairns
Government Whip in the Senate
In office 11 June 1951 – 8 March 1966
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Preceded by
Reg Wright
Succeeded by
Malcolm Scott
Senator for Queensland
In office 1 July 1947 – 24 May 1971
Succeeded by
Neville Bonner
Personal details
Born
Annabelle Jane Mary Rankin
(1908-07-28)28 July 1908 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died
30 August 1986(1986-08-30) (aged 78) South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political party
Liberal
Relations
Colin Rankin (father)
Dame Annabelle Jane Mary RankinDBE (28 July 1908 – 30 August 1986) was an Australian politician and diplomat. She was the first woman from Queensland elected to parliament, the first woman federal departmental minister, and the first Australian woman to be appointed head of a foreign mission.
Rankin was born in Brisbane, the daughter of state MP Colin Rankin. A member of the Liberal Party, she was elected to the Senate at the 1946 federal election, taking her seat the following year. She was the second woman elected to the Senate, after Dorothy Tangney. Rankin was the Liberal Party's chief whip from 1947 to 1950 and from 1951 to 1966; she remains the longest-serving whip in the party's history, in either chamber of parliament. In 1966, she was made Minister for Housing in the Holt government, becoming the first woman to hold a ministerial portfolio. She held that position until her retirement from politics in 1971. As High Commissioner to New Zealand from 1971 to 1974, she was the first woman to head an Australian mission overseas.
Dame Annabelle Jane Mary Rankin DBE (28 July 1908 – 30 August 1986) was an Australian politician and diplomat. She was the first woman from Queensland...
1984 and is named after Dame AnnabelleRankin, the first Queensland woman elected to the Senate. In its original form, Rankin covered the Gold Coast hinterland...
Dame AnnabelleRankin Award is a biennial award presented by the Queensland Branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia. In 1977, Dame Annabelle Rankin...
held local office in the party. Following the resignation of Senator AnnabelleRankin in 1971, Bonner was chosen to fill the casual vacancy and he became...
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by officials who were responsible to the Minister for Housing. When AnnabelleRankin was appointed the Minister of the department in 1966 she became the...
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1968 5 December 1972 Supply (to 1971) Health Gorton 4 years, 281 days AnnabelleRankin McMahon Reg Wright Reg Withers 20 December 1972 11 November 1975 Opposition...
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South Wales (1958–1970) Minister for Repatriation Liberal Hon Dame AnnabelleRankin DBE (1908–1986) Senator for Queensland (1947–1971) Minister for Housing...
Senate election was held in Queensland to replace Liberal senator AnnabelleRankin, who resigned in 1971. Neville Bonner, who had been appointed to fill...
clerk and valuator with the Isis Divisional Board (1890–1899). Rankin married Annabelle Davidson Thomson on 5 September 1906 at St Stephen's Presbyterian...
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Hilda Ross, Lucile Sayers 1957: Anne Bryans, The Countess De La Warr, AnnabelleRankin, Nancy Robertson, Janet Vaughan 1958: Mary Henrietta Barnett, The Baroness...
South Wales (1958–1970) Minister for Repatriation Liberal Hon Dame AnnabelleRankin DBE (1908–1986) Senator for Queensland (1947–1971) Minister for Housing...
place of Holt. A notable addition to the outer ministry was Senator AnnabelleRankin as Minister for Housing – the first woman to hold a ministerial portfolio...
Information Books — for books that document factual material Dame AnnabelleRankin Award – presented for distinguished services to children’s literature...
(1923–2019) MP for Barker (1956–1975) Minister for Health Liberal Hon Dame AnnabelleRankin DBE (1908–1986) Senator for Queensland (1947–1971) Minister for Housing...
in 2002, and 53% in 2021. The second woman elected to the Senate, AnnabelleRankin, also achieved a number of firsts for women: she was the first female...
South Wales (1958–1970) Minister for Repatriation Liberal Hon Dame AnnabelleRankin DBE (1908–1986) Senator for Queensland (1947–1971) Minister for Housing...
Minister Robert Menzies Preceded by Wilfrid Kent Hughes Succeeded by AnnabelleRankin Minister for Air In office 22 December 1961 – 27 July 1962 Prime Minister...
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