(1889-09-18)18 September 1889 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
12 December 1970(1970-12-12) (aged 81) Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Political party
Independent
Spouse
Maurice Blackburn
(m. 1914–1944)
Doris Amelia Blackburn (née Hordern; 18 September 1889 – 12 December 1970) was an Australian social reformer and politician. She served in the House of Representatives from 1946 to 1949, the second woman after Enid Lyons to do so. Blackburn was a prominent socialist and originally a member of the Labor Party. She was married to Maurice Blackburn, a Labor MP, but he was expelled from the party in 1937 and she resigned from the party in solidarity. Her husband died in 1944, and she was elected to his former seat at the 1946 federal election – the first woman elected to parliament as an independent. However, Blackburn served only a single term before being defeated. She later served as president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Doris Amelia Blackburn (née Hordern; 18 September 1889 – 12 December 1970) was an Australian social reformer and politician. She served in the House of...
referendum questions, one of which was carried. Notes Independent: DorisBlackburn (Bourke, Vic.) In South Australia, the Liberal Party was known as the...
and Barry Green. His version of Doris Troy's "I'll Do Anything" was recorded in 1969 for his second album, Tony Blackburn, which was released on Polydor...
election to the official Labor candidate. Blackburn married Doris Amelia Hordern on 10 December 1914. Blackburn died of cerebral tumour on 31 March 1944...
attract high support at the ballot. Her campaign secretary in 1913 was DorisBlackburn, later elected to the Australian House of Representatives. Through...
anti-conscription activists during this period included Bella Guerin and DorisBlackburn. "1918: Australians in France – Nurses – "The roses of No Man's Land""...
Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Clifton Hill. Lost seat. Wife was DorisBlackburn Independent Labor December 1935 – 27 March 1937 Labor 27 March...
1888 – Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (d. 1953) 1889 – DorisBlackburn, Australian activist and politician (d. 1970) 1889 – Leslie Morshead...
1982) and Britta Holmström. Notable figures like Archibald Baxter, DorisBlackburn, Vera Brittain, Charles de Gaulle, Ammon Hennacy, Richard Hofstadter...
Eva Bacon (1909–1994) – Australian socialist, feminist, pacifist DorisBlackburn (1889–1970) – Australian social reformer, politician, pacifist Helen...
as Tommy Marshall Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Alfred Lyttelton Kerrie Hayes as Doris Platt Joncie Elmore as Ted Stokes Mary Higgins as Ada Hornby Sam Keeley...
consequence he was defeated in his electorate of Bourke. However, his wife DorisBlackburn successfully contested Bourke and served as an independent after her...
International Peace Campaign in 1937. She resigned after the Munich agreement (DorisBlackburn was the replacement). In 1938 Duncan was appointed inaugural director...
1940–1941 1941–1945 Briefly joined the United Australia Party in 1941. DorisBlackburn Bourke, Vic 1946–1949 Independent Labor. First female federal independent...
founded the Australian Peace Council (APC). Charter members included DorisBlackburn MHR, Leonard Mann, Frank Dalby Davison, Eleanor Dark, William Hatfield...
70, underworld figure (born in the United Kingdom) 12 December – DorisBlackburn, 81, women's rights activist and politician 14 December – William Slim...
George Rankin (Country), contested the Senate. The member for Bourke, DorisBlackburn (Independent Labor), contested Wills. The member for Fawkner, Harold...
in 1956–7. Founding President of the League was Gordon Bryant, with DorisBlackburn as Deputy President, Stan Davey as Secretary and Douglas Nicholls as...
McLeod Dan Mackinnon (Lib) Wills Labor Bill Bryson Baden Grafen (Lib) DorisBlackburn (Prog Lab) Wimmera Liberal Cyril Sudholz William Lawrence (Lib) Yarra...
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