(1896-10-18)18 October 1896 Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Died
24 July 1975(1975-07-24) (aged 78) Toorak, Victoria, Australia
Political party
Liberal
Other political affiliations
AWNL
Spouse
Jack Wedgwood
(m. 1921)
Dame Ivy Evelyn Annie Wedgwood, DBE (née Drury; 18 October 1896 – 24 July 1975) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from 1950 to 1971, representing the Liberal Party. She was the first woman to represent Victoria in the Senate and the first woman to chair a select committee.[1]
^Senate Briefs: No. 3 – Women in the Senate Archived 16 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
Dame Ivy Evelyn Annie Wedgwood, DBE (née Drury; 18 October 1896 – 24 July 1975) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from...
Josiah Wedgwood FRS (12 July 1730 – 3 January 1795) was an English potter, entrepreneur and abolitionist. Founding the Wedgwood company in 1759, he developed...
business on his own. Relatives leased him the Ivy House in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, and his marriage to Sarah Wedgwood, a distant cousin with a sizable dowry...
International Pipe and Ceramics (Interpace) from 1962 to 1979, and Wedgwood from 1979 to 1983. Wedgwood closed the Los Angeles plant, and moved the production of...
180 years, as part of the wider Wedgwood business. Wedgwood kept his old works in the nearby town of Burslem at the Ivy House Works and the Brick House...
young Josiah Wedgwood was in partnership with Thomas Whieldon from 1754 to 1759 and after Wedgwood had left to set up independently at Ivy House, he immediately...
War I. Its leaders included Dame Elizabeth Couchman and future senator IvyWedgwood, both of whom were from Victoria. During the October 1944 conference...
candidates Pat Kennelly* Bert Hendrickson* Cyril Sudholz John Gorton* IvyWedgwood* George Hannan Frank McManus* Jack Little Bob Joshua Ralph Gibson Agnes...
Liberal / Country WA 22 February 1950 – 30 June 1962 retired (Dame) IvyWedgwood Liberal Vic 22 February 1950 – 30 June 1971 retired 5 (Dame) Nancy Buttfield...
candidates Bert Hendrickson* Jack Devlin* Pat Kennelly* John Gorton* IvyWedgwood* Magnus Cormack Ralph Gibson Bill Bird Frank Hardy Leslie Bawden William...
the early 1950s. She was mentored by Elizabeth Couchman and Senator IvyWedgwood, who encouraged her to seek leadership positions within the party's organisational...
(Labor), Pat Kennelly (Labor), Frank McManus (Democratic Labor) and Dame IvyWedgwood (Liberal) were not up for re-election. Five seats were up for election...
The Wedgwood Institute is a large red-brick building that stands in Queen Street, in the town of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is...
Kennelly* Bert Hendrickson* Charles Sandford* Maurice Ashkanasy John Gorton* IvyWedgwood* George Hannan* Jack Little Frank Burns Eileen Slattery Vilmos Kormos...
Senator Sir Alister McMullin (NSW) Senator Malcolm Scott (WA) Senator Dame IvyWedgwood (Vic) Senator Douglas Scott (NSW) Sitting Senators are shown in bold...
Fred Katz John Spicer* (Lib) George Rankin* (CP) John Gorton* (Lib) IvyWedgwood* (Lib) Magnus Cormack* (Lib) William Moss (CP) Ralph Gibson Bill Bird...
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