What is Jeannette McHugh?
[[File:Jeannette McHugh 2014 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Jeannette McHugh''' ({{nee|'''Goffet'''}}; born 18 December 1934) is an Australian politician, teacher and activist. She was the first woman from [[New South Wales]] elected to [[Parliament of Australia|federal parliament]]. She was born in [[Kandos]], [[New South Wales]]. McHugh was in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from 1983 to 1996, representing the [[Australian Labor Party]] (ALP). McHugh was [[Minister for Consumer Affairs (Australia)|Minister for Consumer Affairs]] in the [[Paul Keating|Keating Government]] from 1992 to 1996.<ref>[http://evatt.labor.net.au/about_who/mchugh.html Jeannette McHugh: Member of the Executive Committee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050622221425/http://evatt.labor.net.au/about_who/mchugh.html |date=22 June 2005 }}, [[Evatt Foundation]].</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:McHugh, Jeannette}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Australian educators]] [[Category:Australian activists]] [[Category:Politicians from New South Wales]] [[Category:Australian Labor Party politicians]] {{bio-stub}}