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Jun 19, 1940 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Died on 31 Oct 2004 (aged 64)
Australian politician
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About Marie Tehan
- Marie Therese Tehan (née O'Brien; 19 June 1940 – 31 October 2004) was an Australian parliamentarian and lawyer. Educated at Sacré Cœur School, Glen Iris, Melbourne and at the University of Melbourne, Marie O'Brien qualified as a lawyer.
- She married James "Jim" Tehan in 1963 and settled in regional Victoria.
- They had six children.
- She established her own legal practice in Mansfield in 1970. Tehan was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 1987 and retired from Parliament in 1999.
- Representing the Liberal Party, Tehan served in both Houses of the Victorian Parliament. Tehan was the member for Central Highlands in the Legislative Council from 1987–92 and for Seymour in the Legislative Assembly from 1992-99.
- As a minister in the Kennett Liberal government, she held the portfolios of Minister for Health from 1992–96 and Minister for Conservation and Land Management from 1996-99.
