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          Bronwyn Bishop

          Australian politician (born 1942)

          Bronwyn Kathleen BishopAO (née Setright; born 19 October 1942) is an Australian former politician who served as the 29th speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2013 to 2015.

          A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, she served as a senator for New South Wales from 1987 to 1994 after which she became the member of parliament (MP) for the division of Mackellar from 1994 to 2016. During her time in parliament she served as the minister for Defence Industry from 1996 to 1998 and minister for Aged Care from 1998 to 2001 under Prime Minister John Howard.

          Bishop was born in Sydney and worked as a lawyer before entering politics.

          Bronwyn Bishop: a woman in pursuit of power / David Leser.

          She served as state president of the New South Wales Liberals from 1985 to 1987, and then won election to the Senate at the 1987 federal election. She became the state's second female senator and the first to be popularly elected.

          In 1994 Bishop switched to the House of Representatives, w