Australian Honour to ALGWA Pioneer
Former Mandurah City councillor Marion Blair was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to local government, the community and to women. Marion Blair was a city councillor from 2009 to 2013, deputy mayor of the City of Belmont (1994-2003) and a councillor from 1987 to 2006. In 2002, she founded the Australian Local Government Women’s Association WA, for which she was inaugural chair and first president and a life member. In 2003, she ran workshops to encourage women to stand for local government and to promote networking for women officers in local government.
Congratulations to Marion from all at ALGWA.