A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Danna Vale was elected to the House of Representatives as the Member for Hughes, New South Wales in 1996. She became Minister for Veterans' Affairs on 26 November 2001 and Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence from 2001 until 2003. From 1984 until 1988 Minister Vale was a full-time wife, mother and student. In 1988 she began practising as a solicitor and held this position until entering parliament.
She did not contest the 2010 federal election.
-
1965 - 1984
Full-time mother
-
10 December 1965
Married Robert Vale and they had 4 sons
-
1984 - 1988
Full-time wife, mother and student
-
1988 - 1996
Solicitor
-
1993
Member of the Liberal Party
-
1994 - 1995
President of the Liberal Party Gymea Branch
-
1994 - 1995
Delegate to the Cook and Miranda Federal Electoral Councils
-
1994 - 1995
Delegate to the Liberal Party State Council (NSW)
-
1996
Elected to the House of Representative for Hughes, New South Wales
-
29 May 1996 - 27 November 1997
Member of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs
-
9 October 1996 - 17 October 1996
Member of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Communications, Transport and Microeconomic Reform
-
29 September 1997 - 8 October 2001
Member of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
-
8 December 1998 - 8 October 2001
Member of the House of Representative Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage
-
29 March 2001 - 8 October 2001
Member of the House of Representative Standing Committee on the Library
-
26 November 2001
Minister for Veterans' Affairs
-
26 November 2001 - October 2003
Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence
View the full record at
Australian Women's Register