Lorraine Wearne

Lorraine Wearne, a lawyer,[1] is an independent Australian politician from Parramatta, in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales.

Political career

Wearne has served in the following offices:

  • Independent local Councillor on the Parramatta City Council, since 1995
  • Lord Mayor of Parramatta, between 2000 and 2001 and the first woman Lord Mayor of Parramatta; and again between 2011 and 2012
  • Unsuccessfully contested the 2003 election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Parramatta
  • Won a seat in 2008 in the Lachlan Macquarie Ward for the Parramatta City Council under the eponymous independent party, Lorraine Wearne Independents
  • Retained her seat in the Lachlan Macquarie Ward at the 2012 local government elections, and under the independent party, Lorraine Wearne Independents, supported the successful candidacy of Andrew Wilson, who won a seat in the Arthur Phillip Ward[2][3]
gollark: Well, obviously social credit systems extremely bad?
gollark: I mean, there's no evidence of rainbow formation through this "peace and love" thing, but you can easily make rainbow-type patterns with a regular prism, or even just some plastic rulers.
gollark: I think the specialized optics would work better.
gollark: What's a "peace and love"? How do you recreate that in the lab?
gollark: Using specialized optics in some cases, or mist generation to recreate normal rainbow formation conditions.

References
  1. Alafaci, Annette (7 February 2006). "Wearne, Lorraine". The Australian Women's Register. National Foundation for Australian Women. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. "Parramatta City Council - Lachlan Macquarie Ward". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 27 November 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  3. "Parramatta City Council - Arthur Phillip Ward". Local Government Elections 2012. Electoral Commission of New South Wales. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 November 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
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