Marie Tehan

Marie Therese Tehan (née O'Brien; 19 June 1940 – 31 October 2004) was an Australian politician and lawyer.

The Honourable

Marie Tehan
Minister for Conservation and Land Management
In office
23 March 1996 – 21 October 1999
PremierJeff Kennett
Preceded byMark Birrell
Succeeded bySherryl Garbutt
Minister for Health
In office
6 October 1992 – 23 March 1996
PremierJeff Kennett
Preceded byMaureen Lyster
Succeeded byRob Knowles
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Seymour
In office
3 October 1992 – 17 September 1999
Preceded byNew division
Succeeded byBen Hardman
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
In office
21 March 1987 – 2 October 1992
Personal details
Born
Marie Therese O'Brien

(1940-06-19)19 June 1940
Melbourne, Victoria
Died31 October 2004(2004-10-31) (aged 64)
Nagambie, Victoria
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
Spouse(s)
James Tehan
(
m. 1963)
Children6, including Dan Tehan
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne (LLB)
OccupationLawyer and politician

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—including Dan Tehan, the current federal member for Wannon, elected in the 2010 federal election. She established her own legal practice in Mansfield in 1970.[1]

Tehan was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 1987 and retired in 1999. Representing the Liberal Party, Tehan served in both houses of the Victorian Parliament. She was the member for Central Highlands Province 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.[2]

Tehan died at Nagambie, Victoria, due to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) on 31 October 2004, aged 64.[3][4]

References
  1. "Tehan, Marie Therese (1940 - 2004)". Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. "Marie Therese Tehan". Re-Member. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. "Former Minister died from CJD". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. "Tributes for ex-minister Marie Tehan". The Age. 2 November 2004. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
Victorian Legislative Assembly
New seat Member for Seymour
1992–1999		 Succeeded by
Ben Hardman
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