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Andrea Lea McCall (born 16 March 1952) is a former Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Frankston in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002.

McCall was born in Yorkshire, England, and was educated at Harrogate. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the Universite de Lyon in 1972, and a Business Diploma from the French Institute in London in 1973. In 1976 she received a Graduate Diploma from London Polytec. She worked as a marketing advisor from 1977 to 1981, and in 1983 moved to Australia, where she became a personnel consultant; in that year she also joined the Liberal Party. From 1984 to 1990 she was proprietor of the McCall Group, and from 1990 to 1995 was a lecturer at VUT in Footscray. [1]

In 1996, McCall was elected as the Liberal member for Frankston in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She was Chair of the Women's Action Plan Consultative Committee from 1998 to 1999. In 2002, she was defeated by Labor candidate Alistair Harkness. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Parliament of Victoria (2002). "McCall, Andrea Lea". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
Parliament of Victoria
Preceded by
Graeme Weideman
Member for Frankston
19962002
Succeeded by
Alistair Harkness