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Norma Mary Jamieson (born 23 May 1941, in Ulverstone) is an Australian politician. She was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house) in the electoral division of Mersey from 2003 [1] until 2009. She worked as a nurse. Norma Jamieson is a widow with two children. Her interests include: bushwalking, gardening, farming, tree farming, light aircraft flying, sports and travel. In recent[ when? ] bills she voted against the state government's same sex relationships bill, but in favour of the sex industry regulation bill. She has been dubbed a 'traditional conservative'.[ by whom? ]

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Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 2 May 2009. The three seats up for election were Derwent, held by Labor MLC Michael Aird; Mersey, held by retiring independent MLC Norma Jamieson; and Windermere, held by independent MLC Ivan Dean. These seats were last contested in 2003.

References

  1. "Norma Jamieson MLC". 11 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 August 2007. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
Tasmanian Legislative Council
Preceded by
Geoff Squibb
Member for Mersey
2003–2009
Succeeded by
Mike Gaffney