birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end
sydney , new south wales australian labor party member of legislative council of new south wales 6 february 1950 22 march 2003 kayee griffin
 4 march 2011
kayee griffin

kayee frances griffin -lrb- born 6 february 1950 -rrb- is an australian politician and former australian labor party member of the new south wales legislative council , serving from 2003 until her retirement in 2011 .
griffin was born in sydney to parents matt and kathleen griffin .
she grew up in the city of canterbury .
after leaving school , she was employed with the department of labour and industry and the new south wales treasury between 1967 and 1979 .
she became a member of the municipal employees union in 1981 and an organiser in 1987 , and continued in that role until 1996 .
in 1979 she became an electoral advisor for federal mp leo mcleay .
in 1981 she became the secretary for the canterbury mayor .
in 1997 she returned as an electoral advisor for mcleay .
she joined the australian labor party in 1973 and was a member of the lakemba branch .
in 1979 she became its secretary .
she was the convenor of the party 's status of women committee between 1996 and 1999 , and also the chairperson of the party 's local government administrative committee in 1999 .
in 1991 she was elected an alderman of canterbury municipal council and in 1995 she became its mayor .
on council , she served with fellow parliamentarians john hatzistergos and tony stewart .
in 1995 she became vice president of the australian services union and continued in that role until 1999 when she became senior vice president .
she held that role until 2003 when she was elected to parliament .
prior to her election to parliament , she was a member of : canterbury area health board .
lang area health board .
local government association of nsw executive 1996 .
sydney water corporate customer council .
nsw council on violence against women .
energy industry ombudsman council .
southern sydney region of councils .
she stood as a candidate for the australian labor party in the 2003 new south wales election .
she was placed ninth on the labor party group ticket .
following the election , she was the 17th person elected to the council at that election. , and will serve an eight-year term .
in parliament she has been on the : general purpose standing committee .
privileges committee , of which she became chair on 29 may 2007 .
general purpose standing committee committee for children and young people committee on the office of the valuer-general standing committee on social issues she was the legislative council representative on the council of the university of newcastle between 7 may 2003 and 21 december 2004 .
she was a temporary chair of committees between 7 may 2003 and 2 march 2007 .
