office article_title name birth_date
member of the legislative council for murchison ruth forrest
 ruth forrest 04 march 1962
ruth forrest

ruth jane forrest -lrb- born 4 march 1962 in burnie -rrb- is an independent member of the tasmanian legislative council in the electoral division of murchison .
forrest was first elected in may 2005 .
following her first six-year term , she was the only candidate to stand for election in murchison in the 2011 periodic elections , and will be declared elected unopposed on 7 may 2011 .
she has a background , and an ongoing interest , in nursing and midwifery .
