predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp death_date nationality party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation
graham harris michael wooldridge australian kaniva , victoria chisholm 7 february 2008 australian australian labor party 7 september 1932 5 march 1983 helen mayer
 11 july 1987 helen mayer teacher
helen mayer

dorothy helen mayer -lrb- 7 september 1932 -- 7 february 2008 -rrb- was an australian politician .
born in kaniva , victoria , she was educated at swinburne institute of technology in melbourne and then toorak teachers ' college , after which she became a teacher .
in 1983 , she was elected to the australian house of representatives as the labor member for chisholm , defeating liberal mp graham harris .
it was actually her third try for the seat ; she had previously stood in 1977 and 1980 , and on the second occasion slashed the liberal majority from a fairly safe eight percent to a very marginal two percent .
she held the seat until her defeat in 1987 .
mayer died in 2008 .
