Elizabeth Harvey

Elizabeth Robyn Truman (19 October 1946 – 24 May 2025) was an Australian politician. She served as an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1987 to 1990.

Harvey was born in Adelaide on 19 October 1946. She completed a diploma in secondary teaching at Adelaide Teachers College and a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Adelaide. She worked as a language teacher at Elizabeth High School, and taught English as a Second Language at Gilles Street Primary School.

After politics, Truman worked as a ministerial staffer, public servant, teacher and writer. She published on a blog her novel, Snowflake's Hope, a fictionalised account of her experiences as a Federal MP.

Truman died on 24 May 2025.