About Vi Jordan
Lived 1913 – 1982 (aged 68). Vi Jordan was an Australian politician, teacher and political advisor.
Ellen Violet Jordan (née Perrett; 29 June 1913 – 7 May 1982) was an Australian politician. She was the second woman elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly, and the first representing the Labor Party.
Early life Jordan was born in Ipswich to James Berties Perrett and Anne Jane Jordan, née Brown. She attended Brassall State School and then Ipswich Girls' Grammar School before earning a Diploma of Education and becoming a schoolteacher. On 14 June 1932 she married David Jordan, with whom she had two children.
Legacy The electoral district of Jordan created in the 2017 Queensland state electoral redistribution was named after her.
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Australian politician
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Vi Jordan was born on 29 June 1913 in Ipswich.
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Vi Jordan died on 7 May 1982 in Ipswich.
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Vi Jordan was a politician, teacher and political advisor.
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Vi Jordan was Australian.
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