Jean Melzer
Jean Melzer | |
|---|---|
Melzer in 1974 | |
| Senator for Victoria | |
| In office 18 May 1974 – 30 June 1981 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean Isabel McLeod 7 February 1926 Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 18 June 2013 (aged 87) Malvern, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Communist (to 1957) Labor (c. 1966–1984) NDP (1984–1985) |
| Spouse(s) |
William Griffiths
(m. 1946; div. 1961)Wilton Melzer
(m. 1961; div. 1974) |
| Occupation | Clerk |
Jean Isabel Melzer OAM (née McLeod); 7 February 1926 – 18 June 2013) was an Australian politician and activist. She was a Senator for Victoria from 1974 to 1981, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). A long-time supporter of the anti-war and anti-nuclear movements, she left the party in 1984 over its failure to ban uranium mining and stood unsuccessfully for the Nuclear Disarmament Party at the 1984 federal election.