Leneen Forde
Leneen Forde | |
|---|---|
| 22nd Governor of Queensland | |
| In office 29 July 1992 – 29 July 1997 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Premier | Wayne Goss Rob Borbidge |
| Preceded by | Sir Walter Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Peter Arnison |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mary Marguerite Leneen Kavanagh 12 May 1935 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Spouses | Gerald Forde
(m. 1955; died 1966)Angus McDonald
(m. 1983; died 1993) |
| Relations | Frank Forde (father-in-law) |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
| Occupation | Solicitor |
Mary Marguerite Leneen Forde, AC DStJ (born 12 May 1935) is a Canadian-born Australian retired solicitor and former Chancellor of Griffith University, who served as the 22nd Governor of Queensland from 1992 until 1997. Forde chaired the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions during 1998 and 1999 that found systemic child abuse in government or non-government institutions between 1911 and 1999.