Margaret Reynolds

The Honourable Margaret Reynolds
Senator for Queensland
In office 5 March 1983 – 30 June 1999
Personal details
Born	(1941-07-19) 19 July 1941
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Spouse	Henry Reynolds
Children	2

Margaret Reynolds (born 19 July 1941) served as an Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland from 1983 to 1999.

Reynolds had two ministerial appointments during her time in the Senate, serving as Minister for Local Government from September 1987 to April 1990 and as Minister assisting the Prime Minister for the Status of Women from January 1988 to April 1990.

She retired from federal politics in 1999, and went on to lecture in politics and international relations at the University of Queensland. In 1995, Reynolds published a book titled The Last Bastion, which is a compilation of biographical details about ALP women from the Party's inception till the year it was published in 1995. Reynolds is married to Henry Reynolds, with whom she has a son (John) and two daughters (Anna and Rebecca).

References

• Margaret Renyolds, Senate Biography