Bernice Pfitzner

Bernice Swee Lian Pfitzner (born Eu Swee Lian; 2 May 1938) is a former Australian politician and member of the South Australian Legislative Council.

Born in Singapore, Pfitzner, a doctor,[1] was appointed to the Legislative Council as a member of the Liberal Party in 1990. She was defeated in 1997,[2] but ran as an independent candidate for the Senate in the 1998 federal election.

Her mother Phyllis Eu Cheng Li was the first woman elected to the Singapore City Council.[3]

References
  1. "Dr Bernice Pfitzner". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  2. "Pfitzner, Bernice". Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. "Bernice Pfitzner interviewed by Diana Giese for the Post-war Chinese Australians oral history project [sound recording]". The Australian Women's Register. 20 September 1996. Retrieved 15 February 2023.


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