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Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop (née Setright; born 19 October 1942) is an Australian politician who was the 29th Speaker of the House of Representatives, holding the office between 12 November 2013 and 2 August 2015. Bishop has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Liberal Party since 1994, representing the Division of Mackellar in New South Wales. Earlier, between 1987 and 1994, she represented New South Wales in the Senate. Bishop held portfolios in the outer ministry during the first two terms of the Howard Government, serving as Minister for Defence Industry, Science and Personnel from 1996 to 1998 and as Minister for Aged Care from 1998 to 2001. In October 2014, she surpassed Kathy Sullivan's record for the longest period of parliamentary service by a woman. From July 2015, Bishop was subject to sustained intense media and public scrutiny regarding her use of parliamentary entitlements, including a helicopter charter to a party fundraiser during her time as speaker. Originally one of her strongest allies, she eventually lost Prime Minister Tony Abbott's support, resigning from the speakership and moving to the backbench on 2 August to be replaced as speaker by Tony Smith. == Early years and education == Bronwyn Kathleen Setright was born on 19 October 1942 in Sydney. Her father was an engineer and her mother was Kathleen Congreve, an opera singer who worked as a dramatic soprano at the Australian Opera Company. As a child, Bishop was sent to singing lessons by her mother. Bishop was educated at Roseville Public School, completing her primary education in 1954. Bishop undertook a five-year LL.B. program at the University of Sydney. However, she was deemed ineligible to continue after failing a number of subjects multiple times.〔David Leser, ''Bronwyn Bishop: A Woman in Pursuit of Power'' (1994, Text Publishing, Melbourne), 21–22.〕 Bishop failed a total of 11 subjects over six years.〔 In her first year in 1960, she failed all four core subjects. In 1964, she failed four subjects again and repeated them in 1965, in which she failed three again. The policy of the University of Sydney at the time was that a student was required to show cause why they should be allowed to repeat a subject for a third time, and Bishop was deemed ineligible to continue.〔 During her university years, Bishop was not involved in student politics but was a member of the Killara branch of the Young Liberals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bronwyn Bishop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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