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Carmen Mary Lawrence (born 2 March 1948) is a retired Australian politician; a former Premier of Western Australia and the first woman to become Premier of a State of the Commonwealth of Australia. After leaving the State Parliament of Western Australia Lawrence became a Member of the House of Representatives in the Australian federal parliament. Lawrence became the first directly elected Federal President of the Australian Labor Party in 2003. She retired from parliament in November 2007. ==Early life== Carmen Lawrence was born in Northam, in the agricultural district of Western Australia and spent her early childhood in the towns of Gutha and Dongara. She was one of seven children of Ernest Richard Lawrence, a farmer, and his wife Mary Norma (née Watson). From the age of six she was educated at various Roman Catholic boarding schools: Marian Convent at Morawa; Dominican Ladies College at Dongara and Santa Maria College at Attadale from which she matriculated in 1964 with distinctions in six subjects, a General Exhibition for Academic Achievement and a Special Subject Exhibition in economics. Describing her childhood as a "conventional Christian upbringing", Lawrence has stated she does not follow any particular religion and has no belief in a deity.〔(Has Religion done more Harm than Good? ) (2002), www.abc.net.au. Retrieved on 12 February 2009〕 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「Carmen Lawrence」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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