Jo Vallentine -a world first when elected to the Senate on a platform of nuclear disarmament

Take heart: name the sixteenth Western Australian federal electorate ‘Vallentine’ This year marks the 30^th anniversary of Jo Vallentine’s historic election to the Australian senate, the first time in the world a person was elected to a parliament on a platform of nuclear disarmament.

Jo Vallentine later went on to be instrumental in establishing The Greens (WA), now the state’s third largest party. She was the first elected representative for the Greens in federal parliament.

Jo Vallentine continues to make an outstanding contribution to our community through a passionate commitment to peace, nonviolence and social justice.

For more information on why this new seat should be called Vallentine and to sign the Greens (WA) petition: http://greenswa.org.au/vallentine.

To make your own submission:

online: http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2014/wa/suggestions.htm

or email to FedRedistribution-WA@aec.gov.au

or mail to PO Box 7081, Cloisters Square PO, WA, 6850

Submissions must be received by AEC by 6pm Friday 10 April 2015

Please contact: Chilla Bulbeck on 0407 165 753 if you need to discuss the submission or have any queries