Lynda Voltz

1965

Hornsby on Sydney"s North Shore

Voltz joined the Australian Army Reserve in 1984, and in 1987 she became one of the first women to the join the regular Australian Army as one of the second group of women to train alongside men at Army Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka. She joined the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police, as it was one of the only units of the army in which she would perform the same duties as male recruits. After leaving the army, she worked as a political staffer for state Member of Parliament Sandra Nori, federal member for Sydney Peter Baldwin, and then as an electoral officer for Senator John Faulkner. At the 1995 New South Wales state election, she contested the district of North Shore but was defeated by the Liberal candidate, Jillian Skinner.

Lynda Voltz

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Voltz was born in Hornsby on Sydney"s North Shore, and attended Birrong Girls High School.

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Voltz joined the Australian Army Reserve in 1984, and in 1987 she became one of the first women to the join the regular Australian Army as one of the second group of women to train alongside men at Army Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka. She joined the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police, as it was one of the only units of the army in which she would perform the same duties as male recruits. After leaving the army, she worked as a political staffer for state Member of Parliament Sandra Nori, federal member for Sydney Peter Baldwin, and then as an electoral officer for Senator John Faulkner.

At the 1995 New South Wales state election, she contested the district of North Shore but was defeated by the Liberal candidate, Jillian Skinner.

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Voltz has been a member of the Council since March 2007.

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