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Australian politician
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
16 September 1952(Brisbane)
Death:
20 April 2010
The details
Biography
Andrea Gail West (née Kaus; 16 September 1952 – 20 April 2010) was an Australian Liberal Party politician who served as Member for Bowman in the Australian House of Representatives from 1996 until she was defeated at the 1998 general election. Afterwards she became a teacher at Qatar International School. West was the daughter of Queensland state politician Bill Kaus.
She died of breast cancer on 20 April 2010, aged 57, at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne.