Jessie Mary Cooper (née McAndrew; 29 June 1914[1] – 28 December 1993[2]) was elected as a Liberal and Country League[3] representative to the South Australian Legislative Council at the 1959 election. She was one of the first two women elected to the Parliament of South Australia, along with Joyce Steele who was elected to the House of Assembly on the same day.[4] She served until her retirement in 1979.[5]
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