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Life Summary

Name	Joan Margaret Taggart
Alternative Names	Joan Margaret Lamond
Born	2 April, 1917 Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	3 January, 2003 (aged 85) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Passenger Ship *	ALP (federal) (junior vice-president, 1979-1982) ALP (federal) (senior vice-president, 1982-1983)
Occupation or Descriptor *	clerk (1963-1964) New South Wales, Australia clerk (1964-1982) Australian Capital Territory, Australia labour party organiser (1964-1971) New South Wales, Australia labour party organiser (1974-1983) Australian Capital Territory, Australia public servant (1974-1982) Federal, Australia labour politician (1982-1986) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Member of Lower House (1982-1986) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1984)
Clubs *	Canberra Labor Club (president, ?-?)
Key Organisations *	ACT Schools Authority (member, ?-?) Business and Professional Women's Club (Sydney) (member, ?-?) Business and Professional Women's Club (Wollongong) (member, ?-?) Zonta International (ACT) (member, ?-?) Business and Professional Women's Club (ACT) (member, 1964) Business and Professional Women's Club (federal) (secretary, 1972)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, ?-1971) ALP (ACT) (member, 1971) ALP (federal) (member, 1974-1983) ALP (ACT) (politician, 1982-1986)
Workplaces *	Australian National University (administration) (administrative officer, 1964-?) Pipeline Authority (federal) (administrative officer, 1974-1982) Parliament of Australian Capital Territory (Leg. Assembly - member, 1982-1986)

* Dates are approximate