Deirdre Grusovin

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Deirdre Mary Grusovin (b. 1 September 1938) was a member of the New South Wales Parliament for twenty five years.

Grusovin was born Deirdre Mary Brereton in Sydney, and is the sister of influential former politician Laurie Brereton.

Initially she was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1978 and remained in office until 1990. During this time she was Minister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant Minister for Health 1986-88 and Minister for Small Business 1987-88. In 1990 she ran in a by-election in Heffron, winning a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. She was re-elected in 1991, 1995 and 1999, retiring in 2003.^[1]

Grusovin's resignation followed defeat in a bitter preselection battle with Kristina Keneally in 2002. Grusovin threatened to take her case to the Supreme Court, but ultimately stepped aside and Keneally succeeded her in 2003.^{[citation needed]} Grusovin received a letter of support from her one-time nemesis, the lawyer John Marsden, possibly due to Marsden's believing unsubstantiaged allegations that were then being made about ties between Keneally and Opus Dei. Keneally denied, in writing, the allegations of ties to Opus Dei, describing herself as a progressive Catholic and a member of 'Catalyst for renewal'. Grusovin is Catholic, as was Marsden.^{[citation needed]}

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NAME	Grusovin, Deirdre Mary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1 September 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH