Tove Billington Bye
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Tove Billington Bye, née Jørgensen (28 July 1928 - 15 May 2008) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
She served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus during the terms 1973–1977 and 1977–1981.
On the local level, she was a member of the executive committee of Asker municipal council, having been elected in the so-called "women's coup" where four women (Tove Billington Bye, Berit Ås, Marie Borge Refsum and Kari Bjerke Anderssen) led a successful campaign to get women elected to the municipal council.[1]
She was married to Erik Bye, and lived at Hvalstad.
[edit] References
- Tove Billington Bye biography at Stortinget.no (Norwegian)
- ^ Johansen, Elin Reffhaug. "Firerbanden er blitt tre", Budstikka, 20 May 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-20. (Norwegian)
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