# Judith Adams > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Judith_Adams > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Judith_Adams.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Adams > Source revision: 1351570722 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian politician (1943–2012)}} {{redirect|Judith Anne Adams|the American criminal couple|Alvin and Judith Neelley}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Judith Adams | honorific_suffix = | image = | title = [Senator](/source/Australian_Senate) for [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) | term_start = 1 July 2005 | term_end = 31 March 2012 | successor = [Dean Smith](/source/Dean_Smith_(Australian_politician)) | birth_name = Judith Anne Bird | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1943|4|11}} | birth_place = [Picton, New Zealand](/source/Picton%2C_New_Zealand) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|3|31|1943|4|11}} | death_place = [Kalamunda](/source/Kalamunda), [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia), Australia | spouse = Gordon Adams (m 1970–2008)
(his death) | party = [Liberal Party of Australia](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia) | relations = | children = Stuart Adams, Robert Adams | alma_mater = | occupation = Nurse, farmer, midwife | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Judith Anne Adams''' (née '''Bird'''; 11 April 1943 – 31 March 2012) was a New Zealand-born [Australia](/source/Australia)n politician, midwife, nurse, and farmer, who served as a member of the [Australian Senate](/source/Australian_Senate) between 2005 and 2012, representing the state of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia). ==Biography== Adams was born in [Picton, New Zealand](/source/Picton%2C_New_Zealand), and was a trained nurse and midwife experienced in health care policy, with a diploma in Operating Theatre Nursing. She joined the New Zealand Territorial Army as a nursing sister in 1963, and was later posted to Vietnam as a civilian nurse under the [Colombo Plan](/source/Colombo_Plan) during the [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War).[https://web.archive.org/web/20120514113810/http://www.wa.liberal.org.au/federal/about-judith About Judith] – Senator Judith Adams. Retrieved 31 March 2012. Adams emigrated to Australia in 1968, and was employed by the Medical Department of Western Australia as a member of the Emergency Nursing Service, which involved postings to regional [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia)n towns.[http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/senators/adams.htm Senator Judith Adams] – Q&A. Retrieved 31 March 2012. She met her future husband, Gordon Adams, a pilot for the [Royal Flying Doctor Service](/source/Royal_Flying_Doctor_Service), while serving in [Meekatharra](/source/Meekatharra), whom she married in 1970. The couple leased a farm at [Quindanning](/source/Quindanning) before purchasing a farm at [Kojonup](/source/Kojonup) in 1972.[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/liberal-senator-judith-adams-loses-cancer-battle/story-e6frg6n6-1226315338449 Liberal Senator Judith Adams loses cancer battle] ''[The Australian](/source/The_Australian)'' 31 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012. While in Western Australia, she served as a councillor of the Healthcare Association of Western Australia, the Australian Healthcare Association, and the National Rural Health Alliance, and was a member of the Rural Health Reference Group. She was also a member of the State Executive of the [Liberal Party of Australia](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia) between 2000 and 2004. Gordon died in 2008. At the [2001 Western Australian state election](/source/2001_Western_Australian_state_election), Adams was a [candidate](/source/Candidates_of_the_Western_Australian_state_election%2C_2001) for the [seat of Wagin](/source/Electoral_district_of_Wagin), but was defeated by [Terry Waldron](/source/Terry_Waldron).[http://www.waginargus.com.au/news/local/news/politics/wa-state-election-judith-adams/154610.aspx WA State election - Judith Adams] – ''Wagin Argus''. Published 24 January 2001. Retrieved 31 March 2012. Adams was elected to the [Senate](/source/Australian_Senate) at the [2004 federal election](/source/2004_Australian_federal_election), with her term commencing on 1 July 2005, becoming the second-oldest woman to enter Australian parliament. During her period in parliament, she served as deputy opposition [whip](/source/whip_(politics)), and was involved in securing changes to wheat laws and defence force policy.Spagnolo, Joe (2012). [http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/liberal-senator-loses-breast-cancer-battle/story-e6frg14c-1226315222427 Liberal senator loses breast cancer battle] ''[PerthNow](/source/PerthNow)'' Published 31 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2012. Adams had been diagnosed with first-stage [breast cancer](/source/breast_cancer) in 1998, and secondary breast cancer in 2008.[http://www.bcna.org.au/secondary-breast-cancer/living-secondary-breast-cancer/personal-stories-living-secondary-breast-can-1 A passionate advocate for women] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320190231/http://bcna.org.au/secondary-breast-cancer/living-secondary-breast-cancer/personal-stories-living-secondary-breast-can-1 |date=20 March 2012 }} – Breast Cancer Network of Australia. Retrieved 31 March 2012. She died from the disease at Kalamunda Hospital in March 2012, aged 68.{{Cite web |date=1 April 2012 |title=Tributes pour in for brave and inspiring senator Judith Adams |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/tributes-pour-in-for-brave-and-inspiring-senator-judith-adams-20120401-1w625.html |website=[WAtoday](/source/WAtoday)}} The [Parliament of Western Australia](/source/Parliament_of_Western_Australia) appointed [Dean Smith](/source/Dean_Smith_(Australian_politician)) on 2 May 2012 to Adams' Senate vacancy. ==See also== * [Women in the Australian Senate](/source/Women_in_the_Australian_Senate) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090913013747/http://www.judithadams.com.au/ Judith Adams Homepage] *[https://archive.today/20121127011445/http://parlinfoweb.aph.gov.au/piweb/TranslateWIPILink.aspx?Folder=BIOGS&Criteria=NAME_ID:E4Q; Judith Adams, Senate Biography] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Judith}} Category:1943 births Category:2012 deaths Category:20th-century Australian farmers Category:20th-century New Zealand farmers Category:21st-century Australian farmers Category:20th-century New Zealand women farmers Category:Women wartime nurses Category:Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia Category:Members of the Australian Senate for Western Australia Category:Members of the Australian Senate Category:New Zealand emigrants to Australia Category:Naturalised citizens of Australia Category:New Zealand midwives Category:People from Kojonup, Western Australia Category:People from Picton, New Zealand Category:Women members of the Australian Senate Category:Australian midwives Category:Vietnam War nurses Category:Women in the Vietnam War Category:Australian women nurses Category:New Zealand women nurses Category:21st-century Australian politicians Category:21st-century Australian women politicians Category:21st-century Australian women farmers Category:20th-century Australian women farmers Category:Deaths from breast cancer in Australia Category:Deaths from cancer in Western Australia Category:20th-century New Zealand nurses Category:20th-century Australian nurses --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Judith Adams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Adams) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Adams?action=history)). 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