Irene Doutney (1949/50 – 11 June 2018) was an Australian politician, who was a councillor of the City of Sydney for the Greens New South Wales.
[4] On 29 February 2016, the Sydney Council elected Doutney the new Deputy Lord Mayor following the death of Robyn Kemmis.
[2] Her first act as an elected councilor was to speak out against the Northern Territory intervention for the Aboriginal rights Coalition.
[6] Doutney was a "78er", having participated in the first Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in 1978, and continued to advocate for marriage equality and LGBT rights.
[11] Doutney died on 11 June 2018 at the St Vincents Sacred Heart Hospice after a 3-year battle with cancer.