Janice Crosio

Janice Ann Crosio AM, MBE (née Gustard; born 3 January 1939) is an Australian politician from the Labor Party.

Crosio was born in the Sydney suburb of Granville[1] and educated at Strathfield Girls High School.

[2] Crosio was the first woman elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in thirty years, representing Fairfield from 1981 to 1988 and Smithfield from 1988 to 1990.

[3] Crosio was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to local government and the community in 1978.

In 2006 she was made a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in recognition of her service to the Parliaments of the Australian Commonwealth and of New South Wales, her service to her municipality and also for her pioneering of women's participation in politics.