She was a Nationals member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1984 to 1991.
The daughter of Robert Strahorn Penzer and his wife Kathleen, she was born in Bourke, New South Wales.
In 1984, she became the first woman elected to represent The Nationals in New South Wales when she won a seat on the New South Wales Legislative Council, which she held until 1991.
In 2000 she was honoured as a Paul Harris Fellow for Services to the Community and Rotary International, and in 2003 she received a Dubbo City Council Award for services to the community.
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