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'''Lucy Margaret Grounds''' (10 September 1908 – October 1987) was an Australian politician. She was the second woman to sit in the [[Tasmanian Legislative Council]].▼
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▲'''Lucy Margaret Grounds''' (
She was born in [[Glenorchy, Tasmania|Glenorchy]] in [[Tasmania]]. In 1951 she was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the [[Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)|Labor Party]] member for [[Electoral division of Launceston|Launceston]], following the death of her husband [[Arthur Grounds|Arthur]]. She held the seat until she was defeated in 1958. Grounds died in [[Melbourne]] in 1987.<ref name=tas>{{cite
Grounds was posthumously inducted to the [[Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women]] in 2005 for service to government and to the community.
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