Cheryl Kernot

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Cheryl Kernot (Pronounced Ker-no) (b. December 5, 1948) was the fifth leader of the Australian Democrats (April 23, 1993 to October 15, 1997).

Contents 1 Australian Democrats Senator 2 ALP Experience 3 Life After Politics 4 Reference 5 External links

Australian Democrats Senator

Kernot controversially defected to the Australian Labor Party, leaving the leadership of the Democrats to Meg Lees.

ALP Experience

While a member of the Australian Labor Party, Kernot narrowly won one election as the ALP candidate for Dickson at the 1998 Federal Election, before losing it at the 2001 Federal Election to the Liberal Party candidate, Peter Dutton.

Life After Politics

After retiring from politics she wrote a "full and frank" book about her experiences, which notably failed to reveal that she had been having an affair whilst leader of the Democrats with ALP frontbencher and former Australian Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans, despite both of them being married to other people at the time.[1]

Kernot now lives in London, and has recently been the director of learning at the London School for Social Entrepreneurs.

Reference

• Cheryl Kernot, Senate Biography

External links

• An article by her on Lynton Crosby in The Guardian
• A look at Laurie Oakes's "outing" of Kernot's affair.

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