19 Facts About Lyn Breuer

Lynette Ruth Breuer is a former Australian politician.

Lyn Breuer represented the electoral district of Giles in the South Australian House of Assembly for the Labor Party from 1997 to 2014.

Lyn Breuer was the first female Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 2010 to 2013.

Lyn Breuer's son, Tim, is a former Whyalla City Councillor.

In 1978, Lyn Breuer was appointed as a Clerk for the Commonwealth Employment Service.

Later, prior to entering politics, Lyn Breuer worked as a Vocational Education and Women's Studies lecturer at the Spencer Institute of TAFE in Whyalla.

Between 1991 and 1997, Lyn Breuer was elected as a Councillor on the Whyalla City Council, and held the position of Deputy Mayor in 1994.

Lyn Breuer is cited as assisting with the establishment of a range of services in the Whyalla community.

At the 1997 South Australian state election, Lyn Breuer was nominated as the Country Labor Party candidate for the seat of Giles, the state's largest electorate covering over 40,000 km2.

Lyn Breuer retired at the 2014 state election after 16 years in Parliament.

Lyn Breuer announced her intention to retire in 2013, months after losing her position as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly; the media speculated that her retirement was related to losing her position; however, Breuer stated that when she was first elected in 1997, she thought she would "probably do about four terms".

Lyn Breuer was replaced as the Member for Giles by her long-time staffer and Whyalla City Councillor Eddie Hughes.

Lyn Breuer was granted the title The Honourable for life following her service as Speaker.

On 6 May 2010, Lyn Breuer was appointed as the 33rd Speaker of the House of Assembly and, significantly, the first female to hold the position in Parliament's 174-year history.

In May 2017, Lyn Breuer was found guilty of a breach of the council's code of conduct over a "heated argument" with another council member and a third person who had complained.

In January 2018, it was announced that Lyn Breuer was under investigation for the alleged assault of the wife of SA-Best 2018 state election candidate Tom Antonio, at a 2017 Remembrance Day function.

On 23 March 2012, at a ceremony held in Coober Pedy, Lyn Breuer was made a Yankunytjatjara woman and given the aboriginal name Nyimbula by women elders of the Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara and Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara peoples.

Lyn Breuer has stated that along with being appointed the first female Speaker in SA, being given her aboriginal name and made a Yankunytjatjara woman were her greatest honours.

Lyn Breuer was presented with the Medal of the Order of Australia at the Queen's Birthday 2020 Honours List, for service to the Parliament of South Australia, and to local government.