14 Facts About Peg Putt

Margaret Ann Putt was born on 5 June 1953 and is a former Australian politician and parliamentary leader of the Tasmanian Greens.

Peg Putt was born in Sydney and attended school at Hornsby High School.

Peg Putt then travelled to the United Kingdom where she studied a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in international relations, at the University of Sussex, graduating with Honours.

Peg Putt later moved to the Northern Territory to work with Aboriginal communities on Elcho Island in Arnhem land.

Peg Putt then moved to live on Dangar Island in the Hawkesbury, NSW.

Peg Putt moved to Tasmania in 1986 with her partner and two daughters, where she became spokesperson for the Huon Protection Group which succeeded in stopping development of a new woodchip mill on the Huon River.

Peg Putt founded the Tasmanian Threatened Species Network and was director of the Tasmanian Conservation Trust.

In 1992, Bob Brown asked Peg Putt to be a support candidate for the Green Independents at the impending state election after the first Labor-Green accord collapsed.

Peg Putt entered the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1993 after Bob Brown resigned and votes in the Hobart electorate of Denison were recounted.

The 1996 state election gave the Greens the balance of power and Peg Putt was one of four Greens to be in parliament during the period of balance of power.

On 7 July 2008, Peg Putt announced her retirement as leader of the Tasmanian Greens, and as a Member of the House of Assembly.

Peg Putt was replaced as Greens leader by the party's deputy leader, Nick McKim.

In 2012, Peg Putt was appointed CEO of anti-logging group Markets for Change and has since publicly criticised the Wilderness Society.

In 2011, Peg Putt was placed on the Tasmanian Honour Roll of Women for her environmental advocacy.