Fiona Heather Patten born May is an Australian politician. She was the leader of Reason Australia also known as the Reason Party and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between and , representing the Northern Metropolitan Region , until she lost her seat at the state election.
Patten established the Australian Sex Party in to focus on personal freedoms after deep frustration with stagnation on censorship, freedom, marriage equality and drug law reform.
During her time as a Victorian MP, Patten has been credited for playing pivotal roles in achieving social reforms in Victoria , with examples including the passage of Victoria's assisted dying legislation , the trial of a medically supervised drug injecting room in Richmond , relaxing laws for ride-share companies such as Uber and establishing buffer zones for abortion clinics to keep protesters away from patients and staff. In March , Patten announced that she was deregistering Reason Australia.
Patten was born in Canberra , Australian Capital Territory, the daughter of Colin Richard Lloyd "Rick" Patten, an Australian naval officer, and his wife Anne, a Scottish-born public servant who worked for a government-owned telecommunications company.
Rick and Anne Patten had met in Scotland , where the former had been posted, and after her birth Patten spent parts of her childhood in the United Kingdom and the United States, in concert with her father's postings. Patten has a younger sister and a younger brother. Patten received her primary education overseas. She excelled in sport and took particular interest in swimming. She later graduated with qualifications in fashion design and started her own fashion label, Body Politics.
