Early Years and Background
Forde was born Mary Marguerite Leneen Kavanagh and worked as a medical laboratory technician and studied part-time for a Bachelor of Arts before moving to Australia in 1954. In 1955, she married (Francis) Gerald Forde, the son of the Right Honorable Frank Forde PC, a former Prime Minister of Australia and High Commissioner to Canada. Together, the Forde's had five children. She worked in the Haematology Department of Royal Brisbane Hospital for two years prior to full-time legal study following her husband's death in 1966. She graduated a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland in 1970 and from 1971 was employed as a solicitor. From 1974 to 1992, she was a partner of Cannan & Peterson, in charge of probate and estates.
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