edith cowan was the first woman to be elected to parliament in australia.
edith cowan was the first woman to be elected to parliament in australia.
who was the first woman to be elected to parliament in australia?
edith cowan
while the "commonwealth franchise act" allowed women to stand in the 1903 and subsequent federal elections, it was not until the 1943 election that enid lyons and senator dorothy tangney became the first women to be elected to the federal parliament. the first woman to be elected to any australian parliament was edith cowan in 1921 (wa) and she is commemorated on the fifty dollar note. the first female to lead a state or territory government was rosemary follett serving in 1989 and again between 1991 and 1995 as chief minister of the act. the first female premier was carmen lawrence, leading western australia for three years until 1993. joan kirner was the first female premier of victoria, serving from 1990 to 1992. in the northern territory, clare martin became the first female chief minister in 2001 winning from opposition and was reelected in 2005 with an increased majority. in 2007, anna bligh became the first female premier in queensland after the retirement of peter beattie, and in 2009, bligh became the first popularly elected woman premier. in nsw, kristina keneally became the first female premier of the state in 2009 and was defeated at the 2011 state election. lara giddings was the first female premier of the state of tasmania between january 2011 and march 2014. in 2015 annastacia palaszczuk of queensland became the first woman to be elected premier from opposition and was the first female premier to be elected for a second term after winning the 2017 queensland state election. despite being the earliest state to grant voting rights and allow women to stand in parliament since 1895, south australia has never elected a female premier.
women and government in australia
bullet::::- vice-chancellor, the university of western australia. this was the first appointment of a woman in wa and the second in australia, but it was the first to either a sandstone or group of eight university









































bullet::::- first woman elected president of the institute of australian geographers









































bullet::::- first woman elected president of the australian vice-chancellors committee









































bullet::::- first woman elected president of the academy of the social sciences in australia









































bullet::::- first woman chair of the festival of perth board









































bullet::::- first woman elected to the council of the association of commonwealth universities
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