This election was significant in the fact that it resulted in the election of the first female member of the House of Representatives, the UAP's Enid Lyons for Darwin, Tasmania, and the first female Senator, Labor's Dorothy Tangney, in Western Australia.
This election marked a milestone with the selection of the first female representative in the House of Representatives, Enid Lyons from the UAP for Darwin, Tasmania, and the inaugural female senator, Dorothy Tangney from Labor in Western Australia.