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.
The importance of this election was highlighted by the election of the first female member to the House of Representatives, Enid Lyons from the UAP for Darwin, Tasmania, and also the first female senator, Dorothy Tangney from Labor in Western Australia.