Feminism in Australia woman Premier was Carmen Lawrence, becoming Premier of Western Australia in 1990. The short-lived Australian Women's Party sought to ensure equal representation of men and women at all levels of government. Quentin Bryce was the first woman to hold the position of Governor-General of Australia between September 2008 and March 2014. Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard gained international attention and praise in 2012 for an off-the-cuff speech in the Australian federal parliament directed at then Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott. The speech, known as The Misogyny Speech has been uploaded to YouTube multiple times, with several thousand views each. The speech
John Pablo Bryce Paris, 1895); paternal grandson of Francis Bryce and first wife Janet Weddle, and maternal grandson of José Pascual de Vivero y Salaverría, Governor of Guayaquil, and wife Lucía Morales. He held the office of Sheriff of Devon in 1896. He married in Paris in 1870/71 María de las Mercedes González de Candamo y Iriarte (24 May 1849 in Lima – 2 August 1929 in San Sebastián), sister of Manuel González de Candamo e Iriarte (1841–1904), President of Peru (1903–1904). They had, at least, five sons and two daughters: John Pablo Bryce John Pablo Bryce of Bystock Court, Exmouth, Devon (10