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Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BACKGROUND NOTE 13 September 2012 Women parliamentarians in Australia 1921-2012 Janet Wilson, Politics and Public Administration Section David Black, Parliament of Western Australia Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Part 1: Women members of Australian Parliaments 1921-2012, by jurisdiction ................................... 5 Commonwealth: House of Representatives

Parliament of Australia Departmentof Parliamentary Services Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 1 How does Australia rate? ......................................................................................................................... 2 Parliamentarians ................................................................................................................................. 2 Parliamentary leaders and presiding officers ..................................................................................... 3 Ministers and parliamentary secretaries ............................................................................................ 4 Women chairing parliamentary committees ...................................................................................... 6 Women candidates in Commonwealth elections ............................................................................... 7 Historical overview................................................................................................................................. 10 First women

D e p a r t m e n t o f t h e P a r l i a m e n t a r y L i b r a r y RESEARCH NOTE Number 5, 1998-99 ISSN 1328-8016 The 1998 Tasmanian Election: Women and Proportional Representation

D e p a r t m e n t o f t h e P a r l i a m e n t a r y L i b r a r y Information and Research Services RESEARCH NOTE Number 55, June 1997 ISSN 1328-8016 First Women in

D e p a r tme n t o f th e P a r lia me n ta r y L ib r a r y Information and Research Services RESEARCH NOTE Number 41, 24 March 1997 ISSN 1323-5664 Women in the Parliaments of the World: 1997 The objective

Department of the Parliamentary Library Parliamentary Research Service RESEARCH NOTE Number 21, 25 October 1995 ISSN 1323-5664 Women in the Parliaments of the World: Update "On the threshold of the twenty-first century, it is greatly to be hoped that the Parliaments of all countries will be-come places where men and

<) (J 87/218 Legislative Research Service Department of the Parliamentary Library Parliamentary Presiding Officers Amendment Bill 1987 Date Introduced: 14 September 1987 HoiJse: House of Representatives Presented by: The Hon. Robert Hawke, M.P., Prime Minister Digest of Bill Purpose To include references to 'her' and 'she' after 'his' and 'he'