List of The First Female Holders of Political Offices in Oceania - Australia

Australia

  • Local government councillor – Grace Benny – 1919
  • Member of a state parliament – Edith Cowan (Western Australia) – 1921
  • Mayor – Lilian Fowler – 1928
  • Member of the Australian House of Representatives – Dame Enid Lyons – 1943
  • Member of the Australian Senate – Dorothy Tangney – 1943
  • Member of the Commonwealth ministry – Dame Enid Lyons (Vice President of the Executive Council) – 1949
  • Member of a state or territory Cabinet – Florence Cardell-Oliver (Western Australia, Minister for Health) – 1949
  • Member of the Commonwealth ministry (with a portfolio) – Dame Annabelle Rankin (Minister for Housing) – 1966
  • Leader of the government in an upper house – Phyllis Benjamin (Tasmania) – 1968
  • Member of the federal Cabinet – Margaret Guilfoyle (Minister for Education) – 1975
  • Lord Mayor – Joy Cummings (Newcastle) – 1975
  • Leader of a federal parliamentary party – Janine Haines (Australian Democrats) – 1986
  • Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives – Joan Child – 1986
  • Head of a state or territory government – Rosemary Follett (Australian Capital Territory) – 1989
  • Chief Minister – Rosemary Follett (Australian Capital Territory) – 1989
  • Leader of a state or territory opposition – Rosemary Follett (Australian Capital Territory) – 1989
  • State Premier – Carmen Lawrence (Western Australia) – 1990
  • State Governor – Dame Roma Mitchell (South Australia) – 1991
  • President of the Australian Senate – Margaret Reid – 1996
  • Leadership position in a major party – Jenny Macklin (Deputy Leader, Australian Labor Party) – 2001
  • Deputy Prime Minister – Julia Gillard – 2007
  • Governor-General – Quentin Bryce – 2008
  • Leader of a major party – Julia Gillard (Leader, Australian Labor Party) – 2010
  • Prime Minister – Julia Gillard – 2010

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