List of the first female holders of political offices in Oceania

List of the first female holders of political offices in Oceania

Australia

* Local government councillor - Grace Benny - 1919 Fact|date=May 2008
* Member of a state parliament - Edith Cowan - 1921 Fact|date=May 2008
* Mayor - Lillian Fowler - 1928 Fact|date=May 2008
* Member of the Australian House of Representatives - Dame Enid Lyons - 1943 Fact|date=May 2008
* Member of the Australian Senate - Dorothy Tangney - 1943 Fact|date=May 2008
* Member of the Commonwealth ministry - Dame Enid Lyons (Vice President of the Executive Council) - 1949 Fact|date=May 2008
* Member of the Commonwealth ministry (with a portfolio) - Dame Annabelle Rankin - 1966 Fact|date=May 2008
* Member of the federal Cabinet - Margaret Guilfoyle (Minister for Education) - 1975 Fact|date=May 2008
* Lord Mayor - Sallyanne Atkinson (Brisbane) - 1985 Fact|date=May 2008
* Leader of a federal parliamentary party - Janine Haines (Australian Democrats) - 1986 Fact|date=May 2008
* Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives - Joan Child - 1986 Fact|date=May 2008
* Head of a state or territory government - Rosemary Follett - (Australian Capital Territory) - 1989 Fact|date=May 2008
* Chief Minister - Rosemary Follett (Australian Capital Territory) - 1989 Fact|date=May 2008
* State Premier - Carmen Lawrence (Western Australia) - 1990 Fact|date=May 2008
* State Governor - Dame Roma Mitchell (South Australia) - 1991 Fact|date=May 2008
* President of the Australian Senate - Margaret Reid - 1996 Fact|date=May 2008
* Leadership position in a major party - Jenny Macklin (Australian Labor Party) - 2001 Fact|date=May 2008
* Deputy Prime Minister - Julia Gillard - 2007 Fact|date=May 2008
* Governor-General - Quentin Bryce - 2008 Fact|date=May 2008

Northern Territory

* Chief Minister of the Northern Territory - Clare Martin - 2001 Fact|date=May 2008

Victoria

* Premier of Victoria - Joan Kirner - 1990 Fact|date=May 2008

Western Australia

* Premier of Western Australia - Carmen Lawrence - 1990 Fact|date=May 2008

Queensland

* Lord Mayor of Brisbane - Sallyanne Atkinson - 1985 Fact|date=May 2008
* Premier of Queensland - Anna Bligh - 2007 Fact|date=May 2008

New South Wales

* Deputy Premier of New South Wales - Carmel Tebbutt - 2008

New Zealand

* Mayor - Elizabeth Yates - 1894 Fact|date=May 2008
* Member of Parliament - Elizabeth McCombs - 1933 Fact|date=May 2008
* Cabinet Minister - Mabel Howard - 1947 Fact|date=May 2008
* New Zealand Ambassador - Barbara Angus - 1978 Fact|date=May 2008
* Mayor of Auckland City Catherine Anne Tizard 1983 Fact|date=May 2008
* Governor General - Catherine Tizard - 1990 Fact|date=May 2008
* Deputy Prime Minister - Helen Clark - 1989 Fact|date=May 2008
* Minister of Finance - Ruth Richardson - 1990 Fact|date=May 2008
* Mayor of Wellington - Fran Wilde 1992-1995 Fact|date=May 2008
* Prime Minister - Jenny Shipley - 1997 Fact|date=May 2008
* Chief Justice - Sian Elias - 1999 Fact|date=May 2008
* Attorney-General - Margaret Wilson - 1999 Fact|date=May 2008
* Speaker of the House of Representatives - Margaret Wilson - 2005 Fact|date=May 2008

Footnotes and references

ee also

*List of women heads of state
*List of women heads of government
*List of the first LGBT holders of political offices


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