 The name jointly honours Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia 1932–39, Member for Wilmot from 1929–39, and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives (1943) and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949–51).Joseph Lyons had previously represented Wilmot at the state level from 1909 to 1929.It has been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.