<P> The first woman elected to any Australian Parliament was Edith Cowan , elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1921 . Dame Enid Lyons , in the Australian House of Representatives and Senator Dorothy Tangney , became the first women in the federal Parliament in 1943 . Lyons was in 1949 appointed Vice-President of the Executive Council by Robert Menzies . She was described as Minister without Portfolio , with no departmental duties , but the appointment gave her a seat in Cabinet . She held the position between 19 December 1949 and 7 March 1951 , and is the only woman to have occupied the position . </P>
<P> The first woman elected to any Australian Parliament was Edith Cowan , elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1921 . Dame Enid Lyons , in the Australian House of Representatives and Senator Dorothy Tangney , became the first women in the federal Parliament in 1943 . Lyons was in 1949 appointed Vice-President of the Executive Council by Robert Menzies . She was described as Minister without Portfolio , with no departmental duties , but the appointment gave her a seat in Cabinet . She held the position between 19 December 1949 and 7 March 1951 , and is the only woman to have occupied the position . </P>
who was the first woman to be elected to parliament in australia
who was the first woman to be elected to parliament in australia
Edith Cowan
Edith Cowan