The Australian Women's Register

Marie Brown stood as an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Coogee in 1995.

Ruth Chant stood for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Northern Tablelands in 1995 as a Natural Law Party candidate.

Sarah Browning ran for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Entrance in 1999.

Sylvia Chao was elected to the Willoughby City Council in 2004. The previous year she unsuccessfully ran as a Unity Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Willoughby.

Rene Brummans was an Australian Democrats candidate in the 1991 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Murrumbidgee.

Kathleen Buckingham only ran once for election: as a Democratic Labor Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Upper Hunter in 1973. She was married with four children.

Cathy Burgess was active in the Australian Greens movement in the Hunter Valley area. She was their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Port Stephens in 1995 and in the House of Representatives for Newcastle in 1996.

Colleen Burston was a One Nation Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Myall Lakes in the 2003 elections.

As a member of One Nation Party, Marjorie Burston stood for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Clarence in 2003.

Tenille Leigh Burston, a One Nation Party candidate, stood for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Coffs Harbour in 2003.

Elizabeth Dorothy Bye was an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Campbelltown in 1973.

Joan Frances Byrne ran as an Australia Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Tamworth in 1973.

Jacqueline (Jackie) Canessa is an activist in her profession and a one time candidate for election: Liberal Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Heffron in 1999.

Veronica Carey was an Australia Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Davidson in 1973.

Sally Cavanagh is a committed environmentalist who ran for the Australian Greens at the 1999 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Oxley. In 2001 she was the president of the Three Valleys Branch of the National Parks Association of New South Wales.

Stephanie Chambers was a member of the Natural Law Party in the 1995 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Blue Mountains.

A member and candidate of the Australian Democrats, Gillian Frances Bennan tried but failed to win election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bass Hill (1978).

Kirsten Bennell was a member of the Australian Democrats and ran for the seat of Maroubra at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections in 2003.

Jennie Birch was a once only candidate for election and is well known in the developing olive oil industry in Australia. She represented the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Barwon in 1991. She failed to be elected.

Michelle Bleicher is a staunch member of the Australian Democrats and their candidate in the House of Representatives for Sydney in 2004 and in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Marrickville by-election in 2005.

As an Independent, Carol Ann Blood missed out in being elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Corimal in 1981.

A member of the Socialist Workers Party, Linda Boland was a candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain (1978) and in the House of Representatives for Reid (1983).

Jennifer Boswell ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Charlestown on behalf of the Christian Democrat party in the 1999 and then again in 2003.

In the 1991 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections Betty Bourke stood as an Independent for the seat of Penrith.

A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Christine Fyffe was elected as the Member for Evelyn in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 1999. She was defeated at the 2002 election. In 2006 she was elected again to represent the constituents of Evelyn. She was re-elected in 2010 and was a member of the Baillieu government. She was re-elected in 2014. Her local government experience included a term as Commissioner with the Shire of Yarra Ranges from 1994-97.

A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Carolyn Hirsh’s parliamentary career began when she was elected as the Member for Wantirna in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 1985 after standing for that seat unsuccessfully at the 1982 election. She was re-elected in 1988, but defeated in 1992 when she stood as an ALP candidate for the seat of Knox. In an attempt to move into the federal parliament, she unsuccessfully contested the seat of La Trobe at both the 1996 and 1998 elections. Returning to the state parliament, she was elected as the Member for Silvan in the Legislative Council in 2002. She resigned from the ALP in 2004 and continued in parliament as an Independent until she rejoined the party in November 2005. She did not contest the 2006 state election.

Sally Bowen was an early candidate for parliamentary election. She stood for the Communist Party of Australia in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bulli in 1953 (under her maiden name Phipps), 1962 and 1965.