The Australian Women's Register

Mary Howlett represented the Australian Democrats in the 1991 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Peats.

Ann Hughes stood as a Natural Law Party candidate in the 1995 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of East Hills.

Beryl Humble was a local councillor in Maitland for more than two decades from 1974-1997. At some point during this time she held the post of Deputy Mayor. The Beryl Humble Sporting Complex at Tenambit was named in her honour. In 1978, as a Liberal Party candidate, she failed to gain election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Waratah. That was the only time she ran for Parliament.

In 1995 Margaret Hutton was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for South Coast.

Anne Irvine was an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Tamworth in 1984.

Carrie Jacobi may well be the only woman who ran for two Federal elections in the same year: she was a Greens candidate in the 1998 elections to the House of Representatives for Lyne and Newcastle (postponed election). Prior to this she had run in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Newcastle. In 1996 Carrie Jacobi was a member of the History Department of the University of Newcastle.

An active member of the Australian Democrats, Rachael Jacobs was a candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Epping in 1999 and for the Australian Capital Territory Senate in 2004.

Margaret Hawkins was an Independent candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Upper Hunter in 1991.

Jamieson, Maree Ann stood as an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Heathcote in 1981.

Leone Rachel Hay an Independent candidate for three elections: the NSW Senate in 1990 and 1993, and for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Gordon in 1995.

Christine Jarvis was a once only candidate who stood for the Australian Democrats in the 1988 elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Fairfield.

Susan Healy was an Australia Party candidate in three elections:
New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Corrimal, 1973.
House of Representatives, Cunningham, 1974.
House of Representatives, Macarthur, 1975.

Dorothy Isabel Jeffrey was an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Pittwater in 1973.

Helga Green was a One Nation party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Kiama in 2003.

Glenice Adele Griffiths was an Australian Democrats candidate at the following elections:
House of Representatives for Robertson in 1987, 1990 and 1993.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly for The Entrance in 1995.
Like many others representing minor political parties, she failed to gain election in all four attempts.

Shirley Grigg has been a prominent member of and worker for the Christian Democrat Party under all its names. She represented them (then known as the Call to Australia party) in the following elections:
New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Blue Mountains in 1991 and 1999.
New South Wales Senate in 1993.
House of Representatives for Chifley in 1996.
House of Representatives for Macquarie in 1998.

Deirdre Grusovin was a member of the New South Wales parliament for twenty five years. Initially she was elected to the NSW Legislative Council (1978) and remained in office until 1990. During this time Deirdre was appointed Minister for Consumer Affairs and Assistant Minister for Health 1986-88 and Minister for Small Business 1987-88. In 1990 she ran in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Heffron by election and was again successful. She was re-elected in 1991, 1995 and 1999, retiring in 2003.

Mary Habib stood for the Reform the Legal System party at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Lakemba in 2003.

Kerri Hamer’s first candidature was when she ran as an Independent for the Maroubra by-election in 2005. She is the author of Leading a Group: a practical and comprehensive handbook, published in 1997.

Sally Harg was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Clarence in 1995.

Louise Jayne Hargreaves, a Natural Law Party member, ran in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Davidson in 1995 and for the House of Representatives seat of Chifley in 1996.

Mary Harnett represented the Australian Democrats at the 1991 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Willoughby.

Ros Gourlay ran only once for election. That was in 1999 when she ran for the Christian Democrat Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the seat of Lake Macquarie.

Victoria Harris-Ball stood as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Penrith in 1999.

Heather Gow was a Liberal Party member who only ran for election to Parliament once: in 1981 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Seven Hills. She had more luck at the local council level where she was elected to the Blacktown City Council from 1974-1977 and was Deputy Mayor from 1975-76.

Carolyn Hastie is a prominent midwife who stood for several elections and represented two political parties. Firstly she was an Australian Democrats candidate in the elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Wyong in 1999 and to the House of Representatives for Dobell in 2001. Carolyn then ran for the Earthsave Australia party in the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for The Entrance.

Louise Gozzard was a once only candidate who ran for Earthsave in the 1999 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Keira. Her belief in natural remedies prompted her to run for election to help promote the Earthsave Party. Among Earthsave’s solutions for a sustainable future are preventive medicine, including the use of natural therapies, discouragement of tobacco and alcohol use.