The Australian Women's Register

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.

Sue Galley is a once only candidate for election: an Australians Against Further Immigration candidate in the 2003 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Albury.

Deb Gorgievski ran as a Greens candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Swansea in 1999.

Gladys Gander was a once only candidate for election to Parliament: a One Nation Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Newcastle in 2003.

Anne Gardiner is a courageous fighter for principle who stood for the Australian Greens at the 2004 Randwick City Council elections and in the 2005 New South Wales Legislative Assembly Maroubra by-election.

Isabel Gelling, an Australians Against Further Immigration Party member, stood as their candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Gosford in 1999.

Doreen Ghent stood only once for election: as a Liberal candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bass Hill in 1971. In 1941 she married John Wentworth Ghent (d. 22 September 2000) who stood for seat of Bankstown at the same election.

Teresa Mary Gibbins was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kembla in 1968.

Di Gibson ran only once for election to the parliament of New South Wales: in 2003 as an Independent for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wallsend.

Beverley Giegerl is a long serving local Councillor who ran for election to parliament only once: as an Independent in the 1988 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Georges River. She has better luck in 1991 when she was elected to the Hurstville City Council. She has been re-elected several times and will serve on the council until 2007.

Merilyn Gieskam ran for election unsuccessfully twice. She was an Independent candidate at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bligh in 1971 and for the House of Representatives for Sydney in 1975.

Questa Lisabeth Gill was an Australian Democrats candidate in the House of Representatives for Hughes in 1980 and the following year in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Corrimal.

Melanie Gillbank was a Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Granville in 1999.

Margaret Ann Gleeson ran for parliament several times. Her first time was as an ALP candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Monaro seat, in 1973. She then joined the Democratic Socialist Party and ran for them in the House of Representatives elections for Reid (1990) and Sydney (1993). She now writes for the Green Left Weekly.

Fiona Glen increased the Liberal Party vote by 5% when she ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Charlestown in 2003. She lived in Toronto, on Lake Macquarie when she stood for election. She had been President of the Newcastle Business Club in 2000.

In 1927 Susan Francis stood as a Labor candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bondi. She then stood as a Lang Labor candidate in the Waverley Municipal Council elections of 1932.

Charin Maria Godfrey, a Democratic Labor Party member, stood for the seat of Newcastle in the 1973 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections.

Nola Fraser was well known as a whistle blower when she ran in the Macquarie Fields by-election (New South Wales Legislative Assembly) in 2005.

Jacqueline Godfrey was an Independent candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Clarence in 1995.

A life-time activist for Peace, Barbara (Babs) Fuller-Quinn has been a political and local government figure of distinction: She was elected to the Waverley Council as Alderman from 1977-83 and stood as an ALP candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Vaucluse in 1976 and 1978.

Barbara Fuller-Quinn passed away in May 2020. When she died her family asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern.

Saidi Goldstein ran for election in 2005 for the first time: she was a Christian Democratic Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Marrickville by-election. She works in administration at the Petersham Assembly of God. She has been a member of that church for 17 years and is interested in social welfare projects.

Gemma Edgar is a once only candidate for election to the parliament of New South Wales: Australian Democrats ticket at the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Menai in 2003.