The Australian Women's Register

Annie Elizabeth Ford, a Communist Party of Australia member, ran for election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Petersham in 1930.

Linda Donovan was a Liberal Party candidate in the Candidate, New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Swansea in 1988.

Patricia Forsythe was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1991 until 2006. A member of the Liberal Party, she first ran for parliament in 1984 in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Newcastle. She didn’t run again until 1991 and was elected to the Legislative Council of New South Wales. She was re-elected in 1999. She resigned from parliament on 22 September 2006 to take up the position of Executive Director of the New South Wales Business Chamber.

Pam Down was a once only candidate who ran for the Liberal Party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Burragorang in 1988.

Therese Doyle stood as the Greens candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Drummoyne in 1999. That same year she was elected to the Concord City Council (1999-2000) and appointed Deputy Mayor. She was opposed the amalgamation in 2000 of Concord and Drummoyne Councils into the City of Canada Bay Council because it distanced the elector from the council. The amalgamation went ahead in 2000.

Catherine Winifred (Kate) Dwyer was one of the most prominent women in New South Wales in the early twentieth century. An avid Labor activist, Dwyer stood for election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain in 1925.

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.

Diane Robyn Edwards was a Councillor at the Ballina Shire Council from 1987-1992. She failed to gain election to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Ballina in 1988 when she ran as an Independent.

Barbara Eldershaw was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Orange in 1995.

Betty Endean ran for the Australian Democrats in the 1995 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Ermington.

Lynette Farmer was an Independent candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly election for Sutherland in 1991.

Helen Fearn stood for the One Nation Party at the 2003 New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections in Oxley.

Julia Featherstone is a multitalented woman, whose two election campaigns were part of a life filled with activity and creativity. She was an Australia Party candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Bligh in 1973 and to the House of Representatives for Wentworth in 1974.

Christine Ferguson ran in three elections for two different political parties. She was a One Nation candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Manly in 1999 and for Maitland in 2003(?). She contested the seat of Warringah in the House of Representatives as a member of the No Goods and Services Tax Party in 2001.

Jane Field was an Australians Against Further Immigration candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Macquarie Fields in 1999.

Lorraine Dodd stood as an Australian Democrats candidate for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Mulgoa in 2003.

Rebecca Filipczyk, an Australian Greens member, was a candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly elections for Wentworthville in 1999 and for the House of Representatives for Prospect in 2001.

Susanna Jane Dodgson ran for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Bligh in 1978.

Suzanne Fleming ran for the Liberal Party in the 1995 elections to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Newcastle.

Alice May Clifford, an ALP candidate, ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Tenterfield in 1973.

Linda Cogger ran as a candidate for the Natural Law Party in the following elections:
House of Representatives for Prospect in 1996 and 1998.
House of Representatives for Blaxland (by election) in 1996.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Fairfield in 1995 and 1999.

Anne Margaret Cohen, a Liberal Party candidate, was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Minchinbury in 1988 and to the Badgerys Creek Assembly seat in 1991. She failed to gain re-election to the latter in 1995.

Joan Lily Cooke ran as an Independent in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Manly in 1984.

Merran Cooper is a once only candidate whose campaign stressed dialogue between electors and candidates. She ran for the Australian Democrats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Northern Tablelands in 1999.

In 1984 Joyce Copeland stood for election as an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Burrinjuck.

Marie Cowling was an Australian Democrats candidate in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Tamworth by election of 2001.

Sharyn Csanki is a loyal advocate for the Australian Democrats who ran for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in Wallsend in 2003.