The Australian Women's Register

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Jenny Mikakos was elected as the Member for the Province of Jika Jika in the Parliament of Victoria in 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Justice in the Bracks , later Brumby Labor Government, from December 2002 until August 2007. She assumed the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Planning in August 2007. She was elected to the newly created Northern Metropolitan Region at the 2006 state election. She was re-elected in 2010 when the Labor government was defeated and again in 2014 when the Labor party returned to power. She currently holds the ministerial portfolios of Families and Children, and Youth Affairs.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Karen Overington was elected as the Member for Ballarat West in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in September 1999, after an initial attempt to win the seat in 1992. She was re-elected in November 2002 and again in 2006. Previously she had served in Local Government as Councillor for the Boroughs of Sebastopol, 1982-94, the City of Ballarat, 1996-99 and as Mayor of Sebastopol from 1990-91. She retired from parliament at the 2010 election and died on 11 August 2011.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Glenyys Romanes was elected as the Member for Melbourne Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in September 1999 and was re-elected in November 2002. She stood unsuccessfully for the Legislative Council Region of Eastern Victoria at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November. Before entering Parliament she served as Councillor on the Brunswick City Council, 1991-94, as Mayor 1993-94, and as Councillor, Moreland City Council 1996-99.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Lidia Argondizzo was elected as the Member for Templestowe in the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Victoria in November 2002. Before her election to Parliament she served as Councillor for the City of Northcote 1987-93, and Mayor from 1989-90. As a result of changes to the Legislative Council which came into effect at the 2006 election, she stood as a candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Doncaster at that election, but was unsuccessful.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Dympna Beard was elected as the Member for Kilsyth in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002.She was defeated at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Helen Buckingham was elected as the Member for Koonung Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 2002. Before her election to parliament, she served on the Nunawading Council from 1997-2003, and as mayor from 1998-99. She retired from parliament in November 2006.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Anne Eckstein was elected as the Member for Ferntree Gully in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was defeated at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Danielle Green was elected as the Member for Yan Yean in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected in 2006, November 2010 and November 2014, when the ALP was returned to power. She currently holds the position of Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, Major Events and Regional Victoria.

A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Wendy Lovell was elected as the Member for North Eastern Province in the Legislative Council of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected at the November 2006 election as Member for the new Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria. She was re-elected in November 2010 and took on the ministerial positions of Housing and Children and Early Childhood Development in the newly elected Liberal government. She was successful again at the November 2014 election, although the Liberal government was defeated. She currently holds the position of Liberal Party Whip in the Legislative Council.

Australia’s first world champion skier, Kirstie Marshall won seventeen World Cup gold medals. She was named Australian Skier of the Year six times and Victorian Sportswoman of the Year four times. A member of the Australian Labor Party, Marshall was elected as the Member for Forest Hill in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002, and re-elected in 2006. She retired at the November 2010 election.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Kaye Darveniza was elected as the Member for Melbourne West Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier from December 1999-December 2006. After her election to the newly formed Legislative Council Region of Northern Victoria at the state election, which was held on 25 November 2006, she was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary, Regional Development from December 2006-August 2007. She held the portfolio of Parliamentary Secretary, Regional and Rural Development from August 2007-January 2010. From January-December 2010 she was Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, when the ALP government was defeated. She retired from parliament on 29 November 2014.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Heather McTaggart was elected as the Member for Evelyn in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002, but was defeated at the 2006 state election, which was held on 25 November.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Lily D’Ambrosio was elected as the Member for Mill Park in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in November 2002. She was re-elected at the 2006 election, in November 2010 and again in November 2014. She currently holds the Ministerial portfolios of Industry and Energy and Resources in the Labor government, which assumed office in November 2014.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Maxine Morland was elected as the Member for Mount Waverley in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November. She was appointed to Cabinet on 30 July 2007 as Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development and Minister for Women’s Affairs . She left parliament in 2010 when she was defeated at the November election.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Jo Duncan was elected as the Member for Gisborne in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament in September 1999. On the abolition of the electorate of Gisborne in a redistribution in 2002, Duncan was elected as the Member for Macedon in the same year. She was re-elected in 2006 and again in November 2010. She retired from parliament in November 2014.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Janice Munt was elected as the Member for Mordialloc in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected at the 2006 election, which was held on 25 November, but was defeated at the November 2010 election. She was Parliamentary secretary for Health from January 2010 until she left parliament. Her first attempt to enter parliament was in 1999, when she stood unsuccessfully for the Legislative Assembly seat of Sandringham.

A once-only candidate who was an Independent candidate for Canterbury in 1988 and for the Canterbury City Council Mayoral Election in 1987.

A peace, environment and health activist, Margaret Perrott was a Democratic Socialist candidate for Illawarra in 1999 and a Socialist Alliance candidate in the House of Representatives for Cunningham in 1996 and 1998, and for Throsby in 1993, 2001 and 2004.

Elizabeth Robinson was a remarkable woman and an Independent candidate for Newcastle in 1932.

Lucia van Oostveen was part of the Natural Law Party’s attempt to bring the principles of Maharishi Vedic Science into Australian politics. She was a Natural Law Party candidate for Granville in 1995 and a candidate in the House of Representatives for Fowler in 1996.

Haete Weiner is an environmental activist and a once-only candidate. She was the Green’s candidate for Vaucluse in 1999.

A member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), Ann Barker served as the Member for Bentleigh from 1988-92 in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament. She was defeated at the 1992 election, stood unsuccessfully as the ALP candidate for Oakleigh in the 1996 election. but returned to parliament as the Member for Oakleigh in 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Training and Higher Education from 2002-06 and served as Acting Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1999-2006. She was re-elected at the November 2006 election and served as Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2006-2010. She was re-elected in November 2010 when the Labor Government was defeated, but retired from Parliament at the 2014 election, when the ALP returned to Government.

A member of the National Party, Jeanette Powell served as a local government councillor for the Shire of Shepparton from 1990-94 and as Shire president from 1993-4 before being elected to the Victorian State Parliament in 1996. She initially served in the Legislative Council representing the North-Eastern Province from 1996-2002. In November 2002 she was elected as the Member for Shepparton District in the Legislative Assembly. She was re-elected in November 2006 and again in November 2010. She held the ministerial portfolios of Local Government and Aboriginal Affairs in the Baillieu/Napthine Government. She retired from parliament at the November 2014 election.

Violet Jones enlisted with the Australian Army Nursing Service on December 15, 1941. She was attached to the 115 General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria.

A member of the Australian Labor Party since 1975, Elaine Carbines stood unsuccessfully in the Legislative Assembly seat of Bellarine at the Victorian state election, which was held on 30 March 1996. She was successful at her second attempt. She was elected as the Member for Geelong Province in the Legislative Council of the Victorian Parliament in 1999. She held the position of Parliamentary Secretary, Education and Training from March-December 2002, and was Parliamentary Secretary, Environment, from December 2002. She was an unsuccessful candidate at the November 2006 Victorian state election when the Legislative Council was re-organised into regions rather than provinces. She stood in the Western Victoria Region.

A long term local government councillor and a seasoned campaigner for her party, Maria Heggie was the Liberal party candidate for Cabramatta in 1984, 1988 and 1991. She was Alderman for Fairfield City Council in 1980-2004 and Mayor from 1987-1988.

A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Helen Shardey was elected as the Member for Caulfield in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament in 1996. She was re-elected in 1999, 2002 and 2006. In 2002 she was appointed Shadow Minister for Community Services, and in 2005 became Shadow Minister for Health.
Before her election to the State Parliament, Helen Shardey was an unsuccessful candidate in the Legislative Assembly seat of Box Hill at the Victorian state election, which was held on 1 October 1988.