The Australian Women's Register

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Jenny Lindell was elected as the Member for Carrum in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament at the 1999 election and was re-elected in 2002 and 2006. She was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in December 2006 and served in that position until her defeat at the 2010 election.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Tammy Lobato was elected as the Member for Gembrook in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected at the election, which was held on 25 November 2006, but was defeated at the election which was held in November 2010.

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, 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, 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, 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 member of the Australian Labor Party, Lisa Neville was elected as the Member for Bellarine in the Legislative Assembly of the Parliament of Victoria in 2002. She was re-elected in 2006, 2010 and 2014, when the Labor party was returned to power after its defeat at the 2010 election.
Her ministerial portfolios have included Health ( Dec 2006- Dec 2010); Aged Care( Dec 2006-Aug 2007); Children ( Dec 2006-Aug 2007); Seniors ( Aug 2007- Dec 2010); Community Services ( Aug 2007-Dec 2010). She is currently Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water.

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.

An activist for health, equality and the Australian Democrats. Candidate for Vaucluse in 1991, for the House of Representatives, Wentworth in 1984 and 1987, and Councillor for Waverley Municipal Council from 1987-91.

Although she only stood for election once (Council for the Defence of Government Schools candidate for Heathcote in 1971), Edna McGill spent a lifetime campaigning for public education.

An Australian Greens activist and candidate for Monaro in 1995, 1999 and 2003, for the House of Representatives, Riverina in 2001, for the Senate in New South Wales (NSW) in 1998 and for the Tallaganda Shire Council in 1995.

Described by her son, Simon Morcom, as a “Lifelong fighter for peace and justice, tempered with an off-key sense of humour. A mentor and an inspiration,” Elfrida Morcom was a Communist Party of Australia candidate for Collaroy in 1956 and 1965 and candidate for the Warringah Shire Council in 1965.

An activist against immigration to Australia, Carolyn O’Callaghan was an Australians Against Further Immigration candidate for Bathurst in 1995 and for the New South Wales Senate in 1996.

A member of the Australian Labor Party, Mary Gillett served as the Member for Werribee in the Legislative Assembly of the Victorian Parliament from 1996-2002 when the seat was abolished. From 2002 until 2006 she served as the Member for Tarneit. Her ministerial appointments have included Parliamentary Secretary for Volunteers, Commonwealth Games and from 2002 Parliamentary Secretary for Women’s Affairs.

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.