This is a list of openly transgender politicians in Australia. As of 2023, no transgender people have been elected to federal, state or territory office. However, several have been elected to local government, and four are currently in office.
No. | Name | Party | LGA | State | Term start | Term end | Notes | |
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1 | Tony Briffa | Independent | Hobsons Bay | VIC | 29 November 2008 | 14 February 2014 | Intersex and non-binary [1] | |
22 October 2016 | present | |||||||
− | Crystal Johnson | Independent | Tiwi Islands | NT | [2] | |||
− | Jax Foxx | Independent [lower-alpha 1] | Hobart | TAS | 30 October 2018 | 25 October 2022 | Non-binary [4] | |
− | Emily Wilding | Independent | Bassendean | WA | 16 October 2021 | present | [5] | |
− | Liz Atkins | Greens | Inner West (Stanmore–Damun Ward) | NSW | 4 December 2021 | present | Non-binary [6] | |
− | Jade Darko | Greens | Clarence | TAS | 25 October 2022 | present | [7] | |
− | Tosh-Jake Finnigan | Sack Dan Andrews | Colac Otway | VIC | 18 January 2023 | 22 December 2023 | Non-binary [8] | |
Independent | 22 December 2023 | present |
Ann (formerly Albert) Knowles, mayor of the City of Frankston in the 1980s, came out as a transgender woman in later life. [9]
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