Paula Hawkins was an American politician from Florida. She is the only woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Florida. She was the second woman ever elected to the Senate from the American South. She was the first woman in the country to be elected to a full Senate term without having a close family member who previously served in major public office.
Gareth James Ward,an Australian politician,was the New South Wales Minister for Families,Communities and Disability Services in the second Berejiklian ministry from 2019 to 2021. Ward is also a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Kiama since 2011.
Prudence Jane Goward,an Australian politician,was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2019,representing the seat of Goulburn.
Jacqueline Michelle Ann Lensink is an Australian politician representing the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the South Australian Legislative Council since 26 June 2003. Lensink has served as the Minister for Human Services in the Marshall Ministry since 22 March 2018.
Stephen James Irons is an Australian politician. He is the Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the electoral Division of Swan in Western Australia since the 2007 federal election. Irons was a former ward of the state. He will retire at the next Australian federal election.
Alasdair Paine Webster is a retired Australian politician.
Peter Carl Gutwein is an Australian politician who has served as the 46th premier of Tasmania since January 2020. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2002,representing the electorate of Bass. He succeeded Will Hodgman as leader of the Liberal Party and Tasmanian Premier on 20 January 2020.
Terence Allan "Terry" Griffiths was a New South Wales (NSW) state politician from 1988 to 1995,and NSW government minister from 1991 to 1994,whose political career ended in disgrace over sexual harassment,molestation and bullying claims.
Rachel Sanderson is an Australian politician representing the seat of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia since the 2010 election. Sanderson has served as the minister for Child Protection in the Marshall Ministry since 22 March 2018.
David Roland Joseph O'Brien is an Australian politician who represented the National Party in the Victorian Legislative Council.
Georgina Mary Crozier is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2010,representing Southern Metropolitan Region. She currently serves as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council.
Sarah Deborah Champion is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham since 2012.
Marama Mere-Ana Davidson is a New Zealand politician who entered the New Zealand Parliament in 2015 as a representative of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand,of which she is the female co-leader.
Susanne Lynnette Hickey is an Australian politician. She represented the electorate of Denison from the 2018 state election until her defeat at the 2021 election,sitting with the Liberal Party until March 2021,when she quit the party and became an independent.
Damien Francis Tudehope is an Australian politician. Tudehope has served as the New South Wales Minister for Finance in the second Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries since April 2019. He is also the Minister for Employee Relations,the Vice-President of the Executive Council,and the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council in the Perrottet ministry since December 2021. Tudehope has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since the 2019 state election,representing the Liberal Party.
Matthew Hughes is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election,representing Kalamunda.
Abigail Selina Boyd is an Australian politician living on the Central Coast in New South Wales. She has been a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2019,representing the Greens.
Grace Tame is an Australian activist and advocate for survivors of child sexual assault. Tame was named 2021 Australian of the Year on 25 January 2021.
Dorinda Rose Cox is an Australian politician and a Yamatji-Noongar woman with a strong record of working for social justice in her community. She is the first Indigenous woman to represent Western Australia in the Senate. In 2020 she won preselection as the Australian Greens' lead Senate candidate in Western Australia,and the following year she was appointed to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Rachel Siewert.
Rhiannon Pearce is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2022 state election,representing King.
