Francis Daniel Crean was an Australian politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives from 1951 to 1977,representing the Labor Party. He was a minister in the Whitlam Government,including as Treasurer from 1972 to 1974 and Deputy Prime Minister for a few months in 1975.
Laurie Donald Thomas Ferguson is a former Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Representatives from March 1990,representing Reid until 2010 and Werriwa until May 2016,both in New South Wales.
Jennie George AO is an Australian politician,and former Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from November 2001 to July 2010,representing the Division of Throsby,New South Wales.
The Greens New South Wales,commonly known as Greens NSW,is a green political party in New South Wales and a member of the Australian Greens. First formed in 1991,the Greens NSW began as a state-level party before joining with other green parties in Australia to create the current federated structure.
Janelle Anne Saffin is an Australian Labor Party politician. She has been the Member for Lismore in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 23 March 2019. She was the Member for Page in the Australian House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013,and a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1995 to 2003.
Maria Justine Elliot is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and has served in the House of Representatives since the 2004 federal election,representing the New South Wales seat of Richmond. She served as Minister for Ageing in the First Rudd Government from 2007 to 2010 and as a parliamentary secretary in the Gillard Government from 2010 to 2013.
Lang Labor was a faction of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) consisting of the supporters of Jack Lang,who served two terms as Premier of New South Wales and was the party's state leader from 1923 to 1939.
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 51st parliament held their seats from 1995 to 1999. They were elected at the 1995 state election,and at by-elections. The Speaker was John Murray.</ref>
From the turn of the 20th century,women have had the right to stand for parliament and participate in government in Australia. Following federation,the government of the newly formed Commonwealth of Australia passed the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 allowing most women to both vote and stand at the 1903 Federal election. South Australia and Western Australia granted women the vote before federation,and the states of New South Wales,Tasmania,Queensland and Victoria also passed legislation allowing women to participate in government at the state and local levels following federation. Indigenous Australian women did not achieve suffrage at all levels of government and in all states and territories until 1962.
Swansea is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Hunter Region of the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Yasmin Catley of the Labor Party.
Belinda Jane Neal is a former Australian federal politician. She was a Member of the House of Representatives representing the electorate of Robertson between 2007 and 2010;and representing the state of New South Wales in the Senate from 1994 to 1998,both on behalf of the Australian Labor Party.
Linda Jean Burney is an Australian politician and is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing the Barton since the 2016 federal election. She is the Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services and for Preventing Family Violence.
Benjamin Charles HumphreysAM was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the House of Representatives from 1977 to 1996,representing the Division of Griffith in Queensland. He was Minister for Veterans' Affairs in the Hawke and Keating Governments from 1987 to 1993.
Robert Bruce Whan was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and represented the Division of Eden-Monaro in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1975. He worked in the wool industry before entering politics.
A political family of Australia is a family in which multiple members are involved in Australian politics,particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage;often several generations or multiple siblings may be involved.
Arthur Hill Griffith was a politician,teacher and patent attorney in New South Wales,Australia. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1894 until 1917 and held a number of ministerial positions in the Government of New South Wales. He was a member of the Labor Party.
Jill Hennessy is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since February 2010,representing the seat of Altona. She was Minister for Health in the Andrews Ministry from December 2014 to November 2018,and was Attorney-General from November 2018 to December 2020,the second female Attorney-General in Victoria's history.
Deborah Mary O'Neill is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for New South Wales since 2013. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party and formerly represented the seat of Robertson as a member of the House of Representatives from 2010 to 2013.
Sophie Cotsis is an Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 7 September 2010 to 16 September 2016,when she resigned in order to contest a by-election for the Legislative Assembly seat of Canterbury.
Sharon Catherine Claydon is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing the Division of Newcastle in New South Wales,since September 2013.
