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Dame Enid Muriel Lyons AD, GBE (née Burnell; 9 July 1897 – 2 September 1981) was an Australian politician. She was notable as the being the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives and to serve in the federal cabinet.
6 de sept. de 2023 · Defining Moments. First women in parliament. 1943: First women elected to Australian Parliament. See our classroom resource. Dorothy Tangney (left) and Dame Enid Lyons entering Parliament House, 24 September 1943. In 1902 Australia became the first nation to introduce equal federal suffrage.
Dame Enid Lyons AD GBE was the first woman elected to the Australian federal Parliament, in 1943. She was also the first woman in federal Cabinet. She was appointed as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 11 May 1937 for her public services to Australia and as a Dame of the Order of Australia (AD) on 26 January 1980.
Member for Darwin (Tasmania), 21 August 1943 to 19 March 1951. United Australia Party 1943 to 1944. Liberal Party 1944 to 1951. Enid Lyons (1897 - 1981) was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first appointed to federal Cabinet.
online in 2012. Enid Lyons, c.1950. National Library of Australia, 10739657. Dame Enid Muriel Lyons (1897-1981), politician, was, according to her birth certificate, born on 9 July 1897 at Duck River (Smithton), Tasmania, second of four children of William Burnell, sawyer, and his wife Eliza, née Taggett.
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8 de mar. de 2023 · Dame Enid Lyons became the first Australian woman elected to the House of Representatives in 1943, holding the seat of Darwin in Tasmania. She was one of the first two women elected to Parliament, along with Dame Dorothy Tangney, and served as a Member of Parliament from 1943 to 1951. She was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1937.
13 de jul. de 2021 · December 1949: Dame Enid Lyons is appointed to the Menzies Cabinet – the first woman to serve in the federal executive. However, she does not hold a portfolio.
