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WA election: Record number of women set to claim seat in Parliament following landslide

WA election: Record number of women set to claim seat in Parliament following landslide Posted MonMonday 15 updated MonMonday 15 MarMarch 2021 at 4:47am Lisa Munday, who unseated Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup in Dawesville, is one of the three MPs named Lisa who have claimed seats for Labor. ( Share Print text only Cancel After a Liberal party wipe-out, WA s Lower House will end up with more female MPs elected in 2021 than the total number of Liberal women, 25, to have ever sat in the WA Parliament. There may also end up being more Lower House MPs named Lisa than Liberal party members. Key points:

Edith Cowan s political daughters reflect a century on

Advertisement Edith Cowan’s drive for equality in her short but significant parliamentary career culminated with a successful private member’s bill that lifted the barriers for women entering the legal profession. During the debate for what became the Women’s Legal Status Act of 1923, fellow MP Charles Latham interjected: “Surely you do not want to bring women down to the level of men?” At the age of 59, Edith Cowan became the first woman to be elected to an Australian parliament – the legislative assembly in Western Australia. Cowan replied: “No, I want to raise men to the level of women.”

Edith Cowan s political daughters reflect a century on

Edith Cowan s political daughters reflect a century on
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Edith Cowan s political daughters reflect a century on

Edith Cowan s political daughters reflect a century on
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