There have been 108 women in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since its establishment in 1856. Women have had the

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since 1908 and the right to stand as a candidate for the

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since 1923. The first successful female candidate for the Legislative Assembly was

Millie Peacock Millie Gertrude Peacock, Lady Peacock ( née Holden; 3 August 1870 – 7 February 1948), was the first woman elected to the Parliament of Victoria. She was the wife of Sir Alexander Peacock, a three-time Premier of Victoria. Upon his death in 1 ...

, who was elected as a

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member for Allandale in a by-election in 1933, but she retired in 1935, stating that Parliament was "no place for a woman".

Ivy Weber Ivy Lavinia Weber (7 June 1892 – 6 March 1976) was an Australian politician. Born at Captains Flat in New South Wales to schoolteacher John Filshie and his wife Elizabeth Seaman, she was educated at the local schools, eventually becoming ...

was the first woman to win a seat at a general election, winning

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as an independent in 1937 (she was also the first female independent elected in Australia). She was joined in 1938 by Fanny Brownbill, Labor's first female member, elected at a by-election for the seat of Geelong. Weber resigned in 1943 and Brownbill died in 1948, after which there were no women in the Assembly until 1967, when Dorothy Goble was elected as the

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member for

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. Since then there have continuously been female members in the Assembly. The first female minister was Labor's

Pauline Toner Pauline Therese Toner (16 March 1935 – 3 March 1989) was the first female cabinet minister in the Parliament of Victoria. A member of the Labor Party, she was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1977 and was Minister for Communit ...

, who became a minister in 1982. Since then, the number of female members has continued to rise.

Jeanette Powell Elizabeth Jeanette Powell (born 4 February 1949) is a British-born Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2014, representing the electorate of Shepparton. She was previousl ...

was the first National Party member, elected to the Assembly in 2002. That election also brought 11 new Labor women into the Assembly. Since Ivy Weber, three other women, Susan Davies

Suzanna Sheed Suzanna Sheed (born 14 March 1954) is an Australian politician. She was an Independent politician, independent member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the 2014 Victorian state election, 2014 state election until 2022, representing the ...

and

Ali Cupper Alison Sarah Cupper (born 20 January 1980) is an Australian politician. She was an Independent member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2018 until 2022, representing the seat of Mildura and was a previous Labor candidate. Political ca ...

have been elected to the Assembly as independents. Ellen Sandell was one of the two Greens candidates first elected to the Assembly at the 2014 state election.

Judy Maddigan Judith Marilyn Maddigan (; born 3 February 1948), Australian politician, was Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2005. She was the member for the seat of Essendon from 1996 to 2010, representing the Labor Party. Maddig ...

became the first female

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in 2003. Since then, three other women,

Jenny Lindell Jennifer Margaret Lindell (born 19 December 1953 in Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian politician and former Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Lindell was educated at St Joseph's PS Springvale and Killester College, ...

Christine Fyffe Christine Ann Fyffe (born 10 December 1944) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2002 and again from 2006 to 2018, representing Evelyn. Personal life Fyffe was born in Staf ...

and

Maree Edwards Janice Maree Edwards (born 2 February 1962) is an Australian politician. She has been the member for Bendigo West in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010. Edwards has a BA (Hons) from La Trobe University, Bendigo. Edwards was firs ...

have served as Speaker. Maree Edwards has been the Speaker since 2022 and is the first female Speaker from a regional city electorate.

List of women in the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Names in bold indicate women who have been appointed as Ministers or Parliamentary Secretaries during their time in Parliament. Names in ''italics'' indicate women who were first elected at a by-election, and * symbolises members that have sat as members in both the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council.

Timeline

ImageSize = width:1100 height:auto barincrement:12 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:80 right:200 left:20 AlignBars = early DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1930 till:2023 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:5 start:1930 Colors = id:UA value:darkblue legend: United Australia Party id:AL value:red legend: Australian Labor Party id:LP value:blue legend: Liberal Party of Australia id:NP value:teal legend: National Party of Australia id:AG value:brightgreen legend: Australian Greens id:ID value:gray(0.6) legend: Independent Legend = columns:3 left:150 top:50 columnwidth:200 BarData = barset:MLAs bar:Barker barset:MLAs2 bar:Fyffe barset:MLAs3 PlotData= width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till barset:MLAs from:1933 till:1935 color:UA text:"

(1933–1935)" from:1937 till:1943 color:ID text:"

(1937–1943)" from:1938 till:1948 color:AL text:" Fanny Brownbill (1938–1948)" from:1967 till:1976 color:LP text:" Dorothy Goble (1967–1976)" from:1976 till:1985 color:LP text:"

Jeannette Patrick Jeannette Tweeddale Patrick (née Breen; 2 November 1929 – 24 May 2011) was an Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1985. Patrick was born in Brighton, the daughter of solici ...

(1976–1985)" from:1977 till:1989 color:AL text:"

(1977–1989)" from:1979 till:1982 color:LP text:"

Joan Chambers Joan Heywood Chambers, ''née'' Murray (18 March 1930 – 29 August 2016) was an Australian politician. She was born in Elsternwick to company manager James McNab Murray and Annie Hale Shaw. She attended Ormond State School and Tintern Churc ...

(1979–1982)" from:1981 till:1988 color:AL text:" Valerie Callister (1981–1988)" from:1981 till:1988 color:LP text:" Prue Sibree (1981–1988)" from:1982 till:1992 color:AL text:"

Jane Hill Jane Amanda Hill (born 10 June 1969 in Eastbourne, Sussex) is an English newsreader working for the BBC. She is one of the main presenters for BBC News, and is the main presenter on the '' BBC News at One'' and the '' BBC News at Five'', as w ...

(1982–1992)" from:1982 till:1992 color:AL text:" Margaret Ray (1982–1992)" from:1982 till:1992 color:AL text:" Kay Setches (1982–1992)" from:1985 till:1999 color:AL text:"

Jan Wilson Jan Wilson CBE (1944 – 2 August 2010) was a Labour councillor in Sheffield and formerly the leader of Sheffield City Council. Her career outside politics saw her volunteer with the Citizens Advice Bureau in 1975, and she joined the staff in 1 ...

(1985–1999)" from:1985 till:1989 color:AL text:" Beth Gleeson (1985–1989)" from:1985 till:1992 color:AL text:"

Carolyn Hirsh Carolyn Dorothy Hirsh (born 1 August 1937) is a former Australian politician representing Silvan Province in the Victorian Legislative Council. Elected as a member of the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party, she was forced to ...

(1985–1992)" from:1988 till:1999 color:LP text:" Jan Wade (1988–1999)" bar:Barker from:1988 till:1992 color:AL text:" from:1999 till:2014 color:AL text:"

Ann Barker Ann Patricia Barker (born 19 January 1952) is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014, representing the electorate of Oakleigh. She previously represented the elect ...

(1988–1992, 1999–2014)" barset:MLAs2 from:1988 till:1994 color:AL text:"

Joan Kirner Joan Elizabeth Kirner (née Hood; 20 June 1938 – 1 June 2015) was an Australian politician who was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, serving from 1990 to 1992. A Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 1982 to 1994, she was a mem ...

(1988–1994)" from:1989 till:2006 color:AL text:"

Sherryl Garbutt Sherryl Maree Garbutt (born 5 May 1948) is a former Australian politician. Garbutt was awarded the Medal in the Order of Australia in the 2020 Australia Day Honours. Early life Born in Melbourne, Victoria, she attended Oak Park High Scho ...

(1989–2006)" from:1992 till:2002 color:LP text:"

Lorraine Elliott Lorraine Clare Elliott (née Golder; 9 July 1943 – 2 July 2014) was an Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Mooroolbark in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2002. Elliott was born to Harry James Golder and Ail ...

(1992–2002)" from:1992 till:1999 color:LP text:" Ann Henderson (1992–1999)" from:1992 till:1996 color:AL text:"

Carole Marple Carole Frances Marple (''née'' Whitelaw) (born 24 December 1941) is a former Australian politician. She was the Labor member for Altona in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 1996. Carole Frances Whitelaw was born at Benalla, north ...

(1992–1996)" from:1992 till:1999 color:LP text:"

Denise McGill Denise Frances McGill (born 11 December 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia). McGill was a state politician for the Liberal Party who has held the seat of Oakleigh from October 1992 until August 1999. McGill was councillor of Oakleigh from 1 ...

(1992–1999)" from:1992 till:2002 color:LP text:"

Inga Peulich Inga Peulich (; née Došen; born 15 October 1956) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Council representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region from 2006 to 2018. From 2014 to 2018, Peulich served as the Victorian L ...

(1992–2002)" from:1992 till:1999 color:LP text:"

Marie Tehan Marie Therese Tehan (; 19 June 1940 – 31 October 2004) was an Australian politician and lawyer. Educated at Sacré Cœur School, Glen Iris, Victoria, Glen Iris, Melbourne and at the University of Melbourne, Marie O'Brien qualified as a lawyer ...

(1992–1999)" from:1996 till:2002 color:LP text:"

Leonie Burke Leonie Therese Burke, née Hemingway (born 27 January 1949) is a former Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Prahran in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. Burke was born in Melbourne to Douglas and Marie Hemi ...

(1996–2002)" from:1996 till:2014 color:AL text:" Christine Campbell (1996–2014)" from:1996 till:2006 color:AL text:" Mary Gillett (1996–2006)" from:1996 till:2010 color:AL text:"

Lynne Kosky Lynne Janice Kosky (2 September 1958 – 4 December 2014) was an Australian politician and senior minister in the Government of Victoria. She represented the electoral district of Altona in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Labor Part ...

(1996–2010)" from:1996 till:2002 color:LP text:"

Andrea McCall Andrea Lea McCall (born 16 March 1952) is a former Australian politician. She was the Liberal member for Frankston in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. McCall was born in Yorkshire, England, and was educated at Harrogate. Sh ...

(1996–2002)" from:1996 till:2010 color:AL text:"

(1996–2010)" from:1996 till:2010 color:LP text:" Helen Shardey (1996–2010)" from:1997 till:2002 color:ID text:" Susan Davies (1997–2002)" from:1998 till:2006 color:AL text:"

Mary Delahunty Mary Elizabeth Delahunty (born 7 June 1951) is an Australian journalist and politician with the Labor Party. Early life Delahunty was born in the Victorian town of Murtoa and educated at Loreto College in Ballarat.''Who's Who in Australia ...

(1998–2006)" from:1999 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Jacinta Allan Jacinta Marie Allan (born 19 September 1973) is an Australian politician serving as the 29th and current Deputy Premier of Victoria, deputy premier of Victoria since June 2022. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Vi ...

(1999–present)" from:1999 till:2018 color:LP text:"

Louise Asher Louise Marjorie Asher (born 26 June 1956) is a retired Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2018, representing the electorate of Brighton; she previously served in the Victoria ...

(1999–2018)" from:1999 till:2014 color:AL text:"

Liz Beattie Elizabeth Jean Beattie is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2014. She represented the electorate of Yuroke from 2002; she previously represented the abolished elec ...

(1999–2014)" from:1999 till:2014 color:AL text:" Joanne Duncan (1999–2014)" bar:Fyffe from:1999 till:2002 color:LP text:" from:2006 till:2018 color:LP text:"

(1999–2002, 2006–2018)" barset:MLAs3 from:1999 till:2010 color:AL text:"

(1999–2010)" from:1999 till:2010 color:AL text:"

Karen Overington Karen Marie Overington (16 November 1951 – 11 August 2011) was an Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2010, representing the electorate of Ballarat West. Overington was born ...

(1999–2010)" from:1999 till:2012 color:AL text:" Bronwyn Pike (1999–2012)" from:2000 till:2002 color:AL text:"

Denise Allen Denise Margaret Allen (29 March 1953 – 22 January 2022) was an Australian politician, political strategist, social commentator and disability advocate. Life and career Allen was born on 29 March 1953 in Alexandra, Victoria, to Jack Donald ...

(2000–2002)" from:2002 till:2006 color:AL text:"

Dympna Beard Dympna Anne Beard (born 27 February 1949) is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2006. Beard was born in Colac, Victoria. She won the seat of Kilsyth as one of a numb ...

(2002–2006)" from:2002 till:2006 color:AL text:" Rosy Buchanan (2002–2006)" from:2002 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Lily D'Ambrosio Liliana D'Ambrosio (born 30 July 1964, in Melbourne) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002, representing the electorate of Mill Park. She is presently Minister for Ener ...

(2002–present)" from:2002 till:2006 color:AL text:"

Anne Eckstein Anne Lore Eckstein (born 28 September 1955) is a former Australian politician. Born in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, she graduated from Boronia High School in 1973 and received a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in 1978 and a Master of Arts in 1985 from Mo ...

(2002–2006)" from:2002 till:2022 color:AL text:"

Danielle Green Danielle Louise Green (born 19 September 1963) is a former Australian politician, who served as the member for Yan Yean in the Victorian Legislative Assembly until 2022. She represented the Labor Party Before entering Parliament, she had comp ...

(2002–2022)" from:2002 till:2010 color:AL text:" Tammy Lobato (2002–2010)" from:2002 till:2010 color:AL text:"

Kirstie Marshall Kirstie Claire Marshall, OAM (born 21 April 1969) is an Australian aerial skier and Victorian state politician. Marshall was an ex-gymnast who became an aerial skier at Mount Buller, Victoria. During her skiing career Marshall won over 40 W ...

(2002–2010)" from:2002 till:2006 color:AL text:" Heather McTaggart (2002–2006)" from:2002 till:2010 color:AL text:"

Maxine Morand Maxine Veronica Morand (born 30 January 1959) is an Australian academic, advocate for cancer patients, and former politician. Morand has a current academic appointment at Monash University where she is a professorial fellow in the School of Pu ...

(2002–2010)" from:2002 till:2010 color:AL text:"

Janice Munt Janice Ruth Munt (born 3 November 1955) is an Australian politician. Munt was born in Melbourne, Victoria. She was educated at Highett High School. Before entering politics she was variously a company director, shop assistant, hair dresser's as ...

(2002–2010)" from:2002 till:2022 color:AL text:"

Lisa Neville Lisa Mary Neville (born 27 May 1964) is a former Australian politician, formerly serving as the member for Bellarine in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She represented the Labor Party. Between 2014 and 2022, she was the Minister for Police ...

(2002–2022)" from:2002 till:2014 color:NP text:"

(2002–2014)" from:2006 till:2018 color:AL text:"

Judith Graley Judith Ann Graley (born 26 January 1957) is an Australian politician. Graley was born in Sunshine, Victoria, and graduated from Sunshine West High School in 1974. She attended La Trobe University from 1975 to 1978, receiving a BA (Hons), and ...

(2006–2018)" from:2006 till:2017 color:AL text:"

Fiona Richardson Fiona Catherine Alison Richardson (22 November 1966 – 23 August 2017) was an Australian politician. She was a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2006 until her death in 20 ...

(2006–2017)" from:2006 till:2018 color:AL text:"

Marsha Thomson Marsha Rose Thomson (born 21 December 1955) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the electoral district of Footscray for the Labor Party from 2006 to 2018; she previously served in t ...

(2006–2018)" from:2006 till:2018 color:LP text:"

Heidi Victoria Heidi Victoria (born Heidi Mitterlehner on 12 October 1967) is a professional photographer and former Australian politician. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing Bayswater for the Liberal Party from 2006 to 2018. ...

(2006–2018)" from:2006 till:2014 color:LP text:"

Mary Wooldridge Mary Louise Newling Wooldridge (born 29 July 1967) is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 2006 to 2019. She was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the seat ...

(2006–2014)" from:2008 till:2022 color:AL text:"

Marlene Kairouz Marlene Kairouz (born 2 March 1975) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2008. She was the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation between 2016 and 2020. Polit ...

(2008–2022)" from:2010 till:2022 color:AL text:"

Jill Hennessy Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is most known for her roles on the American television series '' Law & Order'', on which she played prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons, and ''Crossin ...

(2010–2022)" from:2010 till:2014 color:LP text:"

Donna Bauer Donna Jane Hope (Bauer), born 4 October 1970, is an Australian politician who represented the Liberal Party as the member for Carrum in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014, having previously served as the Deputy Mayor of the ...

(2010–2014)" from:2010 till:2023 color:AL text:"

(2010–present)" from:2010 till:2018 color:AL text:"

Jane Garrett Jane Furneaux Garrett (16 March 1973 – 2 July 2022) was an Australian politician. She was the Labor Party member for Brunswick in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 until 2018, when she transferred to the Victorian Legislative Cou ...

(2010–2018)" from:2010 till:2023 color:AL text:" Bronwyn Halfpenny (2010–present)" from:2010 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Natalie Hutchins Natalie Maree Hutchins (''née'' Sykes, born 9 March 1972), also known as Natalie Sykes-Hutchins, is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010, representing the electorates of ...

(2010–present)" from:2010 till:2018 color:AL text:" Sharon Knight (2010–2018)" from:2010 till:2022 color:LP text:"

Cindy McLeish Lucinda Gaye "Cindy" McLeish (born 26 April 1962) is an Australian politician, and has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2010, representing Seymour until 2014 and Eildon thereafter. McLeish was born and raised in Yea, ...

(2010–present)" from:2010 till:2014 color:LP text:" Elizabeth Miller (2010–2014)" from:2010 till:2018 color:LP text:" Dee Ryall (2010–2018)" from:2010 till:2014 color:LP text:"

Lorraine Wreford Lorraine Joan Wreford (born 10 August 1961) is an Australian politician, and was the member of Mordialloc in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014. She was Mayor of the City of Casey before defeating Janice Munt in the 2010 sta ...

(2010–2014)" from:2012 till:2014 color:AL text:"

Jennifer Kanis Jennifer Kanis (born 16 April 1970) is an Australian politician. She was the Labor Party member for Melbourne in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 2012 and 2014. Kanis was born in Melbourne to migrant parents—a Greek father and Ital ...

(2012–2014)" from:2014 till:2022 color:AL text:"

Lizzie Blandthorn Elizabeth Anne Blandthorn (born 1 August 1977) is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Victorian Legislative Council representing the Western Metropolitan Region since November 2022, and previously served as the member for the Electo ...

(2014–2022)" from:2014 till:2023 color:AL text:" Christine Couzens (2014–present)" from:2014 till:2023 color:NP text:"

Emma Kealy Emma Jayne Kealy (born 29 May 1977) is an Australian politician. She has been a National Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Lowan. Kealy was born and raised in ...

(2014–present)" from:2014 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Sonya Kilkenny Sonya Kilkenny (born 15 May 1969) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the Electoral district of Carrum. Kilkenny first entered parliament at th ...

(2014–present)" from:2014 till:2022 color:NP text:" Steph Ryan (2014–2022)" from:2014 till:2023 color:AG text:" Ellen Sandell (2014–present)" from:2014 till:2022 color:ID text:"

(2014–2022)" from:2014 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Ros Spence Rosalind Louise Spence (born 16 December 1970) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing Yuroke from 2014 to 2022, then Kalkallo from 2022 onwards. ...

(2014–present)" from:2014 till:2022 color:LP text:" Louise Staley (2014–2022)" from:2014 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Natalie Suleyman Natalie Suleyman (born Nazlı Süleyman on 6 June 1974) is an Australian politician, representing the safe seat electorate of St Albans in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. She is the first per ...

(2014–present)" from:2014 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Mary-Anne Thomas Mary-Anne Thomas (born 26 February 1963) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the electorate of Macedon. She has served as Victoria's Minister for ...

(2014–present)" from:2014 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Vicki Ward Vicki Ward (born 30 June 1969) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Eltham. She has been Parliamentary Secretary ...

(2014–present)" from:2014 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Gabrielle Williams Gabrielle Williams (born 27 October 1982) is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the seat of Dandenong. Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts and a B ...

(2014–present)" from:2015 till:2023 color:LP text:"

Roma Britnell Roma Clare Britnell (née Hussey; born 17 January 1967) is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as a Liberal Party member for South-West Coast, at a by-election in 2015. She was re-elected in 2018 and ...

(2015–present)" from:2017 till:2018 color:AG text:"

Lidia Thorpe Lidia Alma Thorpe (born 1973) is an Australian politician representing the Australian Greens. She has been a senator for Victoria since 2020, and is the first Aboriginal senator from that state. From June to October 2022, she served as the G ...

(2017–2018)" from:2018 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Juliana Addison Juliana Marie Addison (born 1 August 1974) is an Australian politician serving as the elected member for the Electoral district of Wendouree in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party. Early career F ...

(2018–present)" from:2018 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Sarah Connolly Dame Sarah Patricia Connolly (born 13 June 1963) is an English mezzo-soprano. Although best known for her baroque and classical roles, Connolly has a wide-ranging repertoire which has included works by Wagner as well as various 20th-century ...

(2018–present)" from:2018 till:2023 color:AL text:" Jordan Crugnale (2018–present)" from:2018 till:2022 color:ID text:"

(2018–2022)" from:2018 till:2023 color:AL text:" Katie Hall (2018–present)" from:2018 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Melissa Horne Melissa Margaret Horne is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the uppe ...

(2018–present)" from:2018 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Pauline Richards Pauline Louise Richards is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018, representing the seat of Cranbourne. Richards, a former Whitehorse City councillor, ran as the ...

(2018–present)" from:2018 till:2023 color:AL text:" Michaela Settle (2018–present)" from:2018 till:2023 color:AL text:" Kat Theophanous (2018–present)" from:2018 till:2023 color:LP text:" Bridget Vallence (2018–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:AL text:" Nina Taylor (2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:AL text:" Alison Marchant (2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Kathleen Matthews-Ward Kathleen Matthews-Ward is an Australian politician who is the current member for the Electoral district of Broadmeadows, district of Broadmeadows in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (Victorian ...

(2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 Color:NP text:"

Annabelle Cleeland Annabelle Cleeland is an Australian politician who is the current member for the district of Euroa in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Nationals and was elected in the 2022 state election, replacing retiring MLA Step ...

(2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:LP text:"

Jess Wilson Jessica Kate Wilson is a Liberal Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seat of Kew. Prior to her candidacy, Wilson was the executive director of the Business Council of Australia. Politics Prior to her candidacy for the ...

(2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:AL text:" Luba Grigorovitch (2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Ella George Ella George is an Australian politician who is the current member for the district of Lara in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Labor Party and was elected in the 2022 state election, after replacing retiring MLA Joh ...

(2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:NP text:"

Jade Benham Jade Benham is an Australian politician who is the current member for the district of Mildura in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Nationals and was elected in the 2022 state election, after defeating incumbent MLA Al ...

(2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Daniela De Martino Daniela De Martino is an Australian politician who is the current member for the district of Monbulk in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Labor Party and was elected in the 2022 state election, replacing retiring MLA ...

(2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Belinda Wilson Belinda Wilson is an Australian politician who is a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the district of Electoral district of Narre Warren North, Narre Warren North. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (Victorian ...

(2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:AL text:" Emma Vulin (2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 Color:AG text:"

Gabrielle de Vietri Gabrielle de Vietri (born 1983) is a member of the Victorian Greens elected in the 2022 Victorian state election for the electoral district of Richmond. Life and career In 2003, de Vietri earned a Visual Arts Certificate from the , followed by ...

(2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Martha Haylett Martha Ellen Haylett is an Australian politician who is the current member for the district of Ripon in the Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Au ...

(2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:NP text:" Kim O'Keeffe (2022–present)" from:2022 till:2023 color:AL text:"

Lauren Kathage Lauren Kathage is an Australian politician who is the current member for the district of Yan Yean in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She is a member of the Labor Party and was elected in the 2022 state election, after replacing retiring M ...

(2022–present)" from:2023 till:2023 color:AL text:" Eden Foster (2023–present)" from:2023 till:2023 color:LP text:" Nicole Werner (2023–present)" barset:skip

Proportion of women in the Assembly

Numbers and proportions are as they were directly after the relevant election and do not take into account by-elections, defections or other changes in membership. The Liberal column also includes that party's predecessor, the United Australia and Liberal & Country parties.

List of women in the Victorian Legislative Assembly

Timeline

Proportion of women in the Assembly

See also