Australia
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Sue
Lines
(Female)
Year of birth
1953
Additional information
Elected on 26 July 2022.
Secretary general
Secretary General
Richard
Pye
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
9 March 2017-
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Men
The number of male parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Jordan Steele-John (Male)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
71
Oldest member
Patrick Dodson (Male)
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
81-90
0
91 and over
0
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total <= 45: 22 | Total >= 46: 54 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Female | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Voluntary political party quotas.
Elections > Election results
Candidates
Total number of candidates
Total number of people who registered as candidates for election. Does not include people who stood as candidates to become "substitute members".
421
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
191
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
45.37%
Number of candidates, by sex
Number of female candidates
Number of female candidates
191
Percentage of women candidates
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women candidates by the total number of candidates.
45.37%
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
16
Number of women elected
24
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
60%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
24
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
33
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
43
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Sue
Lines
(Female)
Political party
Australian Labor Party (ALP)
Date of election
26.07.2022
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1943
Notes
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
1987