Appendix 9: Proportion of female senators and members, 1943–2013

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Senate
House of Representatives
Election
% female
Election
% female
21/08/1943
2.8
21/08/1943
1.3
1/07/1947
5.6
28/09/1946
2.7
22/02/1950
6.7
10/12/1949
0.8
28/04/1951
6.7
28/04/1951
0.0
1/07/1953
6.7
29/05/1954
0.0
10/12/1955
8.3
10/12/1955
0.0
1/07/1956
8.3
22/11/1958
0.0
1/07/1959
8.3
9/12/1961
0.0
1/07/1962
8.3
30/11/1963
0.0
1/07/1965
6.7
26/11/1966
0.8
1/07/1968
5.0
25/10/1969
0.0
1/07/1971
3.3
2/12/1972
0.0
18/05/1974
6.7
18/05/1974
0.8
13/12/1975
9.4
13/12/1975
0.0
1/07/1978
9.4
10/12/1977
0.0
1/07/1981
15.6
18/10/1980
2.4
5/03/1983
20.3
5/03/1983
4.8
1/12/1984
18.4
1/12/1984
5.4
1/07/1985
18.4
11/07/1987
6.1
11/07/1987
22.4
24/03/1990
6.8
1/07/1990
23.7
13/03/1993
8.8
1/07/1993
21.1
2/03/1996
15.5
1/07/1996
30.3
30/10/1998
22.3
1/07/1999
28.9
10/11/2001
25.3
1/07/2002
30.3
9/10/2004
24.7
1/07/2005
35.5
24/11/2007
26.5
1/07/2008
35.5
21/08/2010
24.7
1/07/2011
39.5
7/09/2013
26.0
7/09/2013
36.8

Source: Compiled by Parliamentary Library from Parliamentary Handbook

 

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