Gender composition of Australian parliaments by party

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Excel version of tables

This FlagPost provides updated tables showing the composition of Australian parliaments by party and gender (see Tables 1 and 2 of the spreadsheet linked above). Since the last version was published on 16 January 2025, the following changes to elected representatives and party alignments have occurred.   

Commonwealth

Following the general election held on 3 May 2025, the House of Representatives now comprises 150 seats following a redistribution. Women now comprise:

  • 46.0% of the House of Representatives
  • 56.6% of the Senate
  • 49.6% of the parliament as a whole—the closest to parity yet.

The Cabinet and Outer Ministry, including assistant ministers, has 19 women and 23 men. In Cabinet there are 12 women and 11 men (including the Prime Minister). Women make up 56.1% of the ALP caucus, 46.3% of the Cabinet and Outer Ministry, and 52.2% of the Cabinet alone.

Sussan Ley (Farrer, Lib, NSW) was elected as the first female leader of the Liberal Party on 13 May 2025.

Senate

On 28 January 2025 Simon Birmingham (Lib, SA) resigned his seat, with Leah Blyth (Lib, SA) chosen to fill this Senate vacancy on 6 February 2025.

Anne Urquhart (ALP, Tas) resigned her seat on 28 March 2025 to contest the House of Representatives seat of Braddon in the 2025 federal election (which she won). Josh Dolega (ALP, Tas) was chosen to fill this Senate vacancy on 27 May 2025.

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (Lib, NT) switched from the Nationals party room to the Liberal party room on 9 May 2025.

Dorinda Cox (ALP, WA) resigned from the Australian Greens to join the ALP on 2 June 2025.

Warwick Stacey (PHON, NSW) resigned from the Senate on 19 August 2025. The casual vacancy is yet to be filled.    

New South Wales

Legislative Assembly

Robert Dwyer (Lib) was elected at the by-election held on 15 March 2025 for the seat of Port Macquarie, replacing Leslie Williams (Lib), who resigned on 31 January 2025.

Gareth Ward (Ind, Kiama) resigned from parliament on 8 August 2025. A by-election will be held on 13 September 2025.

Legislative Council

Samuel Farraway (NAT) resigned from the Legislative Council on 9 December 2024 to contest the House of Representatives seat of Calare in the 2025 federal election (he was unsuccessful). On 13 February 2025 Nichole Overall (NAT) was elected to fill the casual vacancy.

Tania Mihailuk (Ind) resigned from Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party to sit as an Independent on 20 December 2024.

Victoria

Legislative Assembly

John Lister (ALP) was elected at the by-election held on 8 February 2025 for the seat of Werribee, replacing Tim Pallas (ALP), who resigned on 6 January 2025.

Rachel Westaway (Lib) was elected at the by-election held on 8 February 2025 for the seat of Prahan, replacing Sam Hibbins (GRN), who resigned on 23 November 2024.

The Victorian parliament as a whole is above parity with 50.8% women—63 men and 65 women.

Legislative Council

Moira Deeming (Western Metropolitan, Lib) was readmitted to the Liberal Party on 27 December 2024.

Queensland

James (Jimmy) Sullivan (Stafford, Ind) was expelled from the Labor party caucus on 12 May 2025 and now sits as an Independent.

Western Australia

Following the general election held on 8 March 2025, women now comprise:

  • 40.7% of the Legislative Assembly
  • 48.6% of the Legislative Council
  • 43.8% of the Western Australian parliament as a whole.

South Australia

Legislative Council

Sarah Game (Ind) resigned from Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party on 17 May 2025 to sit as an Independent. On 13 August 2025 she formed the Sarah Game Fair Go for Australians party.

Tammy Franks (Ind) resigned from the Greens party on 13 May 2025 to sit as an Independent.

Jing Lee (Ind) resigned from the Liberal Party on 10 January 2025 to sit as an Independent.

Tasmania

House of Assembly

Following the election for the House of Assembly on 19 July 2025, women now comprise:

  • 42.9% of the House of Assembly
  • 46% of the parliament as a whole.

Legislative Council

At the Legislative Council election for three of the 15 divisions held on 24 May 2025, two incumbent members Meg Webb (Nelson, Ind) and Luke Edmunds (Pembroke, ALP) retained their seats. The third seat went to independent Casey Hiscutt (Montgomery, Ind), who replaced his mother Leonie Hiscutt (Montgomery, Lib), who represented the Liberal party and retired before the election.