South Australian Liberals have lowest representation of women in nation

New analysis has revealed the SA Liberals have the lowest representation of Women of all Lower Houses of Parliament in Australia, even before the outcome of the Bragg by-election is determined.

If Jack Batty is successful at Bragg by-election the SA Liberals will have just 12.5% female representation in the Lower House of the South Australian Parliament – by far the lowest in the nation.

The latest figures were compiled post the Federal election:

Representation of women in Lower House
State/party% of women
Tasmanian Labor 66.7%
ACT Labor 60.0%
ACT Liberal 55.6%
SA Labor 51.9%
WA Liberal 50.0%
WA Labor 49.1%
Federal Labor 46.8%
NT Labor 46.7%
Victorian Labor 45.5%
NSW Labor 43.2%
NT Country Liberals 42.9%
Queensland Labor 40.4%
Tasmanian Liberals 30.8%
NSW Coalition 28.9%
Victorian Coalition 22.2%
Federal Coalition 19.0%
Queensland LNP 17.6%
SA Liberals 12.5%

This is in contrast to SA Labor which has more women than men in the lower house, with a record 51.9% female representation in the House of Assembly.

Quotes

Attributable to Susan Close

There are more Davids in the lower house than there are women under the leadership of the David Speirs.

It is disappointing that Mr Speirs has failed to use the Bragg by-election to back in a female candidate.

Attributable to Katrine Hildyard

To have the lowest representation of women in the lower house in the entire nation is a travesty. And it is a travesty demonstrative of the Liberals’ utter failure to understand the benefits for our whole community that come with gender equality.

You can’t be what you can’t see; it is vital that we achieve equality in female representation in our Parliament – Labor has had a clear plan to achieve this.

In contrast, the Liberals seem to have no understanding of why it is important nor any strategy to achieve change.

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