You Can’t Be What You Can’t See – Women in the ACT Legislative Assembly Joy Burch MLA – Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly Women in the ACT Assembly • First Assembly 4/17 23.5% • Second Assembly 6/17 35% • Third Assembly 5/17 29% • Fourth Assembly 2/17 12% • Fifth Assembly 7/17 41% • Sixth Assembly 6/17 35% • Seventh Assembly 7/17 41% • Eighth Assembly 6/17 35% • Ninth Assembly 13/25 52% Table 2: Composition of Australian parliaments by party and gender (by chamber), as at 18 May 2018 (includes any by-election results and any casual vacancies filled since the most recent general election in each jurisdiction) Cth (2.7.16) NSW (28.3.15) Vic. (29.11.14) Qld (25.11.17) WA (11.3.17) SA (17.3.18) Tas. (3.3.18) ACT (15.10.16) NT (27.8.16) Total M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F M F %F Total Parliament ALP 48 42 46.7 29 17 37.0 33 26 44.1 25 23 47.9 32 22 40.7 18 9 33.3 5 9 64.3 5 7 58.3 9 9 50.0 204 164 44.6 LIB 65 20 23.5 39 11 22.0 32 12 27.3 19 3 13.6 28 6 17.6 9 6 40.0 5 6 54.5 197 64 24.5 NATS 18 2 10.0 18 5 21.7 6 3 33.3 7 2 22.2 49 12 19.7 LNP 33 6 15.4 33 6 15.4 CLP 1 0.0 1 1 50.0 2 1 33.3 GRN 6 4 40.0 4 4 50.0 1 7 87.5 1 0.0 2 2 50.0 1 1 50.0 2 100.0 1 1 50.0 16 21 56.8 AC 1 0.0 1 100.0 1 1 50.0 AJP 1 0.0 1 0.0 ASA 1 0.0 1 0.0 CA 2 0.0 2 0.0 CDP 2 0.0 2 0.0 DHJP 1 0.0 1 0.0 KAP 1 0.0 3 0.0 4 0.0 LDP 1 0.0 1 0.0 2 0.0 PHON 2 1 33.3 1 0.0 3 0.0 6 1 14.3 RV 1 100.0 1 100.0 SAB 1 1 50.0 1 1 50.0 SFF 3 0.0 2 0.0 1 0.0 6 0.0 V1LJ 1 0.0 1 0.0 IND 4 1 20.0 2 0.0 2 1 33.3 1 100.0 2 1 33.3 6 3 33.3 3 2 40.0 19 9 32.1 Total 150 70 31.8 98 37 27.4 77 51 39.8 63 30 32.3 65 29 30.9 51 18 26.1 20 20 50.0 11 14 56.0 13 12 48.0 548 281 33.9 Politics and Public Administration Section, Commonwealth Parliamentary Library. Compiled using data from state and territory parliament and electoral commission websites. NOTES (1) Date shown beside each jurisdiction is for the latest general election. (2) Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory do not have an Upper House. (3) The Commonwealth figures include five vacancies in the House of Representatives following the resignations of Tim Hammond (ALP, Perth, WA), Justine Keay (ALP, Braddon, Tas.), Susan Lamb (ALP, Longman, Qld), Rebekha Sharkie (CA, Mayo, SA) and Josh Wilson (ALP, Fremantle, WA); and one vacancy in the Senate after the High Court ruled that the election of Katy Gallagher (ALP, ACT) was void under section 44 of the Constitution. (4) The figures for Western Australia include one vacancy in the Legislative Assembly following the resignation of Barry Urban (IND, Darling Range). LEGEND ALP - Australian Labor Party; LIB - Liberal Party; NATS - Nationals; LNP - Liberal National Party (Qld); CLP - Country Liberal Party; GRN - Greens; IND - independents (various); AC - Australian Conservatives; AJP - Animal Justice Party; ASA - Advance SA; CA - Centre Alliance; CDP - Christian Democratic Party; DHJP - Derryn Hinch's Justice Party; KAP - Katter's Australian Party; LDP - Liberal Democratic Party; PHON - Pauline Hanson's One Nation; RV - Reason Victoria; SAB - SA Best; SFF - Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party; V1LJ - Vote 1 Local Jobs. 4 of 5 members of the 2018 Estimates Select Committee are women Women members of the 9th ACT Legislative Assembly Factors leading to greater women's representation • Family friendly standing orders, pairs arrangements and sitting hours. • Setting up support structures for women within political parties. • Hare-Clarke Proportional Representation – giving voters more power in their choice of representatives. • Greater visibility of women doing the job of a parliamentarian. .