![]() The Legislative Yuan was fully appointed until 1948, when 83 women became the first elected female members: Bai Lianzhen, Amina Bughra, Chang Ping-chiang, Chang Wei-chen, Chao Mao-hua, Chen Jianchen, Chen Jiujing, Chen Mingxian, Chen Yi Yun, Cheng Xiaofu, Cheng Xiu, Cheng Yizhi, Chou Hui-ying, Chou Min, Cui Puzhen, Cui Renqiu, Deng Jixing, Ding Chengfang, Fang Jida, Fei Hsia, Fu Ching-yen, Fu Yan, Hsieh Er, Hsing Shu-yen, Hu Manqi, Huang Jiewen, Huang Peilan, Huang Zhiquan, Huang Chen-hua, Ji Qingyi, Lee Hsiu-fen, Li Hui-min, Li Man-kuei, Li Tianlin, Li Xiangheng, Lin Shen, Ling Yingzhen, Liu Heng-ching, Liu Muzhen, Liu Puren, Liu Woying, Liu Yuzhong, Lou Yiwen, Lu Yun-chang, Luo Heng, Ma Runmin, Ma Shucheng, Mao Tan-yun, Ni Yujie, Pao Yi-min, Pi Yi-shu, Qian Ying, Qiao Jiafu, Rashida, Shih Min-chi, Sun Chi-hsu, Suo Zhaoshiya, Tan Tiwu, Tang Gouzhen, Tcheng Yu-hsiu, Tung Tao-yun, Wang Ai-fen, Wang Chang-hui, Wang Chunbi, Wang Der-zheng, Wang Hsiao-hua, Wang Hsiao-ying, Wang Lubing, Wang Tung-chen, Wei Pei-lan, Wong Tsun-yin, Wu Chi-mei, Wu Jingbin, Wu Lin, Wu Yunfang, Xia Jingru, Xiang Runkun, Yang Pao-lin, Yang Chongrui, Yeh Yeh-chin, Yu Ruzhou, Zhang Guangren and Zhuang Jing. Mary Evelyn Wood became the first elected member in 1962 Julienne Keutcha was the first elected member of the National Assembly in 1960 īodden was an appointed member of the Legislative Assembly. Idowu was an appointed member of the Southern Cameroons House of Assembly. Sirin and Sulaiman were both appointed Brunei has not held parliamentary elections since 1965. Parsons and Ethlyn Smith became the first two women elected in 1995 ![]() Lucie Dejardin was the first directly-elected member of the Chamber of Representatives in 1929 Ĭhiepe became the first female directly-elected member in a 1977 by-election Ĭreque was an appointed member of the Legislative Council. Janson was an indirectly-elected member of the Senate. Edna Ermyntrude Bourne became the woman elected to the House of Assembly in 1951 Hanschell was an appointed member of the Legislative Council. Ikramullah was indirectly elected to the Constituent Assembly of India, subsequently representing East Bengal in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan]. ![]() Lateefa Al Gaood became the first elected member of the Consultative Council in 2006 Janet Bostwick was the first woman elected to the House of Assembly in 1982 Johnson was an appointed member of the Senate. Jacqui Quinn-Leandro was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives in 2004 Higgins was an appointed member of the West Indies Federal Senate. She and Albena Lake-Hodge became the first elected members in 1976 Gumbs was an appointed member of the House of Assembly. The list excludes members of provisional, non-elected legislatures constituted during or following conflicts. Members are listed by when they took office. List of the first female members of parliament by country Parliamentary elections have been held in Micronesia since the 1960s, but no woman has ever been elected. Membership of the Vatican legislature, the Pontifical Commission, is limited to cardinals, all of whom are men. Two sovereign countries – Micronesia and Vatican City – have never had a female parliamentarian. ![]() In many cases, the first female parliamentarians were appointed rather than elected members. In some cases – such as Grace Schneiders-Howard of Suriname – women were elected before they had the right to vote, having been granted the right to stand as candidates but not active suffrage. The first female parliamentarian in a fully-independent country was Anna Rogstad of Norway, who took her seat in the Storting as a substitute in 1911, while the first woman directly elected to parliament in an independent country was Jeannette Rankin of the United States, who was elected to the House of Representatives in 1916, taking office the following year. Instead, the first female parliamentarians came from the Grand Duchy of Finland, where 19 women were elected to the Eduskunta in 1907. However, she did not take the seat she was entitled to. Princess Isabel of Brazil could have become the first female parliamentarian in 1871, as the Brazilian constitution reserved a seat in the Senate for the heir presumptive to the throne once they reached 25 years of age. This is a list of the first female members of parliament in each country and territory. List of the first female members of parliament
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