Journal article
Promise and Performance: The Queensland Elections Act 1915 and the Women's Right to Stand for Parliament
Queensland Review, Vol.12(2), pp.51-61
2005
Abstract
Although the Election Act of 1915 enabled non-Indigenous women as well as men to stand as candidates for Queensland's Lower House, no woman took up this opportunity until Irene Longman's successful bid in 1929. In the 31 Queensland elections held between 1918 and 2004, women were, until very recently, a tiny minority when compared to the thousands of examples of male candidates for the same period. This paper examines the promises of the 1915 Elections Act, its position as part of the legislation framework that recognised political rights for women as well as men, and its inception in Parliment and the community. It also offers an overview of the subsequent history of women's attemps to stand for Queensland's Parliment.
Details
- Title
- Promise and Performance: The Queensland Elections Act 1915 and the Women's Right to Stand for Parliament
- Authors
- Joanne Scott (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social SciencesR Laurie (Author)
- Publication details
- Queensland Review, Vol.12(2), pp.51-61
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press
- Date published
- 2005
- DOI
- 10.1017/S1321816600004086
- ISSN
- 1321-8166
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2005 University of Queensland Press. The published version is reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Global & Engagement)
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448852002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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