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Dame Enid Muriel Lyons AD GBE (née Burnell; 9 July 1897 – 2 September 1981) was an Australian politician. She was notable as the being the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives and to serve in the federal cabinet.
Dame Enid Muriel Lyons (1897-1981), politician, was, according to her birth certificate, born on 9 July 1897 at Duck River (Smithton), Tasmania, second of four children of William Burnell, sawyer, and his wife Eliza, née Taggett.
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Dame Enid Lyons AD GBE was the first woman elected to the Australian federal Parliament, in 1943. She was also the first woman in federal Cabinet. She was appointed as a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (Civil) on 11 May 1937 for her public services to Australia and as a Dame of the Order of Australia (AD) on 26 January 1980.
Vor 23 Stunden · Photo of Dorothy Tangney and Enid Lyons entering Parliament House in 1943, from the Papers of Dorothy Margaret Tangney, 1938-1986, nla.obj-3190082597 In an oral history interview with Mel Pratt, which you can hear on Trove, Enid Lyons reflected on the welcome she received in Parliament. They gave me a marvellous reception. Both sides of the ...
6. Sept. 2023 · Dame Enid was the first female Cabinet member, holding the office of Vice President of the Executive Council (a position she described as ‘toothless’) from 1949 until her retirement from parliament due to ill health in 1951. Despite her retirement, Dame Enid remained extremely active in public life. She held a number of positions ...
Enid Lyons (née Burnell) was born at Duck River, Tasmania in 1897. She married Joseph Lyons in 1915, adopting both his politics and his religion. Throughout their marriage, which produced twelve children, she supported her husband's political career which culminated in his election as Prime Minister in 1932.
3. Sept. 2018 · Dame Enid Lyons, whose husband J. A. (Joe) Lyons was Prime Minister for seven years, was a notable figure in Australian politics in her own right. She died yesterday at hospital in Ulverstone, near Devonport in Tasmania, aged 84.
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