Federal Women's Committee of the Liberal Party of Australia

The Federal Women's Committee of the Liberal Party of Australia was formed in August 1945 at the inaugural meeting of the party's Federal Council. That year the influential lobby group The Australian Women's National League merged with the Liberal Party, and as a result the Federal Constitution for the Party made specific provisions for the roles women would play in the party. In October 1946, the constitution established the Federal Women's Committee as a structural feature of the Party.

The Liberal Party maintains at a state level the Liberal Women's Councils for the state of It is unknown if the other states maintain such state councils in addition to the overarching Federal Women's Committee of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Chairmen / Presidents[]

1945-46: Miss Margaret Battye WA
1947: Miss NSW
1948: Mrs QLD
1949: Mrs VIC
1950: Miss Millie Best MBE TAS
1951: Mrs (later Lady) OBE JP WA
1952: Mrs (later Dame) Marie Breen VIC
1953: Mrs (later Lady) OBE JP WA
1954: Hon Eileen Furley OBE NSW
1955: Mrs (later Lady) Elizabeth Wilson CBE SA
1956: Miss Millie Best MBE TAS
1957: Mrs (later Dame) Audrey Reader VIC
1958: Mrs OBE QLD
1959: Mrs (later Hon) Eileen Furley OBE NSW
1960: Mrs (later Dame) Mabel Miller TAS
1961: Mrs (later Lady) Elizabeth Wilson CBE SA
1963-64: Miss NSW
1965: Mrs (later Dame) Mabel Miller TAS
1966-67: Mrs MBE
1967-70: Mrs QLD
1970-71: Mrs SA
1971-72: Mrs TAS
1972-73: Mrs WA
1973-74: Mrs QLD
1974-76: Mrs (later Dame) Beryl Beaurepaire VIC
1976-77: Mrs WA
1977-80: Mrs NSW
1980-85: Mrs Elizabeth Grant AM ACT
1985-86: Mrs QLD
1986-88: Ms (later Hon) Trish Worth (MHR) SA
1988-90: Ms ACT
1990-94: Mrs (later Hon) Joan Hall (MHA) SA
1994-97: Mrs Chris McDiven AM NSW
1997-99: Ms SA
1999-2004: Mrs TAS
2004-2008: Mrs Theana Thompson VIC
2008- : Ms Robyn Nolan WA

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