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Bronwyn Bishop was elected Speaker on 12 November 2013, as the Coalition's first female Speaker of the House and the third female Speaker, after Labor's Joan Child (1986–89) and Anna Burke (2012–13).
Mar 31, 2014 · Seven Speakers of the British House of Commons were executed by beheading between 1394 and 1535. While Bronwyn Bishop, the current Speaker of Australia’s House of Representatives, is unlikely to ...
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Bishop was elected as Speaker on 12 November 2013. She was the third woman, and the first non-Labor woman, to hold the post. She was also the first former senator to become Speaker of the lower house.
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Jul 13, 2021 · Bronwyn Bishop was determined to be preselected. ( ABC ) Bronwyn Bishop was rejected for preselection six times before becoming, in 1987, the first woman elected to the Senate from NSW.
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Nov 12, 2013 · The first female conservative Speaker Bronwyn Bishop will continue to attend party room meetings but has pledged to be impartial in the chamber. SBS News Australia
Sep 17, 2013 · Members of the House of Representatives will have elect Mrs Bishop to the role of Speaker before she can take up the role in late October when parliament is expected to resume. 3 min read ...
Apr 17, 2016 · Former speaker Bronwyn Bishop takes her seat on the backbench in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra on August 10, 2015. ... Canberra was first introduced to the Liberal ...
