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The Honourable Dame Enid Lyons was appointed as the Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1949. However, the post held no ministerial or departmental responsibilities, only a Cabinet seat.

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In 1943, Dame Enid Lyons and Senator Dorothy Tangney became the first women to be elected to the Federal Parliament.

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