Division of Henty
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The Division of Henty was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1913 and abolished in 1990. It was named for the Henty family of Portland, the first European settle
James Arthur Boyd
Frederick Francis
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Arthur Coles 1945
Joan Child
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Gloria Joan Liles Child, was an Australian politician. She was the first woman to be Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. Up until the election of Anna Burke on 9 October 2012, she was
Division of Henty
…and its predecessors. A 1969 redistribution cut the seat back to the Oakleigh area, and from then on it was somewhat more marginal. In 1974 it elected Joan Child, the first female Labor member of the House of Representatives and the first female Speaker…
Child as Speaker in 1987 (at Old Parliament House)
Child in 1974