We support and encourage women’s participation in local government in Tasmania.
In 1949 Dorothy Edwards CBE became the first woman elected to local government in Tasmania. Now 42.5% of councillors in Tasmania are women, including Sorell Council with a record 66% women councillors.
Join us in striving for equal participation for women in all aspects of local government.
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Since 2014, there has been a steady increase in the number of female local government candidates. At the 2022 local government elections there were 181 female candidates, compared to 173 female candidates in 2018 and 135 in 2014.
Out of the 181 female candidates at the 2022 local government elections, 106 women were elected as councillors. This includes 18 women elected as Deputy Mayor and 15 as Mayor.
Women and diversity in local government
Department of Premier & Cabinet, 2022