WOMEN IN POLITICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19144, 9 October 1925, Page 12

WOMEN IN POLITICS.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SEATS. NEW SOUTH WALES PROPOSAL. [fbom orm ovns co rkkkpont>ekt.] SYDNEY, Oct 1. Hi© Labour Party has not succeeded so far in having any of its women followers elected Parliament in New South Wales, but it is determined that the fair sex of the party shall l;e represented in the legislature. It therefore proposes to make the path easier for them by nominating them to seats in the Legislative Council, under a bill which has been drafted. Under the Constitution, the necessary legislation, appointments of women to the Upper House are not permissible. It will be necessary as a first step for a bill to originate in the Legislative Council itself, but the attitude of the sedate elders of that chamber towards such a proposal is questionable. If, however, the bill negotiates the Legislative Council, its passage through the lower House is assured, especially as there is now a woman representing" one of the suburban constituencies in that chamber. One woman in the Labour movement "an, with absolute map out her seat in the Legislative Council if the bill goes through. It is Mrs. Kate Dwyer, who was one of the defeated Labour candidates at the last election, and who has been one cf the jyitars of the Labour movement in Sydney for many years.