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Mr Joseph Lyons was Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928. In 1929 he entered Federal Parliament and from 1932 to 1939 was Prime Minister of Australia. He died in office on Good Friday in 1939. He is the only Australian since Federation to have been Premier of his state before becoming Prime Minister. |
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Dame Enid Lyons was elected in 1943 and became first woman member of the House of Representatives. In 1943 she was sworn in as the first woman Federal Minister. Dame Enid retired from Parliament in 1951 because of ill-health. |
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