Selina Siggins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian trade unionist, first woman to stand for the Australian House of Representatives
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Place of Birth: Hill End, New South Wales, Australia
About Selina Siggins
- Selina Sarah Elizabeth Siggins (née Charters, previously Anderson; 12 May 1878 – 30 November 1964) was an Australian political activist who became the first woman to stand for the Australian House of Representatives.
- She ran as an independent at the 1903 federal election, the first at which women were eligible to be candidates.
- Although she spent most of her life in New South Wales, in 1918 she also became one of the first two women to stand for the Parliament of South Australia.
- Siggins was introduced to politics through her involvement in the labour movement, and initially supported the Labor Party.
- She eventually fell out with the party over its refusal to endorse her as a candidate.
- Her final run for parliament came at the 1922 federal election, where she became the first woman to stand for the Country Party.
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