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Phyllis Jean Benjamin (30 August 1907 – 9 April 1996), Australian Labor Party politician, was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electorate of Hobart from 10 May 1952 until her retirement on 22 May 1976.〔(Parliamentary library profile )〕 Born Phyllis Allsopp, she married Albert Benjamin in Sydney on 10 March 1926. In 1948, their daughter, Jill Benjamin, married Bill Neilson who would go on to become Premier of Tasmania.〔Peter Boyce, ('Neilson, William Arthur (Bill) (1925–1989)' ), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 2012, accessed online 19 November 2015.〕 She stood for the division of Hobart as a Labor candidate when sitting member John Soundy retired on 10 May 1952. She won the division easily with 1,433 votes, the next highest candidate only won 563 votes. She was the first Australian woman to lead an upper house of Parliament, and was the longest serving female politician in Australian political history. Despite her sex, Benjamin was reported as one of the "36 faceless men" who were reported to be in control the Australian Labor Party in the lead up to the 1963 Australian federal election. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phyllis Benjamin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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