In the hope of counteracting Wolahan’s influence in Menzies, Labor has preselected Gabriel Ng, a lawyer with Malaysian ...

At the party convention, Chisholm receives 152 delegate votes before she withdraws from the competition. On election night, Republican incumbent Nixon easily defeats Democratic nominee George ...

Political fortunes can quickly turn and this week Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has been a conspicuous visitor to Victoria.

The Night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics, the highly anticipated new book by MSNBC political analyst J ...

23, 2017. – AP Photo / Craig Ruttle Race and Ethnicity writer Kat Stafford landed an exclusive interview with civil rights figure Hazel Dukes on Rep. Shirley Chisholm’s 1972 run for the Democratic ...

George McGovern ultimately secures the Democratic nomination despite some setbacks, leading to a historic 1972 Presidential election. Shirley Chisholm faced fierce political opponents such as ...

Also contesting Flinders is Julia Banks, who was elected as the Liberal MP for Chisholm in 2016 but resigned ... from 7.8% to an estimated 7.0%. The electorate of Flinders has existed since ...

Nov. 5 marked the historic 56th anniversary of the first African-American woman being elected to the U.S. Congress, Rep.