Women in state legislative assemblies of Malaysia
Sarawak

Women in state legislative assemblies of Malaysia

Section Title: Sarawak
Table Section Text: None

Party	Name	Constituency	Year elected	Year left	Reason

Alliance (BUMIPUTERA)	Ajibah Abol	Semariang	1971	1976	Died

BN (PBB)

BN (PBB)	Hafsah Harun	Semariang	1976	1979	Transferred

Petra Jaya	1979	1987	Not Contested

BN (PBB)	Sharifah Mordiah Tuanku Fauzi	Sebandi	1979	1983	Not Contested

Petra Jaya	1987	1991	Transferred

Pantai Damai	1991	2001	Transferred

Samariang	2001	2006	Not Contested

BN (PBB)	Dona Babel	Samariang	1996	2001	Not Contested

BN (SUPP)	Lily Yong Lee Lee	Padungan	2001	2006	Defeated

BN (PBB)	Fatimah Abdullah	Dalat	2001	Serving

BN (PBB)	Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali	Samariang	2006	Serving

DAP	Violet Yong Wui Wui	Pending	2006	Serving

BN (PBB)	Simoi Peri	Lingga	2006	Serving

DAP	Ting Tze Fui	Meradong	2006	2016	Defeated

BN (PBB)	Rosey Yunus	Bekenu	2006	Serving

DAP	Christina Chiew Wang See	Batu Kawah	2011	2016	Defeated

DAP	Irene Mary Chang Oi Ling	Bukit Assek	2016	Serving

BN (PBB)	Jamilah Anu	Tanjong Datu	2017	Serving

Sentence(s)

The first female candidate for the Legislative Assembly was Ajibah Abol, who was elected as the member for Semariang in 1971.

final_sentence: The first female candidate for the Legislative Assembly was Ajibah Abol, who was elected as the member for Semariang in 1971.