Dame Enid Muriel Lyons AD, GBE (nee Burnell; 9 July 1897 - 2 September 1981) was an Australian politician who was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives and the first woman to serve in federal cabinet. Prior to her own political career, she was best known as the wife of Joseph Lyons, who was Prime Minister of Australia (1932-1939) and Premier of Tasmania (1923-1928).

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