The Female take on 183 Years of Male Rule

In 1828 the Swan River Colony was established in the name of Queen Victoria, and the British Empire. Upon which Admiral Sir James Stirling, founder of the Swan River Colony later to be know as Perth, was appointed the first Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Western Australia.

Fast forward 183 years and our current Governor Dr Ken Micheal, has decided to step down after his term finishes on the 30th of April. Governor Dr Ken Micheal has decided to step down after five years as the Queens representative for the state of Western Australia, reportedly due the decline of his wife’s health. The possibility of there being a female Governor in his wake has created quite a stir in public opinion, due to the fact that there has never been a female Governor in the 183 years of Western Australia's history. Calls are being made for our own first female Governor to be appointed, after all our Governor-General, and Prime Minster are females in positions of power, so why not?

There are probably some of you out there that have no idea of what the role of the Governor is? I, for one, had no idea until researching it. Basically the Governor is the Queens Representative just like the Governor-General but for state politics. Their roles include presiding over the Executive Council, proroguing and dissolving the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council, issuing writs for elections, appointing Ministers, Judges, Magistrates and Justices of the Peace, and finally all Bills passed by the Parliament of Western Australia require the Governor's signature before they become Acts and pass into law. In summary the Governor is important to the Western Australian political system due to the fact that he/she has the power to keep the ministers and parties in check.

I believe that, due to the current state of the world at the moment, having a women in the position of Governor isn't such a bad idea. After all females are stereotypically classed as not only being a lot calmer and passive in their approach to obstacles, opposed to a man's stereotyped aggressiveness, but they also have a apparently a calming nature as well. This being said I of the opinion that the new Governor should not be chosen purely for their gender, but for their mental resolve and attitude. It is said that the world might have been a different place if females where in positions of power earlier in humanities history.
out there that have no idea of what the role of the Governor is? I for one had no idea until researching it. Basically the Governor is the Queens Representative just like the Governor-General but for state politics. Their roles include presiding over the Executive Council, proroguing and dissolving the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council, issuing writs for elections, appointing Ministers, Judges, Magistrates and Justices of the Peace, and finally all Bills passed by the Parliament of Western Australia require the Governor's signature before they become Acts and pass into law. In summary the Governor is important to the Western Australian political system due to the fact that he/she has the power to keep the ministers and parties in check.

I believe that due to the current state of the world at the moment that having a women in the position of Governor isn't such a bad idea, after all females are stereotypically classed as not only being a lot calmer and passive in there approach to obstacles, opposed to a man's stereotyped aggressiveness, but they also have a apparently a calming nature as well. This being said I of the opinion that the new Governor should not be chosen purely for there gender, but for there mental resolve and attitude. It is said that the world might have been a different place if females where in positions of power earlier in humanities history.