Hanako Honda

Hanako Honda
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 1946–1947
Constituency	Osaka 2nd district
Personal details
Born	January 1909 Kobe, Japan
Died	31 January 1968

Hanako Honda (Japanese: 本多花子, January 1909 – 31 January 1968) was a Japanese politician. She was one of the first group of women elected to the House of Representatives in 1946.[1]

Biography

Honda was born in Kobe in 1909 and graduated from Mizuki Higher Elementary School.[2] In 1946, she contested the Osaka 2nd district in the general elections as a candidate of the Japan Women's Party, and was elected to the House of Representatives. After being elected, she joined the Japan Liberal Party. During her time in parliament, she introduced a members' bill for the enlargement of medical facilities for public school children and others.[3] She contested Osaka's fifth district in the 1947 elections as a Liberal Party candidate, but lost her seat.[4] She died in 1968.

References

1. Otsuka Kiyoe (2008). "Japanese Women's Legislative and Administrative Reforms in the Postwar Era" (PDF). Bulletin of the Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University.
2. 『議会制度百年史 衆議院議員名鑑』 [100-year history of the parliamentary system House of Representatives member directory] (in Japanese). p. 577.
   - Analysis of the 1946 Japanese General Election. United States Department of State. 1946. p. 24.
3. Official Gazette. English Edition, issues 260–295, p26
4. Steven R. Reed (1992) Japan Election Data: The House of Representatives, 1947-1990 p340