Commonwealth Parliamentarian of the Year Awards

The Commonwealth Parliamentarian of the Year Awards aim to recognise and highlight inspirational and active Parliamentarians for excelling in their field.

The awards are open to nominees who are current Parliamentarians across the Commonwealth.* There are four award categories:

• Commonwealth Parliamentarian of the Year Award:
  This award recognises an outstanding Parliamentarian who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, dedication and commitment to advancing parliamentary democracy and good governance across the Commonwealth.
• Parliamentary Equality and Diversity Award:
  This award honours a Parliamentarian who has shown significant leadership in promoting equality, diversity and inclusion within their legislature and broader community.
• New Parliamentarian Award:
  This award is presented to a Commonwealth Parliamentarian in their first term who has demonstrated an impressive record of achievement in their first years as a Parliamentarian and has promoted democracy and good governance within their jurisdiction
• Parliamentarian Lifetime Achievement Award:
  This award is given to a long-serving Parliamentarian who has made a lasting and significant contribution to parliamentary democracy, demonstrating sustained commitment, leadership and integrity over the course of their career.

*Parliamentarian Lifetime Achievement Award winners can be a former Commonwealth Parliamentarian if they ceased their final term up to one year before the nomination was submitted.