May Holman

May Holman
Holman in 1927
Member of the Western Australian Parliament for Forrest
In office 3 April 1925 – 20 March 1939
Preceded by	John Holman
Succeeded by	Edward Holman
Personal details
Born	Mary Alice Holman (1893-07-18)18 July 1893 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 March 1939(1939-03-20) (aged 45) Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Resting place	Karrakatta Cemetery
Political party	Labor
Spouse	Joseph Gardiner ​ ​ (m. 1914; div. 1920)​
Relations	John Holman (father) Edward Holman (brother)

Mary Alice "May" Holman (18 July 1893 – 20 March 1939) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1925 until her death in 1939. She was the first woman to represent the ALP in an Australian legislature and the second woman to serve in the Parliament of Western Australia, after Edith Cowan.