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state political reporter Leah MacLennan

SA Liberal Party votes to recognise women in its constitution, elects Ben Hood to upper house

The SA Liberal Party's council met on Friday night in Norwood.  (ABC News: Ben Pettit)

The South Australian Liberal Party's constitution will recognise women for the first time, with amendments passed at a state council meeting to include female pronouns in the document.

The party's state council met on Friday night, voting in favour of changing the document which until now had only ever referred to individuals as "he" or "him".

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