She also was elected as the member for Arouca South in the House of Representatives between 1995 and 2007, first as an Opposition Member between 1995 to 2001, and in several Ministerial portfolios between 2001 and 2007. She would again serve as an Opposition Senator between 2013 and 2015 before again being elected to the House of Representative in September 2015, this time as the member for Arouca/Maloney.