Edna Sirius Roper OBE (née Lorence; 21 July 1913 – 8 October 1986) was an Australian politician. She was born in Alberton, South Australia, to sea captain Martin Lorence and Hilda Rose, née Arnold. She attended St Paul's Church of England School in Port Adelaide before working in her father's business. After moving to Victoria, she held various jobs including waitress, copyholder, shop assistant and jewellery maker. On 2 April 1932 she married Gilbert Roper, a linotype operator. In 1941, now living in Sydney, she joined the Labor Party and served as honorary secretary of the NSW Labor Women's Central Organising Committee (1949–57); she was also active in the East Sydney federal electorate council and was a member of the party's central executive from 1952 to 1958. In 1953 she was the first