Hon Lynda Tabuya was elected into Parliament following the 2018 general elections as a SODELPA candidate. and served as Opposition whip in the Fijian Parliament. In the 2018 elections she was the highest polling woman and fifth highest overall polling candidate. She was re-elected in 2022 and appointed as the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation on 24 December 2022 in the new PAP/NFP/SODEPLA Coalition Government. Prior to her political career, Hon. Tabuya was a Lecturer of Law at the University of the South Pacific before resigning in 2014 to pursue her political ambitions. She gained a Bachelor of Laws from Bond University in Australia and Master of Laws from Washington University in St Louis in the United States of America.