Members of the Australian Parliament who have served for at least 30 years

This is a list of Members of the Parliament of Australia who have served for at least 30 years.

Their service does not need to be continuous; broken terms are aggregated.

All these periods of service were spent in one House exclusively. A number of people have served in both the Senate and the House of Representatives,[1] but none of them to date has had an aggregate length of service to the Parliament reaching 30 years.

Those who were Father of the Senate or Father of the House of Representatives are shown. A Father of either House is the person currently serving who has served longer, continuously, than any other currently serving member of that House. Where two or more people have equal lengths of continuous service, more than any other people, they are called joint Fathers. The more senior of the Father of the House and the Father of the Senate is the Father of the Parliament. Only those Fathers who served for 30 years or more will appear in this list.

No woman yet appears on this list. Bronwyn Bishop served in the Australian parliament longer than any other woman, in October 2014 outstripping the record of 27 years and 119 days previously held by Kathy Sullivan.[2] At the end of her term at the 9 May 2016 double dissolution, Bishop had served for 28 years and 274 days.

Members of the Parliament who have served for at least 30 years

Name Chamber Start of service End of service Period of service Continuous
service		 Father of the
Senate/House		 Father of the
Parliament
Billy Hughes House of Reps 30 March 1901 28 October 1952 51 years, 213 days Yes 1935–52 1938–52
Philip Ruddock House of Reps 22 September 1973 9 May 2016 42 years, 229 days Yes 1998–2016 1998–2016
Sir Earle Page House of Reps 13 December 1919 9 December 1961 41 years, 362 days Yes 1952–61 1952–61
Sir George Pearce Senate 29 March 1901 30 June 1938 37 years, 94 days Yes 1923–38
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Sir Walter Cooper Senate 17 November 1928
1 July 1935		 30 June 1932
30 June 1968		 36 years, 227 days No 1965–68
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William Maloney House of Reps 30 March 1904 27 August 1940 36 years, 151 days Yes
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Sir John McEwen House of Reps 15 September 1934 1 February 1971 36 years, 139 days Yes Joint Father 1963–69
Father 1969–71		 Joint Father 1965–69
Father 1969–71
Norman Makin House of Reps 13 December 1919
29 May 1954		 14 August 1946
1 November 1963		 36 years, 37 days No
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Frank Brennan House of Reps 8 February 1911
15 September 1934		 19 December 1931
31 October 1949		 35 years, 362 days No
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–
Joe Clark House of Reps 15 September 1934 29 September 1969 35 years, 15 days Yes Joint Father 1963–69 Joint Father 1965–69
Ian Sinclair House of Reps 30 November 1963 31 August 1998 34 years, 275 days Yes 1990–98 1990–98
David Watkins House of Reps 29 March 1901 8 April 1935 34 years, 11 days Yes
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Justin O'Byrne Senate 1 July 1947 30 June 1981 34 years, 0 days Yes Joint Father 1968–71
Father 1971–81		 1977–81
John Howard House of Reps 18 May 1974 24 November 2007 33 years, 191 days Yes
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Alan Cadman House of Reps 18 May 1974 17 October 2007 33 years, 152 days Yes
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Gordon Brown Senate 1 July 1932 30 June 1965 33 years, 0 days Yes Joint Father 1947–50
Father 1950–65		 1963–65
Sir Littleton Groom House of Reps 14 September 1901
19 December 1931		 12 October 1929
6 November 1936		 32 years, 353 days No
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Sir Josiah Francis House of Reps 16 December 1922 4 November 1955 32 years, 324 days Yes
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Harold Holt House of Reps 17 August 1935 19 December 1967[3] 32 years, 125 days Yes
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Eddie Ward House of Reps 7 March 1931
6 February 1932		 19 December 1931
31 July 1963		 32 years, 99 days No 1961–63 1961–63
Kim Beazley, Sr. House of Reps 18 August 1945 10 November 1977 32 years, 85 days Yes 1975–77 1975–77
Fred Daly House of Reps 21 August 1943 11 November 1975 32 years, 83 days Yes 1972–75 1972–75
Arthur Calwell House of Reps 21 September 1940 2 November 1972 32 years, 43 days Yes 1971–72 1971–72
Sir William McMahon House of Reps 10 December 1949 4 January 1982 32 years, 26 days Yes Joint Father 1977–80
Father 1980–82		 1981–82
Patrick Lynch Senate 1 January 1907 30 June 1938 31 years, 181 days Yes
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Sir Robert Menzies House of Reps 15 September 1934 17 February 1966 31 years, 156 days Yes Joint Father 1963–66 Joint Father 1965–66
Ron Boswell Senate 5 March 1983 30 June 2014 31 years, 117 days Yes 2008–2014
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Tom Uren House of Reps 22 November 1958 19 February 1990 31 years, 90 days Yes 1984–90 1984–90
James Scullin House of Reps 13 April 1910
18 February 1922		 31 May 1913
31 October 1949		 30 years, 304 days No
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Clyde Cameron House of Reps 10 December 1949 19 September 1980 30 years, 285 days Yes Joint Father 1977–80
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David Jull House of Reps 13 December 1975
1 December 1984		 5 March 1983
17 October 2007		 30 years, 39 days No
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Bert Lazzarini House of Reps 13 December 1919
15 September 1934		 19 December 1931
1 October 1952		 30 years, 24 days No
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Thomas Crawford Senate 1 July 1917 30 June 1947 30 years, 0 days Yes Joint Father 1938–47
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Harry Foll Senate 1 July 1917 30 June 1947 30 years, 0 days Yes Joint Father 1938–47
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John Watson Senate 1 July 1978 30 June 2008 30 years, 0 days Yes 2005–08
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See also

References

  1. ↑ Handbook of the 42nd Parliament: Members who have served in both chambers
  2. ↑ Wilson, Janet, & McCann, Dr Joy (9 July 2014). "Representation of women in Australian parliaments 2014". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  3. ↑ While Harold Holt has subsequently been legally deemed to have died on 17 December 1967, he was not declared presumed dead until 19 December and he is considered to have served until that date, as both a member and as Prime Minister.

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