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This table lists the earliest serving living former members of the House of Representatives in the Parliament of Australia (see Earliest living former members of the Senate for the last surviving senators of parliaments). The first ranking criteria is the first year of election. If an MP was a member of one or more parties, the party they held membership with for the longest period is listed.


Earliest serving living MPs

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No. Member Portrait State Party Constituency Born Elected Left House Became Eldest Died Career Length
1 The Honourable
King O'Malley
Tasmania
Tasmania
  Labor Tasmania
(1901-1903)

Darwin
(1903-1917)
2 July 1858
Kansas, USA
29 March 1901 5 May 1917
(lost seat)
28 October 1952
(death of
Billy Hughes)
20 December 1953
Albert Park, VIC
16 years
1901-17
2 The Honourable
William Kelly
New South Wales
New South Wales
  Comm.
Liberal
Wentworth
(1903-1919)
1 December 1877
Sydney, NSW
16 December 1903 3 November 1919
(retired)
20 December 1953 27 January 1960
Camperdown, NSW
16 years
1903-1919
3 Alfred Ozanne Victoria (state)
Victoria
  Labor Corio
(1910-1913,
1914-1917)
1877
Melbourne, VIC
13 April 1910 5 May 1917
(lost seat)
27 January 1960 27 May 1961
Brighton, VIC
5 years
1910-13, 1914-17
4 William Fleming New South Wales
New South Wales
  Comm.
Liberal
Robertson
(1913-1922)
19 May 1874
Donald, VIC
2 April 1915 16 December 1922
(lost seat)
27 May 1961 24 July 1961
Terrigal, NSW
7 years
1915-1922
5 William Mahony New South Wales
New South Wales
  Labor Dalley
(1915-1927)
1877
Ireland
2 April 1915 18 January 1927
(resigned)
24 July 1961 28 August 1962
NSW
12 years
1915-1927
6 The Honourable
Arthur Blakeley
New South Wales
New South Wales
  Labor Darling
(1915-1927)
3 July 1886
Gilberton, SA
5 May 1917 15 September 1934
(lost seat)
28 August 1962 27 June 1972
Glen Iris, VIC
17 years
1917-1934
7 The Honourable
Norman Makin
AO
South Australia
South Australia
  Labor Hindmarsh
(1919-1946)

Sturt
(1954-1955)

Bonython
(1955-1963)
31 March 1889
Petersham, NSW
13 December 1919 1 November 1963
(party age limit)
27 June 1972 20 July 1982
Glenelg, SA
35 years
1919-1946,
1954-1963
8 The Right Honourable
Frank Forde
Queensland
Queensland
  Labor Capricornia
1922-1946
18 July 1890
Mitchell, QLD
16 December 1922 28 September 1946
(lost seat)
20 July 1982 28 January 1983
Brisbane, QLD
23 years
1922-1946
9 Joseph Clark New South Wales
New South Wales
  Labor Darling
1934-1969
29 July 1897
Coonamble, NSW
15 September 1934 29 September 1969
(lost seat)
28 January 1983 9 December 1992 35 years
1934-1969
10 The Honourable
Frederick Daly
AO
New South Wales
New South Wales
  Labor Martin
1943-1949

Grayndler
1949-1975
13 June 1912
Currabubula, NSW
21 August 1943 11 November 1975
(retired)
9 December 1992 2 August 1995
Marrickville, NSW
32 years
1943-1975
11 The Honourable
Kim Beazley Sr.
AO
Western Australia
Western Australia
  Labor Fremantle
1945-1977
30 September 1917
Northam, WA
18 August 1945 10 December 1977
(retired)
2 August 1995 12 October 2007
Claremont, WA
32 years
1945-1977
12 The Honourable
Clyde Cameron
AO
South Australia
South Australia
  Labor Hindmarsh
1949-1980
11 February 1913
Murray Bridge, SA
10 December 1949 19 September 1980
(retired)
12 October 2007 (dual) 14 March 2008
Adelaide, SA
31 years
1949-1980
George Pearce Queensland
Queensland
  Liberal Capricornia
1949-1961
17 September 1917
Rockhampton, QLD
10 December 1949 9 December 1961
(lost seat)
12 October 2007 (dual) 12 years
1949-1961
The Honourable
Captain
William Grayden
AM
Western Australia
Western Australia
  Liberal Swan
1949-1954
5 August 1920
Bickley, WA
10 December 1949 29 May 1954
(lost seat)
12 October 2007 (dual) 4 years
1949-1954

The 1949 election was the first after which multiple MPs became the earliest serving former MPs.

Living former MPs who were elected over 40 years ago

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Rank Member Party Elected Constituency Date of Birth
19th Parliament (elected: 10 December 1949, first sat: 22 February 1950, dissolved: 19 March 1951)
01 George Pearce   Liberal 10 December 1949 Capricornia
(1949-1961)
17 September 1917
02 The Honourable
Bill Grayden
  Liberal 10 December 1949 Swan
(1949-1954)
5 August 1920
22nd Parliament (elected: 10 December 1955, first sat: 15 February 1956, dissolved: 14 October 1958)
03 The Right Honourable
Doug Anthony
  Country 14 September 1957 Richmond
(1957-1984)
31 December 1929
24th Parliament (elected: 9 December 1961, first sat: 20 February 1962, dissolved: 1 November 1963)
04 The Honourable
Peter Nixon
  Country 9 December 1961 Gippsland
(1961-1983)
22 March 1928
05 Manfred Cross   Labor 9 December 1961,
18 October 1980
Brisbane
(1961-1975,
1980-1990)
12 August 1929
06 The Honourable
Bill Hayden
  Labor 9 December 1961 Oxley
(1961-1988)
23 January 1933
25th Parliament (elected: 30 November 1963, first sat: 25 February 1964, dissolved: 31 October 1966)
07 Dr. Wylie Gibbs   Liberal 30 November 1963 Bowman
(1963-1969)
26 July 1922
08 The Honourable
Tom Hughes
  Liberal 30 November 1963 Parkes
(1963-1969)
Berowra
(1969-1972)
26 November 1923
09 The Right Honourable
Ian Sinclair
  Country 30 November 1963 New England
(1963-1998)
10 June 1929
10 The Honourable
Andrew Peacock
  Liberal 2 April 1966 Kooyong
(1966-1994)
13 February 1939
26th Parliament (elected: 26 November 1966, first sat: 21 February 1967, dissolved: 29 September 1969)
11 The Honourable
Tony Street
  Liberal 26 November 1966 Corangamite
(1966-1984)
8 February 1926
12 The Honourable
Vic Garland
  Country 19 April 1969 Curtin
(1969-1998)
5 May 1934
13 David Kennedy   Labor 7 June 1969 Bendigo
(1969-1972)
20 March 1940
27th Parliament (elected: 25 October 1969, first sat: 25 November 1969, dissolved: 2 November 1972)
13 The Honourable
Dr. Moss Cass
  Labor 25 October 1969 Maribyrnong
(1969-1983)
18 February 1927
14 The Honourable
Chris Hurford
  Labor 25 October 1969 Adelaide
(1969-1987)
30 July 1931
15 Robert Solomon   Liberal 25 October 1969 Denison
(1969-1972)
2 November 1931
17 Dr Richard Gun   Labor 25 October 1969 Kingston
(1969-1975)
27 May 1936
18 The Honourable
Paul Keating
  Labor 25 October 1969 Blaxland
(1969-1996)
18 January 1944
19 The Honourable
Tony Staley
  Liberal 19 September 1970 Chisholm
(1970-1980)
15 May 1939
20 Bruce Lloyd   Country 20 March 1971 Murray
(1971-1996)
24 February 1937
28th Parliament (elected: 2 December 1972, first sat: 27 February 1973, dissolved: 11 April 1974)
21 The Honourable
Tom McVeigh
  Country 2 December 1972 Darling Downs
(1972-1984)
Groom
1984-1988)
7 May 1930
22 The Honourable
Peter Morris
  Labor 2 December 1972 Shortland
(1972-1998)
29 July 1932
23 The Honourable
Ian Viner
  Liberal 2 December 1972 Stirling
(1972-1983)
21 January 1933
24 David McKenzie   Labor 2 December 1972 Diamond Valley
(1972-1975)
30 May 1933
25 The Honourable
Race Mathews
  Labor 2 December 1972 Casey
(1972-1975)
27 March 1935
26 Peter Fisher   Country 2 December 1972 Mallee
(1972-1993)
19 September 1936
27 The Honourable
John Kerin
  Labor 2 December 1972,
23 September 1978
Macarthur
(1972-1975)
Werriwa
(1978-1993)
21 November 1937
28 Marshall Cooke   Liberal 2 December 1972 Petrie
(1972-1974)
4 March 1938
29 The Honourable
Ralph Willis
  Labor 2 December 1972 Gellibrand
(1972-1998)
14 April 1938
30 Tony Lamb   Labor 2 December 1972,
1 December 1984
La Trobe
(1972-1975)
Streeton
1984-1990)
7 March 1939
31 John Coates   Labor 2 December 1972 Denison
(1972-1975)
23 March 1944
32 The Honourable
Philip Ruddock
  Liberal 22 September 1973 Parramatta
(1973-1987)
Dundas
(1977-1993)
Berowra
(1993-2016)
12 March 1943
29th Parliament (elected: 18 May 1974, first sat: 9 July 1974, dissolved: 11 November 1975)
33 The Honourable
Ian Macphee
  Liberal 18 May 1974 Wentworth
(1974-1981)
15 April 1927
34 John Sullivan   National 18 May 1974 Riverina
(1974-1977)
7 February 1929
35 Mel Bungey   Liberal 18 May 1974 Canning
(1974-1983)
30 August 1934
36 John Hyde   Liberal 18 May 1974 Moore
(1974-1983)
2 February 1936
37 The Honourable
Alan Cadman
  Liberal 18 May 1974 Mitchell
(1974-2007)
26 July 1937
38 The Honourable
John Hodges
  Liberal 18 May 1974 Petrie
(1974-1983,
1984-1987)
3 October 1937
39 David Connolly   Liberal 18 May 1974 Canning
(1974-1996)
20 July 1939
40 Stephen Lusher   National 18 May 1974 Hume
(1974-1984)
18 October 1945
41 The Honourable
John Dawkins
  Labor 18 May 1974,
10 December 1977
Tangney
(1974-1975)
Fremantle
(1977-1994)
2 March 1947
30th Parliament (elected: 13 December 1975, first sat: 17 February 1976, dissolved: 10 November 1977)
42 The Honourable
Michael Baume
  Liberal 13 December 1975 Macarthur
(1975-1983)
6 July 1930
43 John Martyr   Liberal 13 December 1975 Swan
(1975-1984)
25 May 1932
44 Ray Braithwaite   National 13 December 1975 Dawson
(1975-1996)
6 December 1933
45 Mick Cotter   Liberal 13 December 1975 Kalgoorlie
(1975-1980)
21 March 1935
46 John Moore   Liberal 13 December 1975 Ryan
(1975-2001)
16 November 1936
47 The Honourable
James Short
  Liberal 13 December 1975 Ballaarat
(1975-1980)
7 December 1936
48 Marshall Baillieu   Liberal 13 December 1975 La Trobe
(1975-1980)
6 June 1937
49 Max Burr   Liberal 13 December 1975 Wilmot
(1975-1984)
Lyons
(1984-1993)
9 January 1939
50 Dr. Peter Richardson   Liberal 13 December 1975 Tangney
(1975-1977)
23 January 1939
51 John Haslem   Liberal 13 December 1975 Canberra
(1975-1980)
1 February 1939
52 Murray Sainsbury   Liberal 13 December 1975 Eden-Monaro
(1975-1983)
14 September 1940
53 Sandy Mackenzie   National 13 December 1975 Calare
(1975-1983)
29 August 1941
54 Peter Johnson   Liberal 13 December 1975 Brisbane
(1975-1980)
27 August 1943
55 Peter Falconer   Liberal 13 December 1975 Casey
(1975-1983)
23 September 1943
56 The Honourable
Tony Whitlam
  Labor 13 December 1975 Grayndler
(1975-1977)
7 January 1944
57 Maurice Neil   Liberal 13 December 1975 Tangney
(1975-1980)
29 May 1944
58 Ross McLean   Liberal 13 December 1975 Perth
(1975-1983)
30 June 1944
59 The Honourable
Ray Groom
  Liberal 13 December 1975 Braddon
(1975-1984)
3 September 1944
60 Grant Chapman   Liberal 13 December 1975 Kingston
(1975-1983)
27 April 1949
61 James Porter   Liberal 13 December 1975 Barker
(1975-1990)
19 February 1950
62 The Honourable
Stewart West
  Labor 15 October 1977 Cunningham
(1977-1993)
31 March 1934
31st Parliament (elected: 10 December 1977, first sat: 21 February 1978, dissolved: 19 September 1980)
63 Ewan Cameron   Liberal 10 December 1977 Indi
(1977-1993)
12 January 1930
64 Roger Johnston   Liberal 10 December 1977 Hotham
(1977-1980)
18 June 1930
65 The Honourable
John Brown
  Labor 10 December 1977 Parramatta
(1977-1990)
19 December 1931
66 The Honourable
Barry Jones
  Labor 10 December 1977 Parramatta
(1977-1990)
11 October 1932
67 The Honourable
Neal Blewett
  Labor 10 December 1977 Bonython
(1977-1994)
24 October 1933
68 The Reverend,
The Honourable

Brian Howe
  Labor 10 December 1977 Bonython
(1977-1996)
23 January 1936
69 Gordon Dean   Liberal 10 December 1977 Herbert
(1977-1983)
16 September 1943
70 Peter Shack   Liberal 10 December 1977 Tangney
(1977-1983,
1984-1993)
20 June 1953
71 Leo McLeay   Labor 23 June 1979 Grayndler
(1979-1993)
Watson
(1993-2004)
4 October 1945

Last surviving members of government ministries

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Lists the last Minister from particular ministries who was alive (ministries up to 50 years ago).

Ministry Party Member Portrait Constituency Appointed Portfolio Date of Birth Date of Death
Barton
(January 1901 – September 1903)
  Protectionist The Honourable
James Drake
Senator
(QLD)
5 February 1901 Postmaster-General 26 April 1850 1 August 1941
Deakin I
(September 1903 – April 1904)
 
Watson
(April 1904 – August 1904)
  Labor The Right Honourable
Billy Hughes
CH, KC
West Sydney
(NSW)
27 April 1904 External Affairs 25 September 1862 28 October 1952
Reid
(August 1904 – July 1905)
  Free Trade The Honourable
James Drake
Senator
(QLD)
17 August 1904 Vice-President of the
Executive Council
26 April 1850 1 August 1941
Deakin II
(July 1905 – January 1907)
  Protectionist The Right Honourable
Isaac Isaacs
GCB, GCMG, PC, KC
Indi
(VIC)
5 July 1905 Attorney-General 5 August 1855 11 February 1948
Deakin III
(January 1907 – November 1908)
 
Fisher I
(November 1908 – June 1909)
  Labor The Right Honourable
Billy Hughes
CH, KC
West Sydney
(NSW)
13 November 1908 Attorney-General 25 September 1862 28 October 1952
Deakin IV
(June 1909 – April 1910)
  Commonwealth
Liberal
The Right Honourable
Joseph Cook
GCMG
Parramatta
(NSW)
2 June 1909 Defence 7 December 1860 30 July 1947
Fisher II
(April 1910 – June 1913)
  Labor The Honourable
King O'Malley
Darwin
(TAS)
29 April 1910 Home Affairs 2 July 1858 20 December 1953
Cook
(June 1913 – September 1914)
  Commonwealth
Liberal
The Honourable
Willie Kelly
Wentworth
(NSW)
24 June 1913 none 1 December 1877 27 January 1960
Fisher III
(September 1914 – October 1915)
  Labor The Right Honourable
Billy Hughes
CH, KC
West Sydney
(NSW)
17 September 1914 Attorney-General 25 September 1862 28 October 1952
Hughes I
(October 1915 – November 1916)
  Labor The Honourable
King O'Malley
Darwin
(TAS)
27 October 1915 Home Affairs 2 July 1858 20 December 1953
Hughes II
(November 1916 – February 1917)
  Labor The Right Honourable
Billy Hughes
CH, KC
West Sydney
(NSW)
27 October 1915 Prime Minister 25 September 1862 28 October 1952
Hughes III
(February 1917 – May 1917)
 
Hughes IV
(May 1917 – February 1920)
  Nationalist The Honourable
Walter Massy-Greene
KCMG
Richmond
(NSW)
5 May 1917 Trade & Customs 6 November 1874 16 November 1952
Hughes V
(February 1920 – February 1923)
  Nationalist The Right Honourable
The Viscount Bruce
of Melbourne

CH, MC, PC, FRS
Flinders
(VIC)
4 February 1920 Treasurer
(1920-1923)

Prime Minister
(1923-1929)
15 April 1883 25 August 1967
Bruce I
(February 1923 – November 1925)
 
Bruce II
(November 1925 – November 1928)
 
Bruce III
(November 1928 – October 1929)
  Nationalist The Honourable
Aubrey Abbott
Gwydir
(NSW)
29 November 1928 Home Affairs 4 May 1886 30 April 1975
Scullin
(October 1929 – January 1932)
  Labor The Right Honourable
Frank Forde
Capricornia
(QLD)
22 October 1929 Trade & Customs 18 July 1890 28 January 1983
Lyons I
(January 1932 – October 1934)
  UAP The Honourable
Allan Guy
CBE
Bass
(TAS)
6 January 1932 Trade & Customs
(Assistant)
30 November 1890 16 December 1979
Lyons II
(October 1934 – November 1934)
  UAP The Right Honourable
Sir Robert Menzies
KT AK CH FAA FRS QC
Kooyong
(VIC)
12 October 1934 Attorney-General 20 December 1894 15 May 1978
Lyons III
(November 1934 – November 1937)
  UAP/Country
Lyons IV
(November 1937 – April 1939)
  UAP/Country The Right Honourable
Sir John McEwen
GCMG CH
Indi
(VIC)
6 January 1932 Interior 29 March 1900 20 November 1980
Page
(April 1939)
  Country
Menzies I
(April 1939 – March 1940)
  UAP The Honourable
Percy Spender
KCVO KBE QC
Warringah
(NSW)
6 January 1932 Assistant Treasurer
(1939-1940)

Army
(1940-1941)
5 October 1897 3 May 1985
Menzies II
(March 1940 – October 1940)
 
Menzies III
(October 1940 – August 1941)
 
Fadden
(August 1941 – October 1941)
  Country
Curtin I
(October 1941 – September 1943)
  Labor The Right Honourable
Frank Forde
Capricornia
(QLD)
7 October 1941 Army
(1941-1946)

Prime Minister
(1945)
18 July 1890 28 January 1983
Curtin II
(September 1943 – July 1945)
 
Forde
(July 1945)
 
Chifley I
(July 1945 – November 1946)
 
Chifley II
(November 1946 – December 1949)
  Labor The Honourable
Nelson Lemmon
Forrest
(WA)
1 November 1946 Works & Housing 22 March 1908 20 March 1989
Menzies IV
(December 1949 – May 1951)
  Liberal The Honourable
Sir Percy Spender
KCVO KBE QC
Warringah
(NSW)
19 December 1949 External Affairs 5 October 1897 3 May 1985
Menzies V
(May 1951 – July 1954)
  Liberal The Right Honourable
Sir Paul Hasluck
KG, GCMG, GCVO
Curtin
(WA)
11 May 1951 Territories 1 April 1905 9 January 1993
Menzies VI
(July 1954 – January 1956)
 
Menzies VII
(January 1956 – December 1958)
  Liberal The Honourable
Allen Fairhall
KBE
Paterson
(NSW)
11 January 1956 Interior & Works
(1956-1961)

Supply
(1951-1966)
24 November 1909 3 November 2006
Menzies VIII
(December 1958 – December 1961)
 
Menzies IX
(December 1961 – December 1963)
 
Menzies X
(December 1963 – January 1966)
2 members living
Ian Sinclair (b.1929) & Doug Anthony (b.1929)
Holt I
(January 1966 – December 1966)
2 members living
Ian Sinclair (b.1929) & Doug Anthony (b.1929)
Holt II
(December 1966 – December 1967)
3 members living
Peter Nixon (b.1928) , Ian Sinclair (b.1929) & Doug Anthony (b.1929)
McEwen
(December 1967 – January 1968)
3 members living
Peter Nixon (b.1928) , Ian Sinclair (b.1929) & Doug Anthony (b.1929)
Gorton I
(January 1968 – November 1969)
3 members living
Peter Nixon (b.1928) , Ian Sinclair (b.1929) & Doug Anthony (b.1929)
Gorton II
(November 1969 – March 1971)
3 members living
Peter Nixon (b.1928) , Ian Sinclair (b.1929) & Doug Anthony (b.1929)



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