Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Parliament of Australia

Leadership of the Senate

Leader of the Government in the Senate
Sir John Leslie Carrick

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1918; d. May 18 2018.

Liberal Party of Australia

1978 – 1983

Gareth John Evans

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1944.

Australian Labor Party

1993 – 1996

Stephen Michael Conroy

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1963.

Australian Labor Party

2013

Penelope Ying-yen “Penny” Wong

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1968.

Australian Labor Party

2013

Penelope Ying-yen “Penny” Wong

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1968.

Australian Labor Party

2022 – present


Leader of the Opposition in the Senate
Penelope Ying-yen “Penny” Wong

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 5 1968.

Australian Labor Party

2013 – 2022




Leadership of the House of Commons

Speaker of the House of Commons
Sir Billy Mackie Snedden

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1926; d. June 27 1987.

Non-Partisan

1976 – 1983


Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Billy Mackie Snedden

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1926; d. June 27 1987.

Liberal Party of Australia

1967 – 1969

Billy Mackie Snedden

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1926; d. June 27 1987.

Liberal Party of Australia

1969 – 1971

Anthony John “Tony” Abbott

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1957.

Liberal Party of Australia

2002 – 2007

Anthony Norman Albanese

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1963.

Australian Labor Party

2007 – 2013

Christopher Maurice Pyne

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1967.

Liberal Party of Australia

2013 – 2019

Peter Craig Dutton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1970.

Liberal Party of Australia

2021 – 2022


Whip of the Government in the House of Commons
John William Bourchier

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1929; August 31 2017.

Liberal Party of Australia

1975 – 1983


Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Commons
Wallace Clyde “Wal” Fife

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1929; d. November 16 2017.

Liberal Party of Australia

1987 – 1992

John Winston Howard

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1939.

Liberal Party of Australia

1993 – 1995

Wayne Maxwell Swan

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1954.

Australian Labor Party

2001 – 2003

Julia Eileen Gillard

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1961.

Australian Labor Party

2003 – 2006

Joseph Benedict “Joe” Hockey

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 2 1965.

Liberal Party of Australia

2007 – 2009

Christopher Maurice Pyne

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1967.

Liberal Party of Australia

2009 – 2013


Whip of the Opposition in the House of Commons
John William Bourchier

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1929; August 31 2017.

Liberal Party of Australia

1975




New South Wales

Navigation

Current seats: Bennelong | Berowra | Blaxland | Bradfield | Cook | Farrer | Grayndler | Hume | Lindsay | Lyne | McMahon | New England | Robertson | Sydney | Warringah | Wentworth | Werriwa.

Obsolete seats: North Sydney | Phillip | Prospect.


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Bennelong
John Winston Howard

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 26 1939.

Liberal Party of Australia

1974 – 2007


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Berowra
Thomas Eyre Forrest “Tom” Hughes

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1923; November 28 2024.

Liberal Party of Australia

1969 – 1972


Blaxland

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Blaxland
Paul John Keating

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1944.

Australian Labor Party

1969 – 1996


Bradfield

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Bradfield
Brendan John Nelson

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1958.

Liberal Party of Australia

1996 – 2009


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Cook
Scott John Morrison

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 13 1968.

Liberal Party of Australia

2007 – 2024


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Farrer
Wallace Clyde “Wal” Fife

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1929; d. November 16 2017.

Liberal Party of Australia

1975 – 1984


Grayndler

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Grayndler
Jeannette McHugh

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1934.

Australian Labor Party

1993 – 1996

Anthony Norman Albanese

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1963.

Australian Labor Party

1996 – present


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Hume
Wallace Clyde “Wal” Fife

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1929; d. November 16 2017.

Liberal Party of Australia

1984 – 1993


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Lindsay
Fiona Meryl Scott

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 1 1977.

Liberal Party of Australia

2013 – 2016

Emma Husar

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 20 1980.

Australian Labor Party

2016 – 2019

Melissa Iris McIntosh

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1977.

Liberal Party of Australia

2019 – present


Lyne

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Lyne
Mark Anthony James Vaile

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1956.

National Party of Australia

1993 – 2008

Robert James Murray “Rob” Oakeshott

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1969.

Independent

2008 – 2013


McMahon

Member of the Parliament of Australia for McMahon
Christopher Eyles Guy “Chris” Bowen

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1973.

Australian Labor Party

2010 – present


New England

Member of the Parliament of Australia for New England
Antony Harold Curties “Tony” Windsor

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1950.

Independent

2001 – 2013


North Sydney

Member of the Parliament of Australia for North Sydney
Joseph Benedict “Joe” Hockey

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 2 1965.

Liberal Party of Australia

1996 – 2015


Phillip

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Phillip
Jeannette McHugh

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1934.

Australian Labor Party

1983 – 1993


Prospect

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Prospect
Christopher Eyles Guy “Chris” Bowen

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1973.

Australian Labor Party

2004 – 2010


Robertson

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Robertson
James Eric “Jim” Lloyd

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1954.

Liberal Party of Australia

1996 – 2007

Belinda Jane Neal

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1963.

Australian Labor Party

2007 – 2010


Sydney

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Sydney
Tanya Joan Plibersek

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1969.

Australian Labor Party

1998 – present


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Warringah
Anthony John “Tony” Abbott

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 4 1957.

Liberal Party of Australia

1994 – 2019


Wentworth

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Wentworth
Edward Gough Whitlam

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1916; d. October 21 2014.

Australian Labor Party

1952 – 1978


Werriwa

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Werriwa
Paul John Keating

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1944.

1990 – 1991


Past Constituencies

Navigation: Parkes.


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Parkes
Thomas Eyre Forrest “Tom” Hughes

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1923; November 28 2024.

Liberal Party of Australia

1963 – 1969




Queensland

Current Constituencies

Navigation: Dickson | Fairfax | Fisher | Kennedy | Lilley | Oxley | Ryan | Wide Bay.


Dickson

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Dickson
Peter Craig Dutton

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1970.

Liberal Party of Australia

2001 – 2025


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Fairfax
Albert Evan Adermann

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1927; November 3 2001.

National Party of Australia

1984 – 1990


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Fisher
Albert Evan Adermann

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 10 1927; November 3 2001.

Australian Country Party (1972 – 1975); National Country Party (1975 – 1982); National Party of Australia (1982 – 1984)

1972 – 1984


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Griffith
Kevin Michael Rudd

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1957.

Australian Labor Party

1998 – 2013


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Kennedy
Rob Justin Hulls

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1957.

Australian Labor Party

1990 – 1993


Lilley

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Lilley
Wayne Maxwell Swan

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1954.

Australian Labor Party

1993 – 1996

Wayne Maxwell Swan

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1954.

Australian Labor Party

1998 – 2019


Oxley

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Oxley
William George “Bill” Hayden

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 23 1933; d. October 21 2023.

Australian Labor Party

1961 – 1988


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Rankin
James Edward “Jim” Chalmers

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1978.

Australian Labor Party

2013 – present


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Ryan
John Colinton Moore

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1936; January 22 2025.

Liberal Party of Australia

1975 – 2001


Wide Bay

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Wide Bay
Warren Errol Truss

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 8 1948.

National Party of Australia

1990 – 2016




South Australia

Current Seats: Sturt.


Sturt

Member of the Parliament of Australia in Sturt
Christopher Maurice Pyne

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1967.

Liberal Party of Australia

1993 – 2019




Tasmania

Defunct Constituencies

Navigation: Denison.


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Denison
William Michael Hodgman

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1938; d. June 19 2013.

Liberal Party of Australia

1975 – 1987




Victoria

Navigation

Current Seats: Ballarat | Bendigo | Bruce | Corio | Holt | Hotham | Kooyong | Lalor | Maribyrnong | Melbourne | Wannon; Wills.


Ballarat

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Ballarat
Catherine Fiona King

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1966.

Australian Labor Party

2001 – present


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Bendigo
John William Bourchier

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1929; August 31 2017.

Liberal Party of Australia

1972 – 1983

John Mansfield Brumby

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1953.

Australian Labor Party

1983 – 1990

Nicholas Bruce Reid

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1935; d. May 24 2020.

Liberal Party of Australia

1990 – 1998


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Bruce
Sir Billy Mackie Snedden

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1926; d. June 27 1987.

Liberal Party of Australia

1955 – 1983


Corio

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Corio
Richard Donald Marles

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 13 1967.

Australian Labor Party

2007 – present


Flinders
Stanley Melbourne Bruce

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947

Nationalist Party

1918 – 1929

Stanley Melbourne Bruce

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 3 1870; d. June 26 1947

United Australia Party

1931 – 1933


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Holt
Gareth John Evans

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 5 1944.

Australian Labor Party

1996 – 1999


Hotham

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Hotham
Simon Findlay Crean

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1949; d. June 25 2023.

Australian Labor Party

1990 – 2013


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Kooyong
Andrew Sharp Peacock

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1939; April 16 2021.

Liberal Party of Australia

1966 – 1994


Lalor

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Lalor
Julia Eileen Gillard

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 29 1961.

Australian Labor Party

1998 – 2013


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Maribyrnong
Alan Gordon Griffiths

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1952.

Australian Labor Party

1983 – 1996

Robert Charles Grant “Bob” Sercombe

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1949; d. January 12 2025.

Australian Labor Party

1996 – 2007

William Richard “Bill” Shorten

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1967.

Australian Labor Party

2007 – 2025


Melbourne

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Melbourne
Arthur Augustus Calwell

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 28 1896; d. July 8 1973.

Australian Labor Party

1940 – 1972


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Wannon
John Malcolm Fraser

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1930; March 20 2015.

Liberal Party of Australia

1955 – 1983


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Wills
Robert James Lee “Bob” Hawke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1929; d. May 16 2019.

Australian Labor Party

1980 – 1992


Past Constituencies

Navigation: Henty.


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Henty
Edmund Maxwell Cameron “Max” Fox

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1912; November 27 1988.

Liberal Party of Australia

1955 – 1974




Western Australia

Navigation

Current Seats: Brand | Curtin | Perth.


Brand

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Brand
Madeleine Mary Harvie King

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 31 1973.

Australian Labor Party

2016 – present


Member of the Parliament of Australia for Curtin
Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 1 1905; January 9 1993.

Liberal Party of Australia

1949 – 1969

Ransley Victor “Vic” Garland

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 5 1934; January 1 2022.

Liberal Party of Australia

1969 – 1981

Allan Charles Rocher

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1936; March 18 2016.

Liberal Party of Australia (1981 – 1995); Independent (1995 – 1998)

1981 – 1998


Perth

Member of the Parliament of Australia for Perth
Stephen Francis Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1955.

Australian Labor Party

1993 – 2013




Tasmania

Defunct Constituencies

Wilmot
Joseph Aloysius Lyons

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1879; d. April 7 1939

Australian Labor Party (1929 – 1931); Independent (1931); United Australia Party (1931 – 1939)

1929 – 1939