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
Gareth John Evans

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

Australian Labor Party

1993 – 1996




Leadership of the House of Commons

Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
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


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
John Winston Howard

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

Liberal Party of Australia

1993 – 1995


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

Current Constituencies

Navigation: Bennelong | Cook | Lindsay | Warringah.


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 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 Grayndler
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 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


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




Queensland

Current Constituencies

Navigation: Kennedy.


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


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




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

Current Constituencies

Navigation: Bendigo | Holt | Maribyrnong | Wannon; Wills.


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


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


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


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




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