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