Baby of the House is the unofficial title given to the youngest member of a parliamentary house. The term is most often applied to members of the British

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from which the term originated. The title is named after the Father of the House, which is given to the ''longest serving'' member of the British and other parliaments.

Australia

In Australia the term is rarely used. Most MPs and senators are elected usually only in their thirties and later but some prominent MPs have been elected rather early in life including Prime Ministers

Malcolm Fraser John Malcolm Fraser (; 21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983, holding office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Fraser was raised on hi ...

and

Paul Keating Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944) is an Australian former politician and unionist who served as the 24th prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He previously serv ...

who were both elected at age 25 in 1955 and 1969 respectively. The youngest Baby of the House was Wyatt Roy. He was elected at age 20 in 2010, being the youngest person ever to be elected to an Australian parliament. , the current Baby of the House is the Member for Brisbane Stephen Bates (age ). Senator Fatima Payman (age 27) is the youngest member of the Senate.

Azerbaijan

in the

2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Azerbaijan on 9 February 2020.

Sabina Khasayeva Sabina Samad gizi Khasayeva ( née Suleymanova; born 30 March 1993) is an Azerbaijani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly since 2020. She was the youngest MP elected at the 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election Parlia ...

at the age of 27 was the youngest MP elected.

Canada

The youngest-ever elected member of the House of Commons of Canada is

Pierre-Luc Dusseault Pierre-Luc Dusseault (born May 31, 1991) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election at the age of 19, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament in the country's history. He was swor ...

, who was elected at the age of 19 years and 11 months in 2011. Dusseault is the youngest MP in Canadian history. In the past, MPs such as Sean O'Sullivan, Pierre Poilievre,

Andrew Scheer Andrew James Scheer (born May 20, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Regina—Qu'Appelle since 2004. Scheer served as the 35th speaker of the House of Commons from 2011 to 2015, and was the lead ...

, Claude-André Lachance and

Lorne Nystrom Lorne Edmund Nystrom, (born April 26, 1946) is a Canadian politician and was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2004. He is a member of the New Democratic Party. Nystrom has been a prominent figu ...

have also held the distinction.

Eric Melillo Eric Melillo (born March 27, 1998) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Kenora in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. Melillo is the youngest Conservative MP ever elected in Cana ...

is the youngest current MP, representing the riding of Kenora, Ontario, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada; born in 1998, elected at 21 years of age. The youngest member of the Senate of Canada is

Patrick Brazeau Patrick Brazeau (born November 11, 1974) is a Canadian senator from Quebec. At the age of 34, he was and is the youngest member of the Senate during his appointment. From February 2006 until January 2009 he held the position of national chief of ...

Repentigny, Quebec Repentigny () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located north of the city on the lower end of the L'Assomption River, and on the Saint Lawrence River. Repentigny and Charlemagne were the first towns off the eastern tip ...

; born 1974, appointed at 34 years of age.

Finland

France

List of youngest members of the French Parliament

This is a list of youngest

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of the

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Germany

In Germany the term is rarely used. Emilia Fester was the youngest MP elected in the 2021 federal election at the age of 23. Emily Vontz became the youngest MP in 2023, at the age of 22. In 2022, Pascal Leddin became the youngest member of the

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Grenada

Kerryne James was elected in the

2022 Grenadian general election Snap general elections were held in Grenada on 23 June 2022. The incumbent Prime Minister Keith Mitchell sought a sixth term. National Democratic Congress (NDC) made a return to parliament after nine years of absence, defeating the ruling pa ...

at the age of 24 becoming the country's youngest ever legislator.

Hong Kong

In Hong Kong the term is rarely used. The current baby of the Legislative Council is Joephy Chan who was elected in the 2021 Legislative Council election. The youngest-ever elected member from 1991 to 2016 was

James To James To Kun-sun (; ; born 11 March 1963) is a Hong Kong lawyer and Democratic Party politician. From 1991 to 2020, To was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, representing the District Council (Second) constituency. In his fin ...

, who ran for the first Legislative Council direct election in 1991 at the age of 28. His record ceased in 2016, when the youngest-ever elected member

Nathan Law Nathan Law Kwun-chung ( zh, link=no, t=羅冠聰; born 13 July 1993) is an activist and politician from Hong Kong. As a former student leader, he has been chairman of the Representative Council of the Lingnan University Students' Union (LUS ...

and the youngest-ever elected female member

Yau Wai-ching Regine Yau Wai-ching (; born 6 May 1991) is a Hong Kong former politician and former member of the localist group Youngspiration. She was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong as a member for Kowloon West in the 2016 Legislative ...

, were both elected in the 2016 election at the age of 23 and 25 respectively, were both disqualified over the oath-taking controversy between 2016 and 2017. He was replaced by Ho Kai-ming, who was the fourth-youngest member when he was elected in 2016. He was later replaced by

Au Nok-hin Au Nok-hin (; born 18 June 1987) is a pro-democracy politician in Hong Kong. He is the former member of the Legislative Council for Hong Kong Island from 2018 to 2019 and member of the Southern District Council for Lei Tung I from 2012 to 20 ...

who was elected in the

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but was unseated in 2019. The title went back to Ho who subsequently resigned in May 2020 for joining the government and was replaced by

Cheng Chung-tai Cheng Chung-tai (; born 5 November 1983) is a Hong Kong academic, social activist, and politician. After winning a seat in the New Territories West constituency in the 2016 legislative election, he took over from Wong Yeung-tat as chairman of ...

who was the fifth youngest member in 2016, until himself got disqualified in August 2021. The title eventually returned to Steven Ho who was elected as the youngest member in 2012. (b) – by-election

Hungary

The youngest-ever elected member of the

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is Ilona Burka, who became MP at the age of 19 years, 5 months and 13 days on 12 May 1971, following the 1971 parliamentary election.

India

b) – by-election

Iran

:''Source'':

Ireland

In the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern ...

the term is rarely used, as TDs normally enter the Dáil after a political career in local government, usually only in their thirties and later. The current baby of the Dáil is the

Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christia ...

deputy James O'Connor ( Cork East), who was 22 years and 7 months old when elected in February 2020. The youngest TD of all time was William J. Murphy, elected age 21 years 29 days; the youngest female TD was Kathleen O'Connor, 21 years 7 months.

List of babies of the Dáil

Baby of Seanad Éireann

Israel

In Israel the term is seldom used. The youngest member of the

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is Yitzhak Wasserlauf of

Otzma Yehudit Otzma Yehudit ( he, עָצְמָה יְהוּדִית, , Jewish Strength', or 'Jewish Power) is a far-right political party in Israel, which has been referred to as Kahanist and anti-Arab. It was originally formed as Otzma LeYisrael (; lit., ''S ...

elected in

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aged 30. The youngest member of the

ever is

Moshe Nissim Moshe Nissim ( he, משה נסים, born 10 April 1935) is a former Israeli politician, minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Biography Moshe Nissim was born in Mandatory Palestine. He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and served a ...

, elected in 1959 aged 24.

Italy

The youngest member of the Chamber of Deputies ever is

Enzo Lattuca Enzo Lattuca (born 9 February 1988) is an Italian politician, former deputy of the Italian Republic, mayor of Cesena since 2019 and current President of the Union of Valle Savio Municipalities. Biography Studies Graduated in 2007 at the Aug ...

( PD), elected in

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, aged 25 years, 1 month, and 6 days.

Kenya

Malawi

The youngest MP in Malawi was Angela Zachepa who was voted in as MP at age 21.

Malaysia

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

, the term is very rarely used. Most MPs are directly elected and Senators are appointed or indirectly elected usually in their middle age but a few were elected as an MP at a very young age including former

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

and former Pekan MP Najib Razak who was elected at 22 years and 6 months in age in 1976. The youngest ever elected is Batu MP Prabakaran Parameswaran, who was elected at the age of 22 years and 3 months in 2018. The present Baby of the House is Sungai Petani MP Mohammed Taufiq Johari who was elected in 2022. Mohammed Taufiq is a month younger than Prabakaran. Any citizen 18 years of age or older can become a candidate and be directly elected to the Dewan Rakyat as an MP and State Legislative Assemblies as an MLA while any citizen 30 years of age or older can be appointed or indirectly elected to the Dewan Negara as a Senator.

Marshall Islands

In the 2019 general election, Kitlang Kabua became the youngest person ever elected to the

Nitijeļā The Legislature of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Nitijeļā ) has 33 members, elected for a four-year term in single-seat and five multi-seat constituencies. The last election was November 18, 2019. Elections in the Marshall Islands are officially ...

New Zealand

The term "Baby of the House" is rarely used in New Zealand. The current Baby of the House is Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of

Te Pāti Māori Te Pāti Māori (), also known as the Māori Party, is a political party in New Zealand advocating indigenous rights. It contests the specially reserved Māori electorates, in which its main rival is the Labour Party. Under the current lead ...

, who was elected on 14 October 2023 aged 21. Maipi-Clarke succeeded

Chlöe Swarbrick Chlöe Charlotte Swarbrick (born 26 June 1994) is a New Zealand politician. Following a high-profile but unsuccessful run for the 2016 Auckland mayoral election, she became a parliamentary candidate for the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, ...

of the

Green Party A green party is a formally organized political party based on the principles of green politics, such as social justice, environmentalism and nonviolence. Greens believe that these issues are inherently related to one another as a foundation f ...

, who was elected on 24 September 2017 aged 23.

Philippines

In the

Congress of the Philippines The Congress of the Philippines ( fil, Kongreso ng Pilipinas, italic=unset) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, although colloquially the te ...

, the term "Baby of the House" is rarely used; the term "Benjamin" of the chamber is used instead. Special treatment is not given to the youngest member of either chamber. However, by tradition, the youngest member of the chamber usually administers the oath of office to their incoming leader (i.e. President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives). The minimum age for being a member of the

House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ...

is 25 years old, while for the Senate, it is 35, as stipulated in the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. In 1933,

Benigno Aquino, Sr. Benigno Simeon "Igno" Quiambao Aquino Sr. (born Benigno Simeón Aquino y Quiambao; September 3, 1894 – December 20, 1947) was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state in the ...

became senator at the age of 33; the Jones Law, which created the Senate, had prescribed the minimum age of 30. The current ''Benjamin of the House'' is Representative Braeden Jaime Cojuangco of the 1st District of Tarlac. Meanwhile, Senator Mark Villar has been the youngest Senator since 2022.

List of youngest members of the Philippine House of Representatives

List of youngest members of the Philippine Senate

Russia

Singapore

The current youngest MP in the Singapore Parliament is

Nadia Ahmad Samdin Nadia Ahmad Samdin (born 1990) is a Singaporean politician and lawyer. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she has been the Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Cheng San–Seletar division of Ang Mo Kio GRC since 2020. ...

, who was elected in 2020 at the age of 30. The youngest MP ever elected in Singapore is

Lim Chin Siong Lim Chin Siong (; 28 February 1933 – 5 February 1996) was a Singaporean politician and Trade union, union leader active in Singapore in the 1950s and 1960s. He was one of the founders of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), which has ...

, who was elected in the 1955 general election at the age of 22.

South Africa

The current, since 2017, titleholder is Hlomela Bucwa of the Democratic Alliance.

Sweden

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, the previous Baby of the House, had resigned her seat in December 2021 the new Baby of the House became Tobias Andersson at the age of 26. , - , {{sort, 26 September 2022 , , {{sortname, Aida, Birinxhiku, Aida BirinxhikuAida Birinxhiku is the youngest MP
2022-09-25 (in Swedish) , ,

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, {{Party name with colour, Swedish Social Democratic Party , 23 , , Aida Birinxhiku become the youngest member of the Parliament following the

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. , - , {{sort, 18 January 2023 , , {{sortname, Daniel, Lönn, Daniel Lönn , ,

Dalarna County Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmar ...

, {{Party name with colour, Sweden Democrats , 21 , , Replaced Sara Gille from 18 January 2023 during her leave of absence. This happened since

Rasmus Giertz Rasmus Giertz (born 3 June 1994 in Enköping) is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats party who has served as a Member of the Riksdag for the Dalarna County constituency since September 2022. Biography Giertz was elected regional leader ...

, who had up to then replaced Sara Gille, became an ordinary member of the Parliament following

Mats Nordberg Mats Nordberg (14 April 1958 – 15 January 2023) was a Swedish politician and member of the Riksdag representing the Sweden Democrats party for the constituency of Dalarna County. Nordberg also worked as a tree surgeon An arborist, tree ...

's death. , - , {{sort, 31 March 2023 , , {{sortname, Aida, Birinxhiku, Aida Birinxhiku , ,

, {{Party name with colour, Swedish Social Democratic Party , 23 , , Aida Birinxhiku regained her position as the youngest member of the Parliament after Sara Gille returned from her leave of absence, thus ending Daniel Lönns time in Parliament. The current Baby of the House is

Aida Birinxhiku Aida Birinxhiku (born 1999) is a Swedish politician. She was elected as Member of the Riksdag in September 2022. She represents the constituency of Halland County. She is affiliated with the Social Democrats. She became the youngest member of the ...

. The youngest person ever to be elected MP to a Swedish parliament is Anton Abele who was only aged 18 when elected in September 2010. Current record holder for the world's youngest-ever elected MP is Anton Abele, who was at 18 years elected to the Swedish Parliament for his activism against street violence.

Turkey

Rümeysa Kadak (born 16 May 1996) is the youngest MP in the history of Republic of Turkey.

Trinidad and Tobago

Saddam Hosein is the baby of the house of the 12th Republican Parliament.

Uganda

At 19 years old, Proscovia Alengot Oromait was the world's youngest MP and youngest ever MP in Africa when elected in 2011. Oromait is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Uganda and was a representative of Usuk County until 2016. She was succeeded by Hellen Auma Wandera as the youngest member of parliament in Uganda.

United Kingdom

Becoming the Baby of the

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is regarded as something of an achievement despite the lack of any special treatment that comes with the title. However, some MPs who have held the position for a considerable period – Matthew Taylor was the Baby of the House for over ten years – have found it somewhat embarrassing, as it may suggest that they have a lack of experience, although many holders of the title have gone on to enjoy long and distinguished parliamentary careers. From August 1999 to September 2001, all three of the leaders of the main political parties -

Tony Blair Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...

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and

Charles Kennedy Charles Peter Kennedy (25 November 1959 – 1 June 2015) was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross, Skye and Lochaber from 1983 ...

- had been the youngest MPs in their party when they began their political careers, though only Kennedy had been Baby of the House. Of those whose ages can be verified, the youngest MP since the Reform Act 1832 is

Mhairi Black Mhairi Black (; or /vaɾʲɪ/ in Scottish Gaelic born 12 September 1994) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, serving as the party's deputy leader in the House of Commons since December 2022. She has been a Member of Parliament (MP) ...

, elected in 2015 aged 20 years 237 days. The

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for Parliament was lowered from 21 to 18 by the

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was elected at 21 and became Prime Minister two years later in 1783. There were younger MPs in earlier centuries:

Christopher Monck Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle (14 August 1653 – 6 October 1688) was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1667 to 1670 when he inherited the Dukedom and sat in the House of Lords. Origins Monc ...

was elected as MP for Devon in 1667 aged 13; when his father died three years later and Monck became Duke of Albemarle, he could not then take his seat in the House of Lords until aged 21.

Owen Carron Owen Gerard Carron (born 9 February 1953) is an Irish republican activist who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Fermanagh and South Tyrone from 1981 to 1983. Early life Carron was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. He qualified as a teach ...

directly replaced

Bobby Sands Robert Gerard Sands ( ga, Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh; 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was a member (and leader in the Maze prison) of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison M ...

as both MP for Fermanagh South Tyrone and Baby of the House after Sands' death on

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, but neither ever took his seat. George Charles Grey is the only other Baby of the House to die while in post, in World War Two.

List of babies of the House of Commons

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, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 22 , - , {{sort, 1890, 1890 (b) , , {{sortname, Henry, Harrison, Henry Harrison (Irish politician) , , Mid Tipperary , {{Party name with colour, Irish Parliamentary Party , 22 , - , {{sort, 1891a, 1891 (b) , , {{sortname, Victor, Cavendish, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire , , West Derbyshire , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 23 , - , {{sort, 1891b, 1891 (b), , {{sortname, Frederick, Smith, Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden , ,

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, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 23 , - , {{sort, 1892,

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, , {{sortname, Thomas Bartholomew, Curran , , Kilkenny City , {{Party name with colour, Irish National Federation , 22 , - , {{Sort, 1895,

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

, , {{sortname, Viscount, Milton, William Wentworth-FitzWilliam, 7th Earl FitzWilliam , ,

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, {{Party name with colour, Liberal Unionist Party , 22 , - , {{sort, 1898a, 1898 (b) , , {{sortname, Sir Samuel, Scott, Bt, Sir Samuel Scott, 6th Baronet , , Marylebone West , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 24 , - , {{sort, 1898b, 1898 (b) , , {{sortname, Arthur, Hill, Arthur Hill (politician) , ,

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, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 24 , - , {{sort, 1900,

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, , {{sortname, Richard, Rigg, Richard Rigg (British politician) , , Appleby , {{Party name with colour, Liberal Party (UK) , 23 , - , {{sort, 1904, 1904 (b) , , {{sortname, Viscount, Turnour, Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton , , Horsham , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 21 , - , {{sort, 1906,

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, , {{sortname, Lord, Wodehouse, John Wodehouse, 3rd Earl of Kimberley , , Mid Norfolk , {{Party name with colour, Liberal Party (UK) , 22 , - , {{sort, 1910a, Jan 1910 , , {{sortname, Charles Thomas, Mills , ,

Uxbridge Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Situated west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxb ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 22 , - , {{sort, 1910b, Dec 1910 , , {{sortname, Viscount, Wolmer, Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne , , Newton , {{Party name with colour, Liberal Party (UK) , 23 , - , {{sort, 1912, 1912 (b) , , {{sortname, Sir Philip, Sassoon, Bt, Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet , ,

Hythe Hythe, from Anglo-Saxon ''hȳð'', may refer to a landing-place, port or haven, either as an element in a toponym, such as Rotherhithe in London, or to: Places Australia * Hythe, Tasmania Canada *Hythe, Alberta, a village in Canada England * T ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 23 , - , {{sort, 1915, 1915 (b) , , {{sortname, John, Esmonde, Sir John Esmonde, 14th Baronet , ,

North Tipperary North Tipperary ( ga, Tiobraid Árann Thuaidh) was a county in Ireland. It was part of the Mid-West Region and was also located in the province of Munster. It was named after the town of Tipperary and consisted of 48% of the land area of the ...

, {{Party name with colour, Irish Parliamentary Party , 21 , - , {{sort, 1916, 1916 (b) , , {{sortname, Patrick, Whitty , , North Louth , {{Party name with colour, Irish Parliamentary Party , 21 , - , {{sort, 1917, 1917 (b) , , {{sortname, Lord, Stanley, Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (1894–1938) , , Liverpool Abercromby , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 22 , - , {{sort, 1918, 1918 , , {{sortname, Joseph, Sweeney, Joseph Sweeney (Irish politician) , , West Donegal , {{Party name with colour, Sinn Féin , 21 , - , {{Sort, 1919, 1919 (b) , , {{sortname, Esmond, Harmsworth, Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere , ,

Isle of Thanet The Isle of Thanet () is a peninsula forming the easternmost part of Kent, England. While in the past it was separated from the mainland by the Wantsum Channel, it is no longer an island. Archaeological remains testify to its settlement in an ...

, {{Party name with colour, Coalition Conservative , 21 , - , {{sort, 1922,

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera ...

, , {{sortname, Arthur, Evans, Arthur Evans (politician) , ,

Leicester East Leicester East is a United Kingdom constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since December 2019 by Claudia Webbe, who was ele ...

, {{Party name with colour, National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) , 24 , - , {{sort, 1923,

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

, , {{sortname, Charles, Rhys, Charles Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor , ,

Romford Romford is a large town in east London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Historically, Romfo ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 24 , - , {{sort, 1924,

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...

, , {{sortname, Hugh, Lucas-Tooth , ,

Isle of Ely The Isle of Ely () is a historic region around the city of Ely in Cambridgeshire, England. Between 1889 and 1965, it formed an administrative county. Etymology Its name has been said to mean "island of eels", a reference to the creatures th ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 21 , - , {{sort, 1929a, 1929 (b) , , {{sortname, Jennie, Lee, Jennie Lee, Baroness Lee of Asheridge , ,

North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire ( sco, North Lanrikshire; gd, Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It als ...

, {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 24 , - , {{sort, 1929b,

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

, , {{sortname, Frank, Owen, Frank Owen (politician) , , Hereford , {{Party name with colour, Liberal Party (UK) , 23 , - , {{sort, 1931,

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

, , {{sortname, Roland, Robinson, Roland Robinson, 1st Baron Martonmere , ,

Widnes Widnes ( ) is an industrial town in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England, which at the 2011 census had a population of 61,464. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form th ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 24 , - , {{sort, 1933, 1933 (b) , , {{sortname, Lord, Willoughby de Eresby, James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster , , Rutland and Stamford , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 25 , - , {{sort, 1935a, 1935 (b) , , {{sortname, Charles, Taylor, Charles Taylor (MP for Eastbourne) , ,

Eastbourne Eastbourne () is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London. Eastbourne is immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the la ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 24 , - , {{sort, 1935b, 1935 , , {{sortname, Malcolm, Macmillan , ,

Western Isles The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...

, {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 22 , - , {{sort, 1940, 1940 (b) , , {{sortname, John, Profumo , ,

Kettering Kettering is a market and industrial town in North Northamptonshire, England. It is located north of London and north-east of Northampton, west of the River Ise, a tributary of the River Nene. The name means "the place (or territory) of ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 25 , - , {{sort, 1941, 1941 (b) , , {{sortname, George Charles, Grey , ,

Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census reco ...

, {{Party name with colour, Liberal Party (UK) , 22 , - , {{sort, 1944, 1944Became the youngest MP for a second time, on the death of the previous youngest MP , , {{sortname, John, Profumo , ,

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 29 , - , {{sort, 1945a, 1945 (b) , , {{sortname, Ernest, Millington , ,

Chelmsford Chelmsford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It ...

, {{Party name with colour, Common Wealth Party , 29 , - , {{sort, 1945b,

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, ...

, , {{sortname, Edward, Carson, Edward Carson (Conservative politician) , ,

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 25 , - , {{sort, 1948, 1948 (b) , , {{sortname, Roy, Jenkins , , Southwark Central , {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 27 , - , {{sort, 1950a,

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

, , {{sortname, Peter, Baker, Peter Baker (British politician) , ,

South Norfolk South Norfolk is a local government district in Norfolk, England. Its council is based in Long Stratton. The population of the Local Authority District was 124,012 as taken at the 2011 Census. History The district was formed on 1 April 19 ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 28 , - , {{sort, 1950b, 1950 (b) , , {{sortname, Tony, Benn , ,

Bristol South East Bristol South East was a constituency in the city of Bristol that returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1950 general election, mainly from t ...

, {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 25 , - , {{sort, 1950c, 1950 (b) , , {{sortname, Thomas, Teevan, Thomas Teevan (Unionist politician) , , Belfast West , {{Party name with colour, Ulster Unionist Party , 23 , - , {{sort, 1951,

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

, , {{sortname, Tony, Benn , ,

, {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 26 , - , {{sort, 1954a, 1954 (b) , , {{sortname, John, Eden, John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton , , Bournemouth West , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 28 , - , {{sort, 1954b, 1954 (b) , , {{sortname, John, Woollam, John Woollam (politician) , ,

Liverpool West Derby Liverpool, West Derby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Ian Byrne of the Labour Party. Boundaries 1885–1918: The Municipal Borough of Liverpool ward of West Derby. 1918–1950: The ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 27 , - , {{sort, 1955a, 1955Elected on an

abstentionist Abstentionism is standing for election to a deliberative assembly while refusing to take up any seats won or otherwise participate in the assembly's business. Abstentionism differs from an election boycott in that abstentionists participate in ...

ticket, Philip Clarke did not take his seat. Peter Kirk was first elected at the 1955 general election, when he became the youngest MP to take his seat, but only became the youngest MP with the disqualification of Clarke later in the year , , {{sortname, Philip, Clarke, dab=politician , , Fermanagh and South Tyrone , {{Party name with colour, Sinn Féin , 21 , - , {{sort, 1955b, 1955 , , {{sortname, Peter, Kirk, Peter Michael Kirk , , Gravesend , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 27 , - , {{sort, 1956, 1956 (b) , , {{sortname, Marcus, Kimball, Marcus Kimball, Baron Kimball , ,

Gainsborough Gainsborough or Gainsboro may refer to: Places * Gainsborough, Ipswich, Suffolk, England ** Gainsborough Ward, Ipswich * Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, a town in England ** Gainsborough (UK Parliament constituency) * Gainsborough, New South Wales, ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 27 , - , {{sort, 1957, 1957 (b) , , {{sortname, Robert, Cooke, Robert Cooke (Conservative politician) , , Bristol West , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 26 , - , {{sort, 1958a, 1958 (b) , , {{sortname, Basil, de Ferranti , , Morecambe and Lonsdale , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 28 , - , {{sort, 1958b, 1958 (b) , , {{sortname, Patrick, Wolrige-Gordon , , East Aberdeenshire , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 23 , - , {{sort, 1959, 1959 (b) , , {{sortname, Paul, Channon, Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon , , Southend West , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 23 , - , {{sort, 1964,

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

, , {{sortname, Teddy, Taylor , , Glasgow Cathcart , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 27 , - , {{sort, 1965, 1965 (b) , , {{sortname, David, Steel , , Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles , {{Party name with colour, Liberal Party (UK) , 26 , - , {{sort, 1966, 1966 , , {{sortname, John, Ryan, John Ryan (UK politician), John Ryan , ,

, {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 25 , - , {{sort, 1967, 1967 (b) , , {{sortname, Les, Huckfield , , Nuneaton , {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 24 , - , {{sort, 1969, 1969 (b) , , {{sortname, Bernadette, Devlin , , Mid Ulster , {{Party name with colour, Unity (Northern Ireland) , 21 , - , {{sort, 1974a, Feb 1974 , , {{sortname, Dafydd, Elis Thomas , ,

Merioneth , HQ= Dolgellau , Government= Merionethshire County Council (1889-1974) , Origin= , Status= , Start= 1284 , End= , Code= MER , CodeName= ...

, {{Party name with colour, Plaid Cymru , 27 , - , {{sort, 1974b, Oct 1974 , , {{sortname, Hélène, Hayman, Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman , , Welwyn and Hatfield , {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 25 , - , {{sort, 1977, 1977 (b) , , {{sortname, Andrew, MacKay , , Birmingham Stechford , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 27 , - , {{sort, 1979a, 1979 (b) , , {{sortname, David, Alton, David Alton , , Liverpool Edge Hill , {{Party name with colour, Liberal Party (UK) , 28 , - , {{sort, 1979b,

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

, , {{sortname, Stephen, Dorrell , ,

Loughborough Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England, the seat of Charnwood Borough Council and Loughborough University. At the 2011 census the town's built-up area had a population of 59,932 , the second large ...

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 27 , - , {{sort, 1981a, 1981 (b)Elected on an

ticket, Bobby Sands and

did not take their seats;

Stephen Dorrell Stephen James Dorrell (born 25 March 1952) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough between 1979 and 1997 and then for Charnwood from 1997 to 2015. Dorrell most recent ...

remained the youngest MP actually sitting in the House of Commons , , {{sortname, Bobby, Sands , , Fermanagh and South Tyrone , {{Party name with colour, Anti H-Block , 27 , - , {{sort, 1981b, 1981 , , {{sortname, Stephen, Dorrell , ,

, {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 29 , - , {{sort, 1981c, 1981 (b) , , {{sortname, Owen, Carron , , Fermanagh and South Tyrone , {{Party name with colour, Anti H-Block , 28 , - , {{sort, 1983,

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

, , {{sortname, Charles, Kennedy , , Ross, Cromarty and Skye , {{Party name with colour, Social Democratic Party (UK) , 23 , - , {{sort, 1987, 1987 (b) , , {{sortname, Matthew, Taylor, Matthew Taylor, Baron Taylor of Goss Moor , ,

Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its population was 18,766 in the 2011 census. People of Truro ...

, {{Party name with colour, Liberal Party (UK) , 24 , - , {{sort, 1997,

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

, , {{sortname, Chris, Leslie, Chris Leslie , , Shipley , {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 24 , - , {{sort, 2000, 2000 (b) , , {{sortname, David, Lammy , ,

Tottenham Tottenham () is a town in North London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton to the north, Wal ...

, {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 27 , - , {{sort, 2003, 2003 (b) , , {{sortname, Sarah, Teather , , Brent East , {{Party name with colour, Liberal Democrats (UK) , 29 , - , {{sort, 2005, 2005 , , {{sortname, Jo, Swinson , ,

East Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire ( sco, Aest Dunbartanshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north of Glasgow and contains many of the affluent areas to the north of the city, including Bea ...

, {{Party name with colour, Liberal Democrats (UK) , 25 , - , {{sort, 2009, 2009 (b) , , {{sortname, Chloe, Smith , , Norwich North , {{Party name with colour, Conservative Party (UK) , 27 , - , {{sort, 2010, 2010 , , {{sortname, Pamela, Nash} , , Airdrie and Shotts , {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 25 , - , {{sort, 2015, 2015 , , {{sortname, Mhairi, Black} , ,

Paisley and Renfrewshire South Paisley and Renfrewshire South is a constituency of the House of Commons, located in Renfrewshire, Scotland to the southwest of Glasgow. It elects one Member of Parliament at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system o ...

, {{Party name with colour, Scottish National Party , 20 , - , {{sort, 2019,

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

, , {{sortname, Nadia Whittome} , ,

Nottingham East Nottingham East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Nadia Whittome of the Labour Party. Members of Parliament Constituency profile On average earners' incomes are slightly lower than the ...

, {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 23 , - , {{sort, 2023, 2023 (b), , {{sortname, Keir, Mather , , Selby and Ainsty , {{Party name with colour, Labour Party (UK) , 25 , -

Youngest member of the House of Lords

The title 'Baby of the House' is not used in the House of Lords, though the youngest member is recorded on the House website. {{As of, March 2024, the youngest member of the House is Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (born 15 May 1996), who was created a life peer at the age of 27, becoming the youngest-ever life peer. The youngest male member of the House is Lord Kempsell (born 8 May 1992), who was likewise created a life peer in July 2023 at the age of 31. Standing Orders state that "No Lord under the age of one and twenty years shall be permitted to sit in the House". When most members of the Lords were hereditary peers, a peer who had inherited his or her peerage(s) while under age was entitled to take a seat on the day before his or her 21st birthday. In theory, such a hereditary peer could still be elected to sit in the House at that age; in practice, the youngest hereditary peer to have been elected was

Lord Freyberg Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a British-born New Zealand soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the 7th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1946 to 1952. Freyb ...

(born 15 December 1970), who was elected in October 1999 at the age of 28.

List of youngest members of the Scottish Parliament

This is a list of youngest members of the Scottish Parliament created in 1999. {, class="sortable wikitable" width="800px" , - !Elected !! Name !! Constituency/region !!class="unsortable", !! Party !! Age when elected , - , {{sort, 1999,

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

, , {{sortname, Duncan, Hamilton, Duncan Hamilton (politician), Duncan Hamilton , , Highlands and Islands region , {{Party name with colour, Scottish National Party , 25 , - , {{sort, 2003, 2003 , , {{sortname, Richard, Baker, Richard Baker (Scottish politician), Richard Baker , , North East Scotland region , {{Party name with colour, Scottish Labour , 28 , - , {{sort, 2007, 2007 , , {{sortname, John, Lamont, John Lamont , , Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire constituency , {{Party name with colour, Scottish Conservatives , 31 , - , {{sort, 2011, 2011 , , {{sortname, Humza, Yousaf, Humza Yousaf , , Glasgow region , {{Party name with colour, Scottish National Party , 26 , - , {{sort, 2016,

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

, , {{sortname, Ross, Greer, Ross Greer , , West Scotland region , {{Party name with colour, Scottish Greens , 21 , - , {{sort, 2021,

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

, , {{sortname, Emma, Roddick, Emma Roddick , , Highlands and Islands region , {{Party name with colour, Scottish National Party , 23 , -

List of youngest members of the Senedd

This is a list of youngest members of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), created in 1999. From its creation in 1999 until May 2020, the Senedd was known as the National Assembly for Wales (Welsh: ''Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru''). {, class="wikitable" width="800px" , - !Elected !! Name !! Constituency/region !!class="unsortable", !! Party !! DOB !! Age when elected , - , ,

, , Jonathan Morgan , ,

South Wales Central South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...

, {{Party name with colour , Conservative Party (UK) , , 19 March 1974 , , 25 , - , , 2003 , , Laura Ann Jones , ,

South Wales East South Wales East () is an electoral region of the Senedd, consisting of eight constituencies. The region elects 12 members, eight directly elected constituency members and four additional members. The electoral region was first used in 1999, w ...

, {{Party name with colour , Conservative Party (UK) , , 21 February 1979 , , 24 , - , , 2007 , , Bethan Jenkins , , South Wales West , {{Party name with colour , Plaid Cymru , , 9 December 1981 , , 25 , - , ,

, , Steffan Lewis , ,

, {{Party name with colour , Plaid Cymru , , 30 May 1984 , , 31 , - , , 2018 (b) , , Jack Sargeant , , Alyn and Deeside , {{Party name with colour, Welsh Labour Party , , 1994 , , 23 , - , ,

, , Luke Fletcher , , South Wales West , {{Party name with colour , Plaid Cymru , , 1995/96 , , 25

United States

{{main, List of youngest members of the United States Congress While the term is used in the Commonwealth Parliaments, Baby of the House or Senate is not in general contemporary use in the United States, nor does being the youngest member confer special treatment in either house of Congress. Members of the US Congress tend to be older than parliamentarians elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a main factor being that the minimum ages for members of Congress is written into Article One of the United States Constitution, which forbids those under the age of 25 from serving in the House, and those under the age of 30 from serving in the Senate. Moreover, election to the federal Congress is expensive and requires extensive contacts and recognition across a very wide area. Individuals aiming to serve in the federal legislature generally seek election to the state legislature (which generally have lower minimum ages for entry) or other state office before seeking to serve in Washington. In the

118th Congress The 118th United States Congress is the next meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It is scheduled to meet in Washington ...

, which began on 3 January 2023, the youngest member of the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

Maxwell Frost Maxwell Alejandro Frost (born January 17, 1997) is an American politician, activist and musician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he was previously the national organizing director for March ...

, who was born on {{birth date and age, df=yes, 1997, 1, 17 and was first elected in 2022. Currently the youngest

US senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

Jon Ossoff Thomas Jonathan Ossoff ( ; born February 16, 1987) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Georgia since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Ossoff was previously a documentary filmmaker and investigativ ...

, born on {{birth date and age, df=yes, 1987, 2, 16, and first elected to a full term in the Senate in the 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a commonwealth country where "baby of the house" isn't used but young MPs are represented in the

Parliament of Zimbabwe The Parliament of Zimbabwe is the bicameral legislature of Zimbabwe composed of the Senate and the National Assembly. The Senate is the upper house, and consists of 80 members, 60 of whom are elected by proportional representation from ten six-m ...

. {, class="wikitable" , + !MP !Party !Constituency !Age !Election !Parliament !Source , - , Joanah Mamombe ,

Movement for Democratic Change Alliance The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance was an electoral coalition of seven political parties formed to contest Zimbabwe's 2018 general election. After the 2018 election, a dispute arose over the use of the name MDC Alliance leading the MDC ...

, Harare West , 25 ,

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

, 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe , , - , Takudzwa Ngadziore , Citizens Coalition for Change , Youth quota , 24 ,

2023 Events Predicted and scheduled events * January 1 ** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law. ** Croatia will adopt the eu ...

, 10th Parliament of Zimbabwe , {{Cite web , last=Ndoro , first=Nyashadzashe , date=1 November 2023 , title=Zimbabwe's youngest MP Takudzwa Ngadziore abducted by men armed with AK47s , url=https://nehandaradio.com/2023/11/01/zimbabwes-youngest-mp-takudzwa-ngadziore-abducted-by-men-armed-with-ak47s/ , access-date=15 November 2023 , website=Nehanda Radio

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