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This article lists the longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia.


Longest total service

This section lists members of parliament who have served for a cumulative total of at least 30 years. All these periods of service were spent in one House exclusively. A number of people have served in both the
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and the House of Representatives, but none of them to date has had an aggregate length of service to the Parliament reaching 30 years. No woman yet appears on this list.
Bronwyn Bishop Bronwyn Kathleen Bishop (née Setright; born 19 October 1942) is an Australian former politician. She was a member of federal parliament for almost 30 years, the longest period of service by a woman. A member of the Liberal Party, she was a mi ...
served in the Australian parliament longer than any other woman, in October 2014 outstripping the record of 27 years and 119 days previously held by Kathy Sullivan. At the end of her term at the 2 July 2016 double dissolution, Bishop had served for 28 years and 274 days. †= Died in office


Chronological list

This section lists the members of parliament (and of each chamber) with the longest continuous service at any given time. The longest-serving MPs in each chamber are sometimes referred to as the "Father of the House" and "Father of the Senate", and very rarely the overall longest-serving MP is called the "Father of the Parliament". ''House of Representatives Practice'' describes the title "Father of the House" as a "completely informal designation" with "no functions attached to it". ''Odgers' Australian Senate Practice'' notes that the title "Father of the Senate" is "now seldom referred to or used". It further notes that "as no woman senator has ever been in this situation, it is not clear what the title would be in that circumstance". Since then, the title has been assumed by
Marise Payne Marise Ann Payne (born 29 July 1964) is an Australian politician who served in the Morrison Government as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 and as Minister for Women from 2019 to 2022. She has been a Senator for New South Wales sin ...
, the longest serving female senator in Australia's history.


Longest-serving members by state and territory


See also

* List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service *
List of historical longest-serving members of the United States Congress This is a list of United States congressmen who have set records for longevity of service since the United States 1st Congress in 1789. It is divided up into several categories. Uninterrupted time House and Senate Senate House Interrupted ...
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Members of the Malaysian Parliament who have served for at least 30 years This is a list of Members of the Malaysian Parliament who have served for at least 30 years. The time of service is not always continuous and separate terms are aggregated. This list includes MPs who served in the past and who continue to serve in ...
* Members of the New Zealand Parliament who have served for at least 30 years *
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(Ireland) *
Records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom This article about records of members of parliament of the United Kingdom and of England includes a variety of lists of MPs by age, period and other circumstances of service, familiar sets, ethnic or religious minorities, physical attributes, and ...


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