This is a list of Members of the

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who have represented more than one state or territory during their federal parliamentary career. Most people in the list represented different states or territories in the House of Representatives. Nobody has ever represented different states or territories in the

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, although various attempts have been made. Only one person,

Barnaby Joyce Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (born 17 April 1967) is an Australian politician who served as the 17th deputy prime minister of Australia under Malcolm Turnbull from 2016 to 2018 and under Scott Morrison from 2021 to 2022. He was the leader of the ...

, has ever represented one state in the Senate and a different state in the House of Representatives. The first person to represent a second state was

Billy Hughes William Morris Hughes (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia, in office from 1915 to 1923. He is best known for leading the country during World War I, but ...

. He had represented New South Wales since 1901, and was elected to a Victorian seat on 5 May 1917. On 16 December 1922 he was again elected to a NSW seat, the only person to return to his original state. Hughes is also the only person in this list whose parliamentary service was continuous. The only person who represented both a state and a territory was

Lewis Nott Lewis Windermere Nott (12 February 1886 – 27 October 1951) was an Australian politician, medical practitioner and hospital superintendent. He represented two federal electorates, more than and 21 years apart. Early life and war service ...

(

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1925-28;

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1949-51). All states and territories except

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

and the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...

are represented in the list.

Sources

Members of the House of Representatives since 1901
{{Parliament of Australia Lists of legislators in Australia

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