Doug McClelland

Douglas McClellandAC (born 5 August 1926) is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for New South Wales from 1962 to 1987, representing the Australian Labor Party (ALP). He was Minister for the Media (1972–1975) and Special Minister of State (1975) in the Whitlam government, and ended his political career as President of the Senate (1983–1987). He resigned from the Senate to become High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (1987–1991). McClelland is the earliest elected federal parliamentarian still living and the last living former Labor parliamentarian who served under Arthur Calwell, and along with Paul Keating is the last surviving minister who served under Gough Whitlam.