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Longest Currently Serving Members Of Federal Parliament
May 01, 2001
Longest Currently Serving Members of the Australian Parliament
– as at May 2001
No.
Name
Division, State
Party
First Elected
Period in Office
1
Ruddock
, Hon. Philip Maxwell
Berowra, NSW
LP
1973
28 years
2
Cadman
, Alan Glyndwr
Mitchell, NSW
LP
1974
27 years
3
Howard
, Hon. John Winston
Bennelong, NSW
LP
1974
27 years
4
Sullivan
, Kathryn Jean Martin
Moncrieff, Qld
LP
1984 (Senator 1974-84)
27 years
5
Harradine
, Senator Brian
Tas
Ind
1975
26 years
7
Jull
, Hon. David Francis
Fadden, Qld
LP
1975, def. 1983, 1984
23 years
8
Watson
, Senator John Odin Wentworth
Tas
LP
1978
23 years
9
McLeay
, Hon. Leo Boyce
Watson, NSW
ALP
1979
22 years
10
Chapman
, Senator Hedley Grant Pearson
SA
LP
1987 (MHR 1975-83)
21 years
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