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 |
