House of Representatives Members – 31st Parliament 1977-1980

This is the full list of members of the House of Representatives elected on December 10, 1977.

The 31st Parliament was the second term of the Fraser coalition government. In 1975, the Coalition won a landslide victory, with 91 seats to the ALP’s 36. In 1977, the previous victory was largely replicated with the Coalition winning 86 seats (Liberal 67, Nationals 19) in a reduced House of 124 members. The ALP increased its tally to 38.

There were two by-elections during the life of the 31st Parliament. John Kerin replaced Gough Whitlam in Werriwa and Leo McLeay replaced Frank Stewart in Grayndler. Accordingly, the ALP is shown with 40 members in the table below.

There are 44 (34.92%) of these 126 former members still living. There are 9 from the ALP, 27 Liberals and 8 Nationals.

 
The oldest living former member is the National Country Party’s Peter Nixon, 96. The Liberal Party’s oldest surviving member is Ewen Cameron, 94, who is five months older than Michael Baume, 94. The oldest ALP member is John Brown, 92. The youngest former member is the ALP’s John Dawkins, who is 77.

The most recent deaths have been:
– Nov 14, 2024: John Hodges, Liberal (Petrie-Qld), 87
– Oct 21, 2023: Bill Hayden, ALP (Oxley-Qld), 90
– Jul 27, 2023: Gordon Dean, Liberal (Herbert-Qld), 81
– May 3, 2023: Tony Staley, Liberal (Kooyong-Vic), 83
– Mar 29, 2023: John Kerin, ALP (Werriwa-NSW), 85
– Mar 29, 2023: Stewart West, ALP (Cunningham-NSW), 88
– Oct 31, 2022: Bob Ellicott, Liberal (Wentworth-NSW), 95
– Oct 25, 2022: Tony Street, Liberal (Corangamite-Vic), 96
– Feb 26, 2022: Dr Moss Cass, ALP (Maribyrnong-Vic), 95
– Jan 01, 2022: Vic Garland, Liberal (Curtin-WA), 87
– Jun 18, 2021: John Martyr, Liberal (Swan 1975-80), 89
– Apr 16, 2021: Andrew Peacock, Liberal (Kooyong-Vic), 82
– Dec 20, 2020: Doug Anthony, National Country (Richmond-Vic), 90
– Nov 15, 2020: Chris Hurford, ALP (Adelaide-Vic), 89
– Jun 24, 2020: Roger Johnston, Liberal (Hotham-Vic), 90
– Nov 17, 2019: Ben Humphreys, ALP (Griffith-Qld), 85
– Dec 09, 2018: Gordon Scholes, ALP (Corio-Vic), 87
– Dec 18, 2017: Barry Cohen, ALP (Robertson-NSW), 82
– Nov 28, 2017: Clarrie Millar, Country (Wide Bay-Qld), 92
– Nov 16, 2017: Wal Fife, Liberal (Farrer-NSW), 88
– Aug 31, 2017: John Bourchier, Liberal (Bendigo-Vic), 87
– Aug 24, 2017: Doug Everingham, ALP (Capricornia-Qld), 94
– Mar 23, 2017: Ian Robinson, Country (Cowper/Page-NSW), 91

The table below lists members by their party affiliation, seat, term and age. Ages of living ex-MPs are updated automatically.

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