House of Representatives Members – 32nd Parliament 1980-1983

This is the full list of members of the House of Representatives elected on October 18, 1980.

The 32nd Parliament was the third term of the Fraser coalition government. After two landslide victories in 1975 and 1977, the coalition went backwards in 1980, a prelude to its defeat in 1983. From 86 seats in a 124-member House, the government was returned with 74 in a 125-seat House.

The ALP had a net gain of 13 seats, to hold 51. This was an important election for the party. A number of older MPs retired, Bob Hawke entered the House, and a group of future Hawke government ministers, such as Kim Beazley, were also elected.

There were six by-elections during the life of the 32nd Parliament. The ALP’s Michael Maher gained Lowe from the Liberal Party, following the retirement of Sir William McMahon. The other five by-elections (Boothby, Curtin, Flinders, McPherson and Wentworth) all saw the Liberal Party replace sitting members. Accordingly, the table below contains 131 names.

There are 48 (38.16%) of these 131 former members still living. There are 17 from the ALP, 22 Liberals and 9 Nationals.

The oldest living former member is the National Country Party’s Peter Nixon, 98. The oldest Liberal member is Ewen Cameron, 96. The oldest ALP member is John Brown, 94. The youngest former member is the Liberal Party’s Peter Shack, who is 73.

The most recent deaths have been:
– Jan 24, 2025: Grant Tambling, Country Liberal (Northern Territory), 81
– Jan 22, 2025: John Moore, Liberal (Ryan-Qld), 88
– Nov 14, 2024: John Hodges, Liberal (Petrie-Qld), 87
– Jun 10, 2024: Steele Hall, Liberal (Boothby-SA), 95
– Apr 25, 2024: John Mildren, ALP (Ballarat-Vic), 91
– Jan 30, 2024: Manfred Cross, ALP (Brisbane-Qld), 94
– Oct 21, 2023: Bill Hayden, ALP (Oxley-Qld), 90
– Jul 27, 2023: Gordon Dean, Liberal (Herbert-Qld), 81
– Mar 29, 2023: John Kerin, ALP (Werriwa-NSW), 85
– Mar 29, 2023: Stewart West, ALP (Cunningham-NSW), 88
– Nov 08, 2022: Peter Reith, Liberal (Flinders-Vic), 72
– Oct 31, 2022: Bob Ellicott, Liberal (Wentworth-NSW), 95
– Oct 25, 2022: Tony Street, Liberal (Corangamite-Vic), 96
– Oct 13, 2022: John Spender, Liberal (North Sydney-NSW), 86
– Jun 17, 2022: John Mountford, ALP (Banks-NSW), 88
– Mar 30, 2022: Bob Brown, ALP (Hunter-Charlton-NSW), 88
– Feb 26, 2022: Dr Moss Cass, ALP (Maribyrnong-Vic), 95
– Jan 01, 2022: Vic Garland, Liberal (Curtin-WA), 87
– Apr 16, 2021: Andrew Peacock, Liberal (Kooyong-Vic), 82
– Dec 20, 2020: Doug Anthony, Country (Richmond-Vic), 90
– Nov 15, 2020: Chris Hurford, ALP (Adelaide-Vic), 89
– Nov 17, 2019: Ben Humphreys, ALP (Griffith-Qld), 85
– Aug 30, 2019: Elaine Darling, ALP (Lilley-Qld), 83
– May 16, 2019: Bob Hawke, ALP (Wills-Vic), 89
– Mar 31, 2019: Peter Coleman, Liberal (Wentworth-NSW), 90
– Dec 09, 2018: Gordon Scholes, ALP (Corio-Vic), 87
– Sep 12, 2018: Barry Cunningham, ALP (McMillan-Vic), 78
– Dec 18, 2017: Barry Cohen, ALP (Robertson-NSW), 82
– Nov 28, 2017: Clarrie Millar, National 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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