House of Representatives Members – 33rd Parliament 1983-1984

This is the full list of members of the House of Representatives elected on March 5, 1983.

The election saw the defeat of the Fraser coalition government, which had been in office since November 11, 1975. In a 125-seat House, the ALP won 75 seats (+24), the Liberal Party 33 (-21) and the National Party 17 (-3).

The 33rd Parliament was the first of four terms for the Hawke ALP government. The first term lasted just over 18 months. An early election was held in December 1984, in part to secure joint elections for the House and Senate.

There were six by-elections during the life of the 33rd Parliament. The retiring Liberal members in Wannon (Malcolm Fraser), Bruce (Bill Snedden), Moreton (Jim Killen) and Corangamite (Tony Street) were all replaced by Liberal candidates. The National Party retained Richmond, following the retirement of its former leader, Doug Anthony. In Hughes, Whitlam government minister Les Johnson’s seat was retained by the ALP. Accordingly, there are 131 members listed on this page.

There are 64 (48.85%) of these 131 former members still living. There are 39 from the ALP, 15 Liberals and 10 Nationals.

 
The oldest former member is the National Country Party’s Ian Sinclair, 95. The oldest Liberal member is Ewen Cameron, 95. The oldest ALP member is John Brown, 93. The youngest former member is the National Party’s Peter McGauran, 69.

The most recent deaths of former members have been:
– Jul 10, 2024: Pete Steedman, ALP (Casey-Vic), 80
– 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
– Nov 15, 2023: Gerry Hand, ALP (Melbourne-Vic), 81
– Oct 21, 2023: Bill Hayden, ALP (Oxley-Qld), 90
– Mar 29, 2023: John Kerin, ALP (Werriwa-NSW), 85
– Mar 29, 2023: Stewart West, ALP (Cunningham-NSW), 88
– 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
– 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 24, 2017: Doug Everingham, ALP (Capricornia-Qld), 94
– Mar 23, 2017: Ian Robinson, National (Cowper-NSW), 91
– Jan 01, 2017: Russ Gorman, ALP (Chifley-NSW), 90

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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