Who's Left - The Surviving Members Of Every House Of Representatives Since 1949 - AustralianPolitics.com (original) (raw)

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Detailed information on the surviving members of the House of Representatives since 1949 is now available on this site. They include the members’ seats, parties, terms, dates of birth, ages and deaths.

All members of parliament who served in the first 18 parliaments from 1901 until the end of 1949 are now deceased.

There are two surviving members of the 19th Parliament that was elected on December 10, 1949. Both “forty-niners” are in their late 90s. One, Henry Pearce, will turn 100 in September this year.

Just four members of the House during the 1950s are still living.

For the entire Menzies era (1949-1972), there are 29 surviving members. All but four of them served together in the 27th Parliament between 1969 and 1972.

The table below provides a summary of how many members have served in the 19th to 45th parliaments. It shows how many are still living and what parties they belong to. There are links to more detailed information on each parliament since 1972.

Note: The data is structured around the parliaments since 1949. The numbers cannot be aggregated. Most surviving members served in more than one parliament.

Disclaimer: I am confident that the data shown here is correct. However, I rely on media reports and announcements in parliament for information on deaths of former members. I sincerely hope I haven’t killed or resurrected anyone. I am happy to receive corrections from readers.

House of Representatives – Members Still Living Since 1949(Listed by Parliament No. and Years)
No. Years Size MembersStillLiving % Oldest SurvivingMember ALP Lib CP/Nat Oth
19th 1949-1951 121 2 1.65 Henry Pearce (99) 2
20th 1951-1954 131 2 1.52 Henry Pearce (99) 2
21st 1954-1955 122 1 0.81 Henry Pearce (99) 1
22nd 1955-1958 127 3 2.36 Henry Pearce (99) 2 1
23rd 1958-1961 128 3 2.34 Henry Pearce (99) 2 1
24th 1961-1963 125 5 4.00 Jim Forbes (93) 2 1 2
25th 1963-1966 129 9 6.97 Wylie Gibbs (94) 2 4 3
26th 1966-1969 130 17 13.07 Mervyn Lee (96) 5 9 3
27th 1969-1972 128 24 18.75 Doug Everingham (93) 11 9 4
28th 1972-1974 126 33 26.19 Doug Everingham (93) 17 10 6
29th 1974-1975 128 44 34.37 Doug Everingham (93) 18 17 9
30th 1975-1977 128 57 44.53 Clarrie Millar (91) 10 36 11
31st 1977-1980 126 66 52.38 Doug Everingham (93) 18 38 11
32nd 1980-1983 131 81 61.83 Doug Everingham (93) 33 35 13
33rd 1983-1984 131 90 68.70 Doug Everingham (93) 57 21 12
34th 1984-1987 149 111 74.49 Clarrie Millar (91) 64 31 16
35th 1987-1990 153 122 79.73 Clarrie Millar (91) 74 33 15
36th 1990-1993 150 131 87.33 Steele Hall (88) 72 44 13
37th 1993-1996 155 137 88.38 Steele Hall (88) 75 44 16
38th 1996-1998 150 139 92.66 Ian Sinclair (87) 49 69 18
39th 1998-2001 152 145 95.39 Garry Nehl (83) 68 61 16
40th 2001-2004 151 146 96.68 Frank Mossfield (81) 65 65 13 3
41st 2004-2007 151 147 97.35 Wilson Tuckey (81) 61 72 12 2
42nd 2007-2010 155 153 98.70 Wilson Tuckey (81) 83 56 11 3
43rd 2010-2013 150 148 98.66 Bronywyn Bishop (74) 72 59 12 5
44th 2013-2016 153 152 99.34 Bronwyn Bishop (74) 56 76 15 5
45th 2016- 150 150 100 Warren Snowdon (67) 69 60 16 5

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