Longest-serving members of the Parliament of Victoria

Longest serving parliamentarians

A list of the 15 longest-serving members of both Victoria's Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.

List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Victoria
No. Portrait Name Party House Electorate Term began Term ended Time in office Notes
1
Portrait of John Lemmon
 John Lemmon
(1875–1955) 		Labor Legislative Assembly Williamstown 1 June 1904 22 April 1955 50 years, 304 days [1]
2
Portrait of Alexander Peacock
 Alexander Peacock
(1861–1933) 		Independent Legislative Assembly Clunes and Allandale 9 April 1889 1 June 1904 44 years, 181 days [2][3]
United Australia Allandale 1 June 1904 7 October 1933
3
Portrait of Nicholas Fitzgerald
 Nicholas Fitzgerald
(1829–1908) 		Independent Legislative Council North Western Province 29 November 1864 November 1882 43 years, 262 days [4][5]
North Central Province November 1882 17 August 1908
4
Portrait of Frank Clarke
 Frank Clarke
(1879–1955) 		Nationalist Legislative Council Northern Province 6 June 1913 4 June 1925 41 years, 252 days [6][7]
[8]
United Australia Melbourne South Province 4 June 1925 12 June 1937
Liberal and Country Monash Province 12 June 1937 13 February 1955
5
Portrait of James Balfour
 James Balfour
(1830–1913) 		Independent Legislative Assembly East Bourke 12 February 1866 19 August 1868 41 years, 243 days [9][10]
[11][12]
[13][14]
Legislative Council Southern Province 30 June 1874 30 November 1882
South Eastern Province 30 November 1882 1 June 1904
East Yarra Province 1 June 1904 24 August 1913
6
Portrait of Albert Lind
 Albert Lind
(1878–1964) 		United Country Party Legislative Assembly Gippsland East 21 October 1920 15 July 1961 40 years, 267 days [15][16]
[17][18]
7
Portrait of Bill Slater
 Bill Slater
(1890–1960) 		Labor Legislative Assembly Dundas 15 November 1917 14 May 1932 40 years, 244 days [19][20]
[21][22]
[23]
6 September 1932 8 November 1947
Legislative Council Doutta Galla Province 18 June 1949 19 June 1960
8
Portrait of Ewen Hugh Cameron
 Ewen Hugh Cameron
(1831–1915) 		Commonwealth Liberal Legislative Assembly Evelyn 19 May 1874 26 November 1914 40 years, 191 days [24][25]
[26]
9
Portrait of Herbert Hyland
 Herbert Hyland
(1884–1970) 		Country Legislative Assembly Gippsland South 30 November 1929 18 March 1970 40 years, 108 days [27][28]
10
Portrait of William Angliss
 William Angliss
(1865–1957) 		Liberal and Country Legislative Council Southern Province 21 June 1912 21 June 1952 40 years, 0 days [29][30]
[31]
11
Portrait of Tom Tunnecliffe
 Tom Tunnecliffe
(1869–1948) 		Labor Legislative Assembly West Melbourne 15 December 1903 1 June 1904 39 years, 358 days [32][33]
[34][35]
[36][37]
[38]
Eaglehawk 15 March 1907 21 October 1920
Collingwood 30 August 1921 30 July 1947
12
Portrait of William Edgar
 William Edgar
(1858–1948) 		United Australia Legislative Council Melbourne West Province 1 June 1904 6 June 1913 39 years, 342 days [39][40]
[41][42]
East Yarra Province 5 July 1917 6 June 1948
13
Portrait of George Prendergast
Portrait of George Prendergast
 George Prendergast
(1854–1937) 		Labor Legislative Assembly North Melbourne 4 October 1894 28 September 1897 39 years, 295 days [43][44]
[45][46]
1 November 1900 9 April 1927
Footscray 9 April 1927 28 August 1937
14
Portrait of William Edgar
 John Cain Sr
(1882–1957) 		Labor Legislative Assembly Jika Jika 15 November 1917 4 March 1927 39 years, 226 days [47]
Northcote 9 April 1927 4 August 1957
15
Portrait of James Jewell
Portrait of James Jewell
 James Jewell
(1869–1949) 		Labor Legislative Assembly Brunswick 14 March 1910 14 May 1949 39 years, 61 days [48][49]

Father of the Legislative Assembly

Name Term length Time as Father Notes
Duncan Gillies February 1861 – May 1868; March 1870 – April 1877; May 1877 – October 1877;

November 1877 – March 1889; 9 April 1889 – January 1894; 25 October 1897 – 12 September 1903

[50][51]
Jonas Levien 32 years, 236 days
25 April 1871 – 4 December 1877

11 May 1880 – 24 May 1906

2 years, 254 days [52][53][54]
Ewen Hugh Cameron 40 years, 191 days
19 May 1874 – 26 November 1914 		8 years, 186 days [24][25]
[26]
John Murray 31 years, 329 days
10 June 1884 – 4 May 1916 		1 year, 160 days [55]
Alfred Richard Outtrim 32 years, 341 days
16 March 1886 – 1 October 1902
1 June 1904 – 21 October 1920 		4 years, 170 days [56][57]
Alexander Peacock 44 years, 181 days
9 April 1889 – 7 October 1933 		12 years, 351 days [2][3]
Richard Toutcher 37 years, 128 days
25 October 1897 – 2 March 1935 		1 year, 146 days [58]
George Prendergast 39 years, 289 days
20 September 1894 – 14 October 1897
1 November 1900 – 4 March 1927
9 April 1927 – 28 August 1937 		2 years, 179 days
John Lemmon 50 years, 325 days
1 June 1904 – 22 April 1955 		17 years, 237 days
John Cain Sr 39 years, 226 days
15 November 1917 – 4 March 1927
9 April 1927 – 4 August 1957 		2 years, 104 days
Albert Lind 40 years, 223 days
21 October 1920 – 1 June 1961 		3 years, 301 days
Herbert Hyland 40 years, 137 days
1 November 1929 – 18 March 1970 		8 years, 290 days
Clive Stoneham 27 years, 84 days
28 November 1942 – 1 October 1945
10 November 1945 – 1 April 1970 		14 days
George Moss 27 years, 190 days
10 November 1945 – 19 May 1973 		3 years, 48 days
Tom Mitchell 28 years, 287 days
7 June 1947 – 20 March 1976 		2 years, 306 days
Sam Loxton 23 years, 342 days
28 May 1955 – 5 May 1979 		3 years, 46 days
Jim Balfour 14 years, 339 days
29 April 1967 – 3 April 1982 		2 years, 333 days
Frank Wilkes 31 years, 10 days
21 September 1957 – 1 October 1988 		6 years, 181 days
Bruce Evans 31 years, 79 days
15 July 1961 – 2 October 1992 		4 years, 1 day
Ian Smith 30 years, 141 days
29 April 1967 – 18 September 1999 		6 years, 351 days
Rob Maclellan 32 years, 184 days
30 May 1970 – 30 November 2002 		3 years, 73 days
Ken Jasper 34 years, 252 days
20 March 1976 – 27 November 2010 		7 years, 362 days
Robert Clark 30 years, 54 days
1 October 1988 – 24 November 2018 		7 years, 362 days
Kim Wells 32 years, 319 days
3 October 1992 – present 		6 years, 267 days

See also

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