List of longest-serving members of the Australian House of Representatives
- List of longest-serving members of the Australian House of Representatives
The first House of Representatives was elected in March, 1901 - the election was held on Friday 29 March in South Australia and Tasmania, and on Saturday 30 March in the other states. Despite that slight variation in the election date, all the members elected to the First Parliament were considered to have had equal seniority. It follows that there could not be a "longest-serving member" until only one member from the First Parliament was still in the House. That occurred on 8 April 1935 with the death of David Watkins, leaving Billy Hughes as the longest-serving member.
The holder of this status is sometimes given the informal title of Father of the House.
Since 1935 the longest-serving members of the House of Representatives have been:
ee also
*List of longest-serving members of the Australian Senate
References
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/historical/longest_serving.htm Parliament of Australia] : Longest serving members of Parliament
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