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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, 325 days
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
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
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
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

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
7
Portrait of Bill Slater
 Bill Slater
(1890–1960) 		Labor Legislative Assembly Dundas 15 November 1917 14 May 1932 40 years, 244 days

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
9
Portrait of Herbert Hyland
 Herbert Hyland
(1884–1970) 		Country Legislative Assembly Gippsland South 30 November 1929 18 March 1970 40 years, 108 days
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
11
Portrait of Tom Tunnecliffe
 Tom Tunnecliffe
(1869–1948) 		Labor Legislative Assembly West Melbourne 15 December 1903 1 June 1904 39 years, 358 days


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
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
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
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


Father of the Legislative Assembly

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2024)
Name Term length Time as Father Notes
Ewen Hugh Cameron 40 years, 191 days
19 May 1874 – 26 November 1914
John Murray 31 years, 329 days
10 June 1884 – 4 May 1916 		1 year, 160 days
Alfred Richard Outtrim 32 years, 341 days
16 March 1886 – 1 October 1902
1 June 1904 – 21 October 1920 		4 years, 170 days
Alexander Peacock 44 years, 181 days
9 April 1889 – 7 October 1933 		12 years, 351 days
Richard Toutcher 37 years, 128 days
25 October 1897 – 2 March 1935 		1 year, 146 days
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, 77 days
3 October 1992 – present 		6 years, 25 days

See also

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