List of people who have served in both Houses of the Australian Parliament
List of people who have served in both houses

List of people who have served in both Houses of the Australian Parliament

Section Title: List of people who have served in both houses
Table Section Text: None

Name	Senate	House of Representatives	Total parliamentary service

State/ Territory	From	To	Service	Electorate	From	To	Service

Percy Abbott	NSW	14 November 1925	30 June 1929	3 years, 229 days	New England, NSW	31 May 1913	3 November 1919	6 years, 157 days	10 years, 21 days

Oliver Badman	SA	1 July 1932	30 September 1937	5 years, 92 days	Grey, SA	23 October 1937	21 August 1943	5 years, 303 days	11 years, 30 days

Michael Baume	NSW	1 July 1985	9 September 1996	11 years, 71 days	Macarthur, NSW	13 December 1975	5 March 1983	7 years, 83 days	18 years, 154 days

Sir Robert Best	VIC	29 March 1901	30 June 1910	9 years, 94 days	Kooyong, Vic	24 August 1910	16 December 1922	12 years, 115 days	21 years, 209 days

Bronwyn Bishop	NSW	11 July 1987	24 February 1994	6 years, 229 days	Mackellar, NSW	26 March 1994	9 May 2016	22 years, 44 days	28 years, 274 days

Fred Chaney	WA	18 May 1974	27 February 1990	15 years, 286 days	Pearce, WA	24 March 1990	8 February 1993	2 years, 322 days	18 years, 243 days

Grant Chapman	SA	11 July 1987	30 June 2008	20 years, 356 days	Kingston, SA	13 December 1975	5 March 1983	7 years, 83 days	28 years, 74 days

Don Chipp	VIC	1 July 1978	18 August 1986	8 years, 49 days	Higinbotham, Vic	10 December 1960	25 October 1969	16 years, 336 days	25 years, 20 days

Hotham, Vic	25 October 1969	10 November 1977

John Coates	TAS	1 July 1981	20 August 1996	15 years, 51 days	Denison, Tas	2 December 1972	13 December 1975	3 years, 12 days	18 years, 63 days

Dick Dein	NSW	1 July 1935	30 June 1941	6 years, 0 days	Lang, NSW	19 December 1931	7 August 1934	2 years, 232 days	8 years, 232 days

Jack Duncan-Hughes	SA	19 December 1931	30 June 1938	6 years, 194 days	Boothby, SA	16 December 1922	17 November 1928	5 years, 338 days	15 years, 137 days

Wakefield, SA	21 September 1940	21 August 1943	2 years, 335 days

Gareth Evans	VIC	1 July 1978	6 February 1996	17 years, 221 days	Holt, Vic	2 March 1996	30 September 1999	3 years, 213 days	21 years, 69 days

George Fairbairn	VIC	1 July 1917	30 June 1923	6 years, 0 days	Fawkner, Vic	12 December 1906	31 May 1913	6 years, 157 days	12 years, 157 days

David Fawcett	SA	1 July 2011	currently serving	7 years, 39 days	Wakefield, SA	9 October 2004	24 November 2007	3 years, 47 days	10 years, 86 days

David Feeney	VIC	1 July 2008	12 August 2013	5 years, 43 days	Batman, VIC	7 September 2013	1 February 2018	4 years, 147 days	9 years, 190 days

Joe Fitzgerald	NSW	1 July 1962	11 April 1974	11 years, 285 days	Phillip, NSW	10 December 1949	10 December 1955	6 years, 1 day	17 years, 286 days

William Gibson	VIC	1 July 1935	30 June 1947	12 years, 0 days	Corangamite, Vic	14 December 1918	12 October 1929	10 years, 303 days	25 years, 170 days

19 December 1931	7 August 1934	2 years, 232 days

John Gorton	VIC	22 February 1950	1 February 1968	17 years, 345 days	Higgins, Vic	24 February 1968	11 November 1975	7 years, 261 days	25 years, 241 days

Allan Guy	TAS	22 February 1950	30 June 1956	6 years, 130 days	Bass, Tas	12 October 1929	15 September 1934	4 years, 339 days	17 years, 112 days

Wilmot, Tas	21 September 1940	28 September 1946	6 years, 8 days

Steele Hall	SA	18 May 1974	16 November 1977	3 years, 183 days	Boothby, SA	21 February 1981	29 January 1996	14 years, 343 days	18 years, 161 days

David Hamer	VIC	1 July 1978	30 June 1990	12 years, 0 days	Isaacs, Vic	25 October 1969	18 May 1974	4 years, 206 days	18 years, 174 days

13 December 1975	10 November 1977	1 year, 333 days

Joseph Hannan	VIC	22 July 1924	13 November 1925	1 year, 115 days	Fawkner, Vic	31 May 1913	5 May 1917	3 years, 340 days	5 years, 90 days

Pauline Hanson	QLD	2 July 2016	currently serving	2 years, 38 days	Oxley, Qld	2 March 1996	3 October 1998	2 years, 215 days	4 years, 252 days

William Higgs	QLD	30 March 1901	31 December 1906	5 years, 277 days	Capricornia, Qld	13 April 1910	16 December 1922	12 years, 248 days	18 years, 160 days

Don Jessop	SA	1 July 1971	5 June 1987	15 years, 340 days	Grey, SA	26 November 1966	25 October 1969	2 years, 334 days	18 years, 309 days

Barnaby Joyce	QLD	1 July 2005	8 August 2013	8 years, 39 days	New England, NSW	7 September 2013	27 October 2017	4 years, 51 days	12 years, 340 days

2 December 2017	currently serving	250 days

Richard Keane	VIC	1 July 1938	26 April 1946	7 years, 300 days	Bendigo, Vic	12 October 1929	19 December 1931	2 years, 69 days	10 years, 4 days

Cheryl Kernot	QLD	1 July 1990	15 October 1997	7 years, 107 days	Dickson, Qld	3 October 1998	10 November 2001	3 years, 39 days	10 years, 146 days

John Leckie	VIC	1 July 1935	30 June 1947	12 years, 0 days	Indi, Vic	5 May 1917	13 December 1919	2 years, 241 days	14 years, 241 days

John Martyr	WA	11 March 1981	4 February 1983	1 year, 331 days	Swan, WA	13 December 1975	18 October 1980	4 years, 311 days	6 years, 277 days

Thomas Marwick	WA	19 August 1936	22 October 1937	1 year, 65 days	Swan, WA	21 December 1940	21 August 1943	2 years, 244 days	3 years, 309 days

Sir Walter Massy-Greene	NSW	17 October 1923	13 November 1925	2 years, 28 days	Richmond, NSW	13 April 1910	16 December 1922	12 years, 248 days	26 years, 276 days

1 July 1926	30 June 1938	12 years, 0 days

Sir Philip McBride	SA	21 October 1937	30 June 1944	6 years, 254 days	Grey, SA	19 December 1931	21 September 1937	5 years, 277 days	24 years, 183 days

Wakefield, SA	28 September 1946	14 October 1958	12 years, 17 days

James McColl	VIC	1 January 1907	5 September 1914	7 years, 248 days	Echuca, Vic	29 March 1901	5 November 1906	5 years, 222 days	13 years, 105 days

Bob McMullan	ACT	16 February 1988	6 February 1996	7 years, 356 days	Canberra, ACT	2 March 1996	3 October 1998	14 years, 140 days	22 years, 86 days

Fraser, ACT	3 October 1998	19 July 2010

Belinda Neal	NSW	8 March 1994	3 September 1998	4 years, 180 days	Robertson, NSW	24 November 2007	19 July 2010	2 years, 238 days	7 years, 53 days

David O'Keefe	TAS	29 March 1901	31 December 1906	5 years, 278 days	Denison, Tas	16 December 1922	14 November 1925	2 years, 334 days	18 years, 247 days

1 July 1910	30 June 1920	10 years, 0 days

Deborah O'Neill	NSW	13 November 2013	currently serving	4 years, 269 days	Robertson, NSW	25 August 2010	7 September 2013	3 years, 13 days	7 years, 282 days

Herbert Pratten	NSW	1 July 1917	23 November 1921	4 years, 146 days	Martin, NSW	10 December 1921	16 December 1922	6 years, 150 days	10 years, 296 days

Parramatta, NSW	16 December 1922	7 May 1928

George Rankin	VIC	22 February 1950	30 June 1956	6 years, 130 days	Bendigo, Vic	23 October 1937	31 October 1949	12 years, 9 days	18 years, 139 days

Allan Rocher	WA	1 July 1978	10 February 1981	2 years, 225 days	Curtin, WA	21 February 1981	3 October 1998	17 years, 225 days	20 years, 85 days

Michael Ronaldson	VIC	1 July 2005	28 February 2016	10 years, 242 days	Ballarat, Vic	24 March 1990	8 October 2001	11 years, 199 days	22 years, 76 days

Jim Short	VIC	1 December 1984	12 May 1997	12 years, 163 days	Ballarat, Vic	13 December 1975	18 October 1980	4 years, 311 days	17 years, 109 days

William Story	SA	1 January 1904	3 April 1917	13 years, 93 days	Boothby, SA	5 May 1917	16 December 1922	5 years, 226 days	18 years, 319 days

Kathy Sullivan	QLD	18 May 1974	5 November 1984	10 years, 172 days	Moncrieff, Qld	1 December 1984	8 October 2001	16 years, 312 days	27 years, 119 days

Grant Tambling	NT	11 July 1987	9 November 2001	14 years, 122 days	Northern Territory, NT	18 October 1980	5 March 1983	2 years, 139 days	16 years, 261 days

Matt Thistlethwaite	NSW	1 July 2011	9 August 2013	2 years, 40 days	Kingsford Smith, NSW	7 September 2013	currently serving	4 years, 336 days	7 years, 11 days

Josiah Thomas	NSW	1 July 1917	30 June 1923	6 years, 0 days	Barrier, NSW	29 March 1901	26 March 1917	15 years, 363 days	25 years, 227 days

14 November 1925	30 June 1929	3 years, 229 days

Sir Keith Wilson	SA	1 July 1938	30 June 1944	6 years, 0 days	Sturt, SA	10 December 1949	29 May 1954	4 years, 171 days	21 years, 132 days

10 December 1955	31 October 1966	10 years, 326 days

Bob Woods	NSW	8 March 1994	7 March 1997	3 years, 0 days	Lowe, NSW	11 July 1987	13 March 1993	5 years, 246 days	8 years, 246 days

Sentence(s)

Grant Tambling is the only Territorian to have served in both houses of federal parliament.

final_sentence: Grant Tambling is the only Territorian to have served in both houses of federal parliament.