# List of Jewish members of Australian parliaments

Jews have been a part of the Australian parliament since federation. In 2016 a record number of 6 MPs identified as Jewish. When Kerryn Phelps won the 2018 Wentworth by-election the number rose to 7, but subsequently dropped back to 6 following the 2019 Australian federal election.

## Federal parliament

| Name | Electorate | State | Party | Years | Notes |
| Peter Baume | Senator | NSW | Liberal | 1974–91 | Minister in Fraser government |
| Joe Berinson | Perth | WA | Labor | 1969–75 | Minister in Whitlam government |
| Josh Burns | Macnamara | Vic | Labor | 2019– | |
| Moss Cass | Maribyrnong | Vic | Labor | 1969–83 | Minister in Whitlam government |
| Sam Cohen | Senator | Vic | Labor | 1962–69 | |
| Barry Cohen | Robertson | NSW | Labor | 1969–90 | Minister in Hawke government |
| Michael Danby | Melbourne Ports | Vic | Labor | 1998–2019 | |
| Mark Dreyfus | Isaacs | Vic | Labor | 2007– | Minister in Gillard, Rudd and Albanese governments |
| Syd Einfeld | Phillip | NSW | Labor | 1961–63 | |
| Max Falstein | Watson | NSW | Labor Independent | 1940–49 | |
| Mike Freelander | Macarthur | NSW | Labor | 2016– | |
| Josh Frydenberg | Kooyong | Vic | Liberal | 2010–22 | Minister in Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison governments. Deputy leader of the Liberal Party |
| Stirling Griff | Senator | SA | Centre Alliance | 2016–22 | |
| Sir Isaac Isaacs | Indi | Vic | Protectionist | 1901–06 | Minister in the Deakin government Chief Justice of Australia Governor-General of Australia |
| Lewis Kent | Hotham | Vic | Labor | 1980–90 | Stood for election in Israel for Maki |
| Dick Klugman | Prospect | NSW | Labor | 1969–90 | |
| Julian Leeser | Berowra | NSW | Liberal | 2016– | |
| Kerryn Phelps | Wentworth | NSW | Independent | 2018–19 | |
| Pharez Phillips | Wimmera | Vic | Protectionist | 1901–06 | |
| Elias Solomon | Fremantle | WA | Free Trade | 1901–03 | Mayors of Fremantle |
| Vaiben Louis Solomon | South Australia | SA | Free Trade | 1901–03 | Premier of South Australia |

## State parliaments
### New South Wales

| Name | Electorate | Party | Years | Notes |
| Maurice Alexander | Goulburn | Independent | 1861–72 | |
| Morris Asher | Hume | Independent | 1859–60 | |
| Henry Cohen | West Maitland | Independent | 1874–80 | |
| Ian Cohen | Member of the Legislative Council | Greens | 1995–2011 | |
| John Cohen | Petersham | Protectionist Party Liberal Reform Nationalist | 1898–1919 | Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
| Morton Cohen | Bligh | Liberal | 1965–68 | |
| Samuel Cohen | Morpeth | Independent | 1860 | |
| Albert Collins | Narrabri Namoi | Liberal Reform Independent Liberal | 1901–10 | |
| Charles Collins | Namoi Narrabri | Independent Protectionist Free Trade | 1885–87 1890–98 | |
| Margaret Davis | Member of the Legislative Council | Liberal | 1967–78 | |
| Syd Einfeld | Bondi Waverley | Labor | 1965–1981 | Also served in federal parliament Minister in state government |
| Samuel Emmanuel | Argyle | Independent | 1862–64 | |
| Derek Freeman | Member of the Legislative Council | Liberal | 1973–84 | |
| Hyman Goldstein | Eastern Suburbs Coogee | Nationalist | 1922–25 1927–28 | Mayor of Randwick |
| Ron Hoenig | Heffron | Labor | 2012– | Mayor of Botany Bay |
| Solomon Hyam | Balmain Member of the Legislative Council | Protectionist | 1885–87 1892–1901 | Mayor of Balmain |
| Sir Asher Joel | Member of the Legislative Council | Country Party | 1958–78 | |
| Samuel Joseph | West Sydney Member of the Legislative Council | Independent | 1864–68 1882–85 1887-93 | |
| John Kaye | Member of the Legislative Council | Greens | 2007–16 | |
| Abe Landa | Bondi | Labor | 1930–32 1941–65 | Minister in state government |
| Paul Landa | Member of the Legislative Council Peats | Labor | 1973–84 | |
| Leyser Levin | Hume | Independent | 1880–85 | |
| Lewis Levy | Liverpool Plains West Maitland | Independent | 1871–72 1874 | |
| Sir Daniel Levy | Sydney-Fitzroy Darlinghurst Sydney Paddington Woollahra | Liberal Reform Nationalist United Australia | 1901–37 | Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
| Ernest Marks | North Sydney | Nationalist | 1927–30 | |
| Solomon Meyer | Carcoar | Independent | 1874–76 | |
| Ernest Mitchell | Member of the Legislative Council | United Australia Party | 1934–43 | |
| Jacob Levi Montefiore | Member of the Legislative Council | Independent | 1856–60 1874–77 | |
| Phillip G. Myers | Argyle | Independent | 1880–81 | |
| Harris Nelson | Orange | Independent | 1872–77 | |
| Simeon Phillips | Dubbo | Free Trade Liberal Reform | 1895–1904 | |
| Joseph Raphael | West Sydney | Independent | 1872–74 | |
| Eric Roozendaal | Member of the Legislative Council | Labor | 2004–13 | Minister in state government |
| Julian Salomons | Member of the Legislative Council | Independent | 1870–71 1887–99 | Minister in state government Chief Justice of New South Wales |
| Sir Saul Samuel | MLC for counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington Orange Wellington Member of the Legislative Council | Independent | 1854–56 1859–80 | Minister in state government Received baronet |
| Leon Snider | Member of the Legislative Council | Liberal Country Party | 1943–65 | |

### Northern Territory

| Name | Electorate | Party | Years | Notes | Source |
| Jon Isaacs | Millner | Labor | 1977–81 | Leader of the Opposition | |

### Queensland

| Name | Electorate | Party | Years | Notes |
| Louis Goldring | Flinders | Independent | 1888–93 | Mayor of Hughenden |
| Jacob Horwitz | Warwick | Liberal Party | 1878–87 | Mayor of Warwick |
| Francis Benjamin Kates | Darling Downs Cunningham | Independent | 1878–81 1883–88 1899–1903 | |
| Isidor Lissner | Kennedy Cairns | Ministerialist | 1883–93 1896–99 | |

### South Australia

| Name | Electorate | Party | Years | Notes |
| Sir Lewis Cohen | North Adelaide Adelaide | Independent ADL | 1887–93 1902–06 | Mayor of Adelaide |
| Morris Lyon Marks | The Burra and Clare | Independent | 1857–58 | |
| Maurice Salom | MLC for South Australia | Independent | 1882–91 | |
| Emanuel Solomon | West Adelaide MLC for South Australia | Independent | 1862–65 1867–71 | |
| Judah Moss Solomon | City of Adelaide MLC for South Australia West Adelaide | Independent | 1858–60 1861–65 1871–75 | Mayor of Adelaide |
| Saul Solomon | East Torrens | Independent | 1887–90 | |
| Vaiben Louis Solomon | Northern Territory | Independent National Defence League | 1890–1901 1905–08 | Premier of South Australia Also served in federal parliament |

### Tasmania

| Name | Electorate | Party | Years | Notes | Source |
| Joseph Cohen | Launceston | Independent | 1860–61 | | |
| John Davies | Hobart Town Devon Franklin | Independent | 1884–1913 | Mayor of Hobart | |

### Victoria

| Name | Electorate | Party | Years | Notes |
| Sir Benjamin Benjamin | MLC for Melbourne Province | Independent | 1889–92 | Mayor of Melbourne |
| David Bornstein | Brunswick East | Labor | 1970–75 | |
| Edward Cohen | East Melbourne | Independent | 1861–65 1868–77 | Mayor of Melbourne |
| Harold Cohen | Caulfield MLC for Melbourne South | Nationalist United Australia Party | 1929–35 1935–43 | Minister in state government |
| Henry Cohen | MLC for Melbourne Province | Nationalist | 1921–37 | Minister in state government |
| Philip Dalidakis | MLC for Southern Metropolitan Region | Labor | 2014–19 | Minister in state government |
| Charles Dyte | Ballarat East | Independent | 1864–71 | |
| Benjamin Fink | Maryborough and Talbot | Independent | 1883–89 | |
| Theodore Fink | Jolimont and West Richmond | Independent | 1894–1904 | |
| Adolphus Goldsmith | MLC for Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth | Independent | 1851–53 | |
| Paul Hamer | Box Hill | Labor | 2018– | |
| Max Hirsch | Mandurang | Ministerial | 1902–03 | |
| Jennifer Huppert | MLC for Southern Metropolitan | Labor | 2009–10 | |
| Sir Isaac Isaacs | Bogong | Independent | 1892–1901 | |
| John Alfred Isaacs | Ovens | Independent | 1894–1902 | |
| Walter Jona | Hawthorn | Liberal | 1964–85 | Minister in state government |
| Daniel Barnet Lazarus | Sandhurst | Independent | 1893–97 1900–02 | Mayor of Sandhurst |
| Nathaniel Levi | Maryborough East Melbourne MLC for North Yarra Province | Independent | 1860–65 1866–68 1892–1904 | |
| Jonas Levien | South Grant Barwon | Independent | 1871–77 1880–1906 | Minister in state government |
| Archie Michaelis | St Kilda | United Australia Party Liberal | 1932–52 | Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
| Martin Pakula | MLC for Western Metropolitan Lyndhurst Keysborough | Labor | 2006–2022 | Minister in state government |
| Pharez Phillips | MLC for North Western Province | Independent | 1896–1901 | |
| Sidney Ricardo | South Bourke | Independent | 1857–59 | |
| Samuel Samuel | Dundas | Independent | 1892–92 | |
| Helen Shardey | Electoral district of Caulfield | Liberal | 1996–2010 | |
| Baron Snider | St Kilda MLC for Higinbotham Province | Liberal | 1955–66 | |
| David Southwick | Caulfield | Liberal | 2010– | Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria since 2021 |
| Emanuel Steinfeld | MLC for Wellington | Independent | 1892–93 | |
| Joseph Sternberg | MLC for Northern Province MLC for Bendigo | Independent Nationalist | 1891–1902 1904–1928 | |
| Marsha Thomson | MLC for Melbourne North Footscray | Labor | 2006–18 | Minister in state government |
| Evan Thornley | MLC for Southern Metropolitan | Labor | 2006–08 | |
| Ephraim Zox | East Melbourne | Independent | 1877–99 | |

### Western Australia

| Name | Electorate | Party | Years | Notes |
| Joe Berinson | MLC for North-East Metropolitan Province MLC for North Central Metropolitan Province MLC for North Metropolitan | Labor | 1980–93 | Also served in federal parliament Minister in the Whitlam government |
| Harry Boan | Metropolitan Province Metropolitan-Suburban Province | WA Liberal Party Nationalist | 1917–18 1922–24 | |
| Matthew Moss | North Fremantle MLC for West Province | Independent WA Liberal Party | 1895–97 1900–01 1902–14 | Minister in state government |
| Sir Charles Nathan | MLC for Metropolitan-Suburban Province | Nationalist | 1930–34 | |
| Lionel Samson | MLC for Western Australian | Independent | 1849–56 1859–68 | |
| Elias Solomon | South Fremantle | Independent | 1892–1901 | Mayor of Fremantle Also served in federal parliament |