# List of members of the Australian Parliament who died in office

The following is a list of members of the Australian Parliament who died in office.

## Senate

| Member | Party | State | Date of death | Age at death | Cause |
| Frederick Thomas Sargood | Free Trade | Victoria | 2 January 1903 | 68 | |
| William Russell | Labor | South Australia | 28 June 1912 | 69 | Heart disease |
| Gregor McGregor | Labor | South Australia | 13 August 1914 | 65 | Heart disease |
| Robert Guthrie | Nationalist | South Australia | 20 January 1921 | 63 | Struck by a tram |
| John Adamson | Nationalist | Queensland | 2 May 1922 | 65 | Fell in front of a train in possible suicide |
| Thomas Bakhap | Nationalist | Tasmania | 18 August 1923 | 56 | |
| Edward Millen | Nationalist | New South Wales | 14 September 1923 | 62 | Chronic nephritis |
| Stephen Barker | Labor | Victoria | 21 June 1924 | 77-78 | |
| Allan McDougall | Labor | New South Wales | 14 October 1924 | 67 | Diabetes |
| Jack Power | Labor | New South Wales | 13 January 1925 | 41 | |
| Edward Russell | Nationalist | Victoria | 18 July 1925 | 46 | Brain disease |
| James O'Loghlin | Labor | South Australia | 4 December 1925 | 73 | Tuberculosis |
| Charles McHugh | Labor | South Australia | 24 July 1927 | 40 | Pneumonia |
| John Grant | Labor | New South Wales | 19 May 1928 | 70-71 | |
| Thomas Givens | Nationalist | Queensland | 19 June 1928 | 64 | Heart disease |
| David Andrew | Country | Victoria | 19 November 1928 | 62 | |
| John Chapman | Labor | South Australia | 14 March 1931 | 51 | |
| Harold Elliott | Nationalist | Victoria | 23 March 1931 | 52 | Suicide caused by post-traumatic stress disorder |
| James Ogden | United Australia | Tasmania | 5 February 1932 | 63 | |
| John Newlands | United Australia | South Australia | 20 May 1932 | 67 | |
| Walter Kingsmill | United Australia | Western Australia | 15 January 1935 | 70 | Coronary occlusion |
| Lionel Courtenay | United Australia | New South Wales | 11 July 1935 | 55 | |
| William Carroll | Country | Western Australia | 30 May 1936 | 64 | |
| John MacDonald | Labor | Queensland | 17 August 1937 | 57 | Heart disease |
| John Barnes | Labor | Victoria | 31 January 1938 | 69 | Cancer |
| Bertie Johnston | Country | Western Australia | 6 September 1942 | 62 | Drowning |
| James Cunningham | Labor | Western Australia | 4 July 1943 | 63 | |
| Richard Keane | Labor | Victoria | 26 April 1946 | 65 | Heart disease |
| Richard Nash | Labor | Western Australia | 12 December 1951 | 61 | Heart attack |
| Edmund Piesse | Country | Western Australia | 25 August 1952 | 62 | Suicide by carbon-monoxide poisoning |
| Jack Chamberlain | Liberal | Tasmania | 16 January 1953 | 68 | |
| George McLeay | Liberal | South Australia | 14 September 1955 | 63 | Ischemic heart disease |
| Jack Devlin | Labor | Victoria | 26 May 1957 | 57 | |
| Bill Ashley | Labor | New South Wales | 27 June 1958 | 76 | Stroke |
| Harrie Seward | Country | Western Australia | 23 July 1958 | 74 | |
| Rex Pearson | Liberal | South Australia | 11 September 1961 | 56 | |
| Albert Reid | Country | Queensland | 22 May 1962 | 76 | Heart attack |
| Max Poulter | Labor | Queensland | 2 September 1962 | 49 | |
| Seddon Vincent | Liberal | Western Australia | 9 November 1964 | 56 | |
| Harrie Wade | Country | Victoria | 18 November 1964 | 59 | Heart attack |
| Shane Paltridge | Liberal | Western Australia | 21 January 1966 | 56 | Cancer |
| Bob Sherrington | Liberal | Queensland | 16 March 1966 | 64 | |
| Charles Sandford | Labor | Victoria | 22 October 1966 | 71 | |
| Clive Hannaford | Independent | South Australia | 24 October 1967 | 64 | |
| Keith Laught | Liberal | South Australia | 13 May 1969 | 61 | |
| Sam Cohen | Labor | Victoria | 7 October 1969 | 50 | Heart attack |
| Colin McKellar | Country | New South Wales | 13 April 1970 | 66 | Coronary heart disease |
| James Ormonde | Labor | New South Wales | 30 November 1970 | 67 | |
| Bertie Milliner | Labor | Queensland | 30 June 1975 | 63 | Heart attack |
| Ivor Greenwood | Liberal | Victoria | 13 October 1976 | 49 | Heart attack |
| John Knight | Liberal | Australian Capital Territory | 4 March 1981 | 37 | Heart attack |
| Alan Missen | Liberal | Victoria | 30 March 1986 | 60 | Heart attack |
| Olive Zakharov | Labor | Victoria | 6 March 1995 | 65 | Struck by a car |
| John Panizza | Liberal | Western Australia | 31 January 1997 | 65 | |
| Jeannie Ferris | Liberal | South Australia | 1 April 2007 | 66 | Ovarian cancer |
| Judith Adams | Liberal | Western Australia | 31 March 2012 | 68 | Breast cancer |
| Alex Gallacher | Labor | South Australia | 29 August 2021 | 67 | Lung cancer |
| Kimberley Kitching | Labor | Victoria | 10 March 2022 | 52 | Heart attack (suspected) |
| Jim Molan | Liberal | New South Wales | 16 January 2023 | 72 | Cancer |
| Linda White | Labor | Victoria | 29 February 2024 | 63-64 | Cancer |

## House of Representatives

| Member | Party | State/Division | Date of death | Age at death | Cause |
| William Henry Groom | Protectionist | Queensland (Darling Downs) | 8 August 1901 | 68 | Bronchial catarrh, heart failure |
| Frederick William Piesse | Free Trade | Tasmania (Tasmania) | 6 March 1902 | 53 | |
| Edward Braddon | Free Trade | Tasmania (Wilmot) | 2 February 1904 | 74 | |
| Charles Kingston | Protectionist | South Australia (Adelaide) | 11 May 1908 | 57 | Stroke |
| Frederick Holder | Independent | South Australia (Wakefield) | 23 July 1909 | 59 | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| James Hutchison | Labor | South Australia (Hindmarsh) | 6 December 1909 | 50 | Complications from kidney surgery |
| Henry Beard | Labor | Victoria (Batman) | 18 December 1910 | 45-46 | Complications from a medical operation |
| George Edwards | Liberal | New South Wales (North Sydney) | 4 February 1911 | 56 | Gas explosion |
| Lee Batchelor | Labor | South Australia (Boothby) | 8 October 1911 | 46 | Heart attack |
| Charlie Frazer | Labor | Western Australia (Kalgoorlie) | 25 November 1913 | 33 | Pneumonia |
| Ernest Roberts | Labor | South Australia (Adelaide) | 2 December 1913 | 45 | Heart disease |
| John Arthur | Labor | Victoria (Bendigo) | 9 December 1914 | 39 | Kidney disease |
| Edward Jolley | Labor | Victoria (Grampians) | 1 January 1915 | 40-41 | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| Robert Howe | Labor | New South Wales (Dalley) | 2 April 1915 | 53-54 | |
| Charles Howroyd | Labor | Tasmania (Darwin) | 10 May 1917 | 50 | |
| Charles Carty Salmon | Nataionalist | Victoria (Grampians) | 15 September 1917 | 57 | |
| John Forrest | Nationalist | Western Australia (Swan) | 2 September 1918 | 71 | Skin cancer |
| James Chester Manifold | Nationalist | Victoria (Corangamite) | 30 October 1918 | 51 | Pneumonia |
| Albert Palmer | Nationalist | Victoria (Echuca) | 14 August 1919 | 59-60 | Pneumonia |
| Jim Page | Labor | Queensland (Maranoa) | 3 June 1921 | 59-60 | |
| T.J. Ryan | Labor | New South Wales (West Sydney) | 1 August 1921 | 45 | Pneumonia |
| Frank Tudor | Labor | Victoria (Yarra) | 10 January 1922 | 55 | |
| Austin Chapman | Nationalist | New South Wales (Eden-Monaro) | 12 January 1926 | 61 | Cerebro-vascular disease |
| Herbert Pratten | Nationalist | New South Wales (Parramatta) | 7 May 1928 | 63 | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| Edward Corser | Nationalist | Queensland (Wide Bay) | 31 July 1928 | 75-76 | |
| William Lambert | Labor | New South Wales (West Sydney) | 6 September 1928 | 47 | Heart attack |
| William McWilliams | Independent | Tasmania (Franklin) | 22 October 1929 | 73 | Angina pectoris |
| John West | Labor | New South Wales (East Sydney) | 5 February 1931 | 79 | |
| Percy Stewart | Independent | Victoria (Wimmera) | 15 October 1931 | 45 | Pneumonia |
| John Clasby | United Australia | New South Wales (East Sydney) | 15 January 1932 | 40-41 | |
| William Holman | United Australia | New South Wales (Martin) | 5 June 1934 | 62 | |
| Charles McGrath | United Australia | Victoria (Ballaarat) | 21 July 1934 | 61 | |
| David Watkins | Labor | New South Wales (Newcastle) | 8 April 1935 | 69 | Cancer |
| George Maxwell | United Australia | Victoria (Fawkner) | 25 June 1935 | 76 | |
| Darby Riordan | Labor | Queensland (Kennedy) | 15 October 1936 | 50 | Pneumonia |
| Littleton Groom | United Australia | Queensland (Darling Downs) | 6 November 1936 | 69 | Cerebro-vascular disease |
| Charles Hawker | United Australia | South Australia (Wakefield) | 25 October 1938 | 44 | Plane crash |
| Francis Baker | Labor | Queensland (Griffith) | 28 March 1939 | 35-36 | Motor accident |
| Joseph Lyons | United Australia | Tasmania (Wilmot) | 7 April 1939 | 59 | Heart attack |
| Geoffrey Street | United Australia | Victoria (Corangamite) | 13 August 1940 | 46 | Plane crash |
| James Fairbairn | United Australia | Victoria (Flinders) | 13 August 1940 | 43 | Plane crash |
| Henry Gullett | United Australia | Victoria (Henty) | 13 August 1940 | 62 | Plane crash |
| Albert Green | Labor | Western Australia (Kalgoorlie) | 2 October 1940 | 70 | |
| Henry Gregory | Country | Western Australia (Swan) | 15 November 1940 | 80 | |
| John Price | United Australia | South Australia (Boothby) | 23 April 1941 | 59 | |
| John Curtin | Labor | Western Australia (Fremantle) | 5 July 1945 | 60 | Heart disease |
| Ben Chifley | Labor | New South Wales (Macquarie) | 13 June 1951 | 65 | Heart attack |
| Jim Eggins | Country | New South Wales (Lyne) | 28 January 1952 | 53 | Cerebral disease |
| Rupert Ryan | Liberal | Victoria (Flinders) | 25 August 1952 | 68 | Heart failure |
| Bert Lazzarini | Labor | New South Wales (Werriwa) | 1 October 1952 | 68 | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| Billy Hughes | Liberal | New South Wales (Bradfield) | 28 October 1952 | 90 | |
| Sol Rosevear | Labor | New South Wales (Dalley) | 21 March 1953 | 61 | Coronary occlusion |
| Allan McDonald | Liberal | Victoria (Corangamite) | 10 June 1953 | 64 | Cancer |
| Dan Mulcahy | Labor | New South Wales (Lang) | 21 July 1953 | 71 | |
| Thomas Treloar | Liberal | New South Wales (Gwydir) | 15 November 1953 | 61 | |
| Tom Sheehan | Labor | New South Wales (Cook) | 26 March 1955 | 63 | |
| Billy Davies | Labor | New South Wales (Cunningham) | 17 February 1956 | 71-72 | |
| Archie Cameron | Liberal | South Australia (Barker) | 9 August 1956 | 61 | Heart attack |
| Larry Anthony | Country | New South Wales (Richmond) | 12 July 1957 | 60 | Cerebrovascular disease |
| Harry Bruce | Labor | Queensland (Leichhardt) | 11 October 1958 | 74 | Heart attack |
| Percy Clarey | Labor | Victoria (Bendigo) | 17 May 1960 | 70 | Pneumonia |
| Frank Timson | Liberal | Victoria (Higinbotham) | 16 October 1960 | 51 | |
| Alan Bird | Labor | Victoria (Batman) | 21 July 1962 | 55 | |
| Edgar Russell | Labor | South Australia (Grey) | 31 March 1963 | 72 | |
| Eddie Ward | Labor | New South Wales (East Sydney) | 31 July 1963 | 64 | Heart attack |
| Athol Townley | Liberal | Tasmania (Denison) | 24 December 1963 | 58 | |
| George Shaw | Country | Queensland (Dawson) | 9 January 1966 | 58 | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| John Cockle | Liberal | New South Wales (Warringah) | 3 August 1966 | 57 | Heart attack |
| George Gray | Country | Queensland (Capricornia) | 2 August 1967 | 63 | Pulmonary edema |
| Harold Holt | Liberal | Victoria (Higgins) | 17 December 1967 | 59 | Disappeared. Presumed drowned |
| Jim Fraser | Labor | Australian Capital Territory (Australian Capital Territory) | 1 April 1970 | 62 | Cancer |
| Wilfrid Kent Hughes | Liberal | Victoria (Chisholm) | 30 July 1970 | 75 | |
| Rex Connor | Labor | New South Wales (Cunningham) | 22 August 1977 | 70 | Coronary occlusion |
| Frank Stewart | Labor | New South Wales (Grayndler) | 16 April 1979 | 56 | Heart attack |
| Eric Robinson | Liberal | Queensland (McPherson) | 7 January 1981 | 51 | Heart attack |
| Greg Wilton | Labor | Victoria (Isaacs) | 14 June 2000 | 44 | Suicide |
| Peter Nugent | Liberal | Victoria (Aston) | 24 April 2001 | 63 | Heart attack |
| Don Randall | Liberal | Western Australia (Canning) | 21 July 2015 | 62 | Heart attack |
| Peta Murphy | Labor | Victoria (Dunkley) | 4 December 2023 | 50 | Breast Cancer |