# List of LGBTQ holders of political offices in Australia

This is a list of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) holders of political offices in Australia. Currently and historically there are no known intersex parliamentarians, although Tony Briffa is known as the world's first openly intersex mayor and "first known intersex public office-bearer in the Western world", having served as Deputy Mayor of the City of Hobsons Bay between 2009–2011 and Mayor between 2011–2012.

## Federal parliament

| Name | Party | Seat | Term in Office | Term in Office | Notes |
| Don Dobie | Liberal | Member for Hughes | 26 November 1966 | 25 October 1969 | |
| Don Dobie | Liberal | Member for Cook | 25 October 1969 | 2 December 1972 | |
| Don Dobie | Liberal | Member for Cook | 13 December 1975 | 29 January 1996 | |
| Neil Brown | Liberal | Member for Diamond Valley | 25 October 1969 | 2 December 1972 | Came out in 1996 |
| Neil Brown | Liberal | Member for Diamond Valley | 13 December 1975 | 5 March 1983 | Came out in 1996 |
| Neil Brown | Liberal | Member for Menzies | 1 December 1984 | 25 February 1991 | Came out in 1996 |
| Neal Blewett | Labor | Member for Bonython | 10 December 1977 | 11 February 1994 | Came out in 2000 |
| Colin Hollis | Labor | Member for Macarthur | 5 March 1983 | 1 December 1984 | |
| Colin Hollis | Labor | Member for Throsby | 1 December 1984 | 8 October 2001 | |
| Bob Brown | Greens | Senator for Tasmania | 1 July 1996 | 15 June 2012 | |
| Brian Greig | Democrats | Senator for Western Australia | 1 July 1999 | 30 June 2005 | |
| Penny Wong | Labor | Senator for South Australia | 1 July 2002 | incumbent | |
| Louise Pratt | Labor | Senator for Western Australia | 1 July 2008 | 30 June 2014 | |
| Louise Pratt | Labor | Senator for Western Australia | 2 July 2016 | incumbent | |
| Dean Smith | Liberal | Senator for Western Australia | 2 May 2012 | incumbent | |
| Janet Rice | Greens | Senator for Victoria | 1 July 2014 | 19 April 2024 | |
| Robert Simms | Greens | Senator for South Australia | 22 September 2015 | 2 July 2016 | |
| Trent Zimmerman | Liberal | Member for North Sydney | 5 December 2015 | 23 May 2022 | |
| Trevor Evans | Liberal | Member for Brisbane | 2 July 2016 | 23 May 2022 | |
| Julian Hill | Labor | Member for Bruce | 2 July 2016 | incumbent | |
| Tim Wilson | Liberal | Member for Goldstein | 2 July 2016 | 23 May 2022 | |
| Kerryn Phelps | Independent | Member for Wentworth | 20 October 2018 | 18 May 2019 | |
| Angie Bell | Liberal | Member for Moncrieff | 18 May 2019 | incumbent | |
| Nita Green | Labor | Senator for Queensland | 1 July 2019 | incumbent | |
| Stephen Bates | Greens | Member for Brisbane | 28 May 2022 | incumbent | |

## Tasmania

* Former:
** Bob Brown (Independent Green) – 1983–1993
** Alison Standen (Labor) – 2018–2021
* Historic firsts:
** Party leader: Bob Brown (Greens) – 1989–1993

## New South Wales
### Legislative Council

* Current:
** Penny Sharpe (Labor) – 2005
** Chris Rath (Liberal) – 2022
** Amanda Cohn (Greens) – 2023
** Jacqui Munro (Liberal) – 2023
* Former:
** Michael Yabsley (Liberal) – 1984–1994 [Came out: 2020]
** Paul O'Grady (Labor) – 1988–1996 [Came out: 1990]
** Michael Egan (Labor) – 1986–2005 [Came out: 1995]
** Helen Westwood (Labor) – 2007–2015
** Don Harwin (Liberal) – 2011–2022 [Came out: 2014]
** Shayne Mallard (Liberal) – 2015–2023
** Mark Pearson (Animal Justice) – 2015–2023

### Legislative Assembly

* Current:
** Alex Greenwich (Independent) – 2012
* Former:
** Michael Egan (Labor) – 1978–1984
** Tony Doyle (Labor) – 1985–1994 [Came out: 1994]
** Bruce Notley-Smith (Liberal) – 2011–2019

## Western Australia
### Legislative Council

* Current:
** Stephen Dawson (Labor) – 2013
** Peter Foster (Labor) – 2021
* Former:
** Giz Watson (Greens) – 1997–2013
** Lynn MacLaren (Greens) – 2005, 2009–2017
** Louise Pratt (Labor) – 2001–2007

### Legislative Assembly

* Current
** Stuart Aubrey (Labor) – 2021
** Lisa Baker (Labor) – 2008
** John Carey (Labor) – 2017
* Former:
** John Hyde (Labor) – 2001–2013

## Victoria
### Legislative Council

* Current:
** Harriet Shing (Labor) – 2014
** Joe McCracken (Liberal) – 2022
** Aiv Puglielli (Greens) – 2022
* Former:
** Andrew Olexander (Liberal) – 1999–2006

### Legislative Assembly

* Current:
** Steve Dimopoulos (Labor) – 2014
** Gabrielle de Vietri (Greens) – 2022

## South Australia
### Legislative Council

* Current:
** Ian Hunter (Labor) – 2006
* Former:
** Don Dunstan (Labor) – 1953–1979
** Kelly Vincent (Dignity) – 2010–2018
* Historic Firsts:
** Premier: Don Dunstan (Labor) – 1967

## Australian Capital Territory

* Current:
** Andrew Barr (Labor) – 2006
** Chris Steel (Labor) – 2016
** Suzanne Orr (Labor) – 2016
** Laura Nuttall (Greens) – 2023
* Former:
** Jonathan Davis (Greens) – 2020-2023 (resigned)
* Historic firsts:
** Government minister: Andrew Barr (Labor) – 2006
** Chief Minister: Andrew Barr (Labor) – 2014

## Northern Territory

Current:
* Chansey Paech (Labor) – 2016
Officeholders:
* Leader of the Opposition: Jodeen Carney (Liberal) – (2005)
* Speaker of the Assembly: Chansey Paech (Labor) – (2020)