Prefect

A **Prefect** at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a student who has been given extra authority and responsibilities by the Head of House and Headmaster. One male and one female student are chosen from each house in their fifth year to act as prefects. They would continue to be prefects in their sixth and seventh years until they leave school.

Thus, there are approximately six prefects per house and twenty-four prefects in the whole school at one time. The Head Boy and Head Girl may be chosen from among this number and may not be replaced. However, the Head Boy or Girl does not have to be a prefect.

The Weasley family is noted for having had several prefects among its sons — first Bill, next is Charlie, then Percy, and finally Ron. Percy in particular is known to have been mercilessly persecuted by his brothers Fred and George, who once bewitched his Prefect's badge to read "Pinhead", and were once quoted by Ron as having "*always said that only prats become Prefects*".

## Role

Prefects are allowed to take House points away from houses, but they are not allowed to take points from other prefects. Prefects can give detentions as a form of punishment.

Prefects patrol the corridors of the Hogwarts Express on the way to school and attend a meeting in a special prefects' carriage where they are instructed by the Head Boy and Girl. They also patrol hallways to ensure that other students are not breaking curfew. There is a bathroom with a large, pool-like bath on the fifth floor of Hogwarts Castle that is reserved for prefects and Quidditch captains. It is located at the fifth door to the left of the statue of Boris the Bewildered. The only known password to this bathroom is "pine fresh", which was used during the 1994–1995 school year.

Prefects have other responsibilities as student leaders. They show the first years the way to their dormitories on their first day of school at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and supervise the decorating of the castle for Christmas (and presumably other events as well). They also watch the younger students when bad weather keeps them indoors over break times.

Once a student becomes a prefect, they have a better chance of becoming Head Boy or Head Girl; however, a student is not required to earn the former honour in order to earn the latter. This fact was exemplified in the knowledge that Remus Lupin was a Gryffindor prefect but James Potter was later appointed the Head Boy.

Prefects are given a badge; the colours are the colours of the prefect's House and/or silver. They are supposed to wear the badge on their school uniform. The badge would have the letter "P" on it while the Head Boy's badge would have "Head Boy" on it, and the Head Girl's with "Head Girl". If the prefect is on his or her house Quidditch team, he or she would not be required to wear the prefect badge on their Quidditch robes.

## Known Prefects

### Gryffindor

* Ernest McKinnon II (1942–45)
* Eugenia Mountbatten (1943–46)
* Alexandra McKinnon (1944–47)
* Lyall Lupin (1945–48)
* Algernon Longbottom (1953–56)
* Odilia Wescott (1967–69)
* Amelia Bones (1972–75)
* Caradoc Dearborn (1973–76)
* Susan Rigby (1973-76)
* Frank Longbottom (1974-77)
* Patricia McKinnon (1974-77)
* Remus Lupin (1975–78)
* Lily Evans (1975-78)
* Elizabeth Meadowes (1976-79)
* Peter Liddell (1977-80)
* Charity Burbage (1977-80)
* Hestia Jones (1982-85)
* Bill Weasley (1986–89)
* Charlie Weasley (1988–91)
* Kirstie Davies (1988–91)
* Percy Weasley (1991–94)
* Holly Marbury (1994-97)
* Ron Weasley (1995–97)
* Hermione Granger (1995–97)
* Maisie Cattermole (1996-99)
* Arthur Doge (1996-99)

### Slytherin

* Irma Crabbe (1917-20)
* Marvin Macmillan (1919-22)
* Tom Riddle (1942–45)
* Orion Black (1944–47)
* Isobel Fawley (1944–47)
* Saul Croaker (1945–48)
* Druella Rosier (1945–48)
* Dolores Umbridge (1946–49)
* Rufus Winickus (1953–56)
* Mary Liddell (1953–56)
* Rufus Scrimgeour (1956–59)
* Broderick Bode (1961–64)
* Wilbert Slinkhard (1962–65)
* Lucius Malfoy (1968–71)
* Augustus Parkinson (1969–72)
* Narcissa Black (1970–73)
* Euan Evermonde (1974–77)
* Wulfric Mulciber (1975–78)
* Regulus Black IV (1976–79)
* Laurel McKinnon (1976–79)
* Thierra Vaisey (1978–81)
* Felix Rosier (1984–87)
* Serena Stanhope (1986–89)
* Wilbur Runcorn (1989–91)
* Gemma Farley (1991–94)
* Graham Montague (1994–97)
* Draco Malfoy (1995–98)
* Pansy Parkinson (1995–98)
* Peter Goyle (1996–99)
* Hestia Carrow (1996–98)
* Astor Vaisey (1997–99)
* Brunhilde Macnair (1997–99)

### Ravenclaw

* Darcy Marchbanks (1938–41)
* Barnabus Cuffe (1944-47)
* Domnhail Beasley (1946–49)
* Leonard Edgecombe (1953–56)
* Marcella Jorkins (1953–56)
* James Kropp (1961–64)
* Mary Chittock (1961–64)
* Bernard Peasegood (1963–66)
* Irma Pince (1972–75)
* Eldred Worple (1973–76)
* Emmeline Vance (1973–76)
* Chester Davies (1984–87)
* Brennan Doyle (1987–90)
* Marcus Fenwick (1989–92)
* Robert Hilliard (1990–93)
* Brendan Kelly (1991–94)
* Penelope Clearwater (1991–94)
* Charles Shepley (1993–96)
* Anthony Goldstein (1995–98)
* Padma Patil (1995–98)
* Antoine Mathers (1996–97)
* Marnie Hargrave (1996-99)

### Hufflepuff

* Doris Crockford (1948–51)
* Enid Smith (1953–56)
* Herbert Beery (1963–66)
* Amos Diggory (1966–69)
* Edward Tonks (1967–70)
* Wallace Perks (1972–75)
* Ralph Cadwallader (1973–76)
* Edgar Bones (1974–77)
* Fulvia Honeycutt (1974–77)
* Adrian Abbott (1975–78)
* Anne Liddell (1976–79)
* Bridget Symons (1978–81)
* Arnold Peasegood (1979–82)
* Edwin Tofty (1985–88)
* Penny Haywood (1988–91)
* Cedric Diggory (1993–95)
* Asha Eaton (1993–96)
* Jeffery Merrick (1994–97)
* Ernie Macmillan (1995–98)
* Hannah Abbott (1995–98)