Longest-serving members of the Parliament of Victoria

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A list of the 15 longest-serving members of both Victoria's Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.

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List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Victoria
No.PortraitNamePartyHouseElectorateTerm beganTerm endedTime in officeNotes
1
John Lemmon (Victorian Politician).jpg
John Lemmon
(1875–1955)		 Labor Legislative Assembly Williamstown 1 June 190422 April 195550 years, 325 days [1]
[ citation needed ]
2
20Alexanderpeacock.jpg
Alexander Peacock
(1861–1933)		Independent Legislative Assembly Clunes and Allandale 9 April 18891 June 190444 years, 181 days [2] [3]
United Australia Allandale 1 June 19047 October 1933
3
Nicholas Fitzgerald (Victorian Politician).jpg
Nicholas Fitzgerald
(1829–1908)		Independent Legislative Council North Western Province 29 November 1864November 188243 years, 262 days [4] [5]
North Central Province November 188217 August 1908
4
Sir Francis Grenville Clarke.jpg
Frank Clarke
(1879–1955)		 Nationalist Legislative Council Northern Province 6 June 19134 June 192541 years, 252 days [6] [7]
[8]
United Australia Melbourne South Province 4 June 192512 June 1937
Liberal and Country Monash Province 12 June 193713 February 1955
5
James Balfour (Australian politician) (cropped).jpg
James Balfour
(1830–1913)		Independent Legislative Assembly East Bourke 12 February 186619 August 186841 years, 243 days [9] [10]
[11] [12]
[13] [14]
Legislative Council Southern Province 30 June 187430 November 1882
South Eastern Province 30 November 18821 June 1904
East Yarra Province 1 June 190424 August 1913
6
Albert Lind.jpg
Albert Lind
(1878–1964)		 United Country Party Legislative Assembly Gippsland East 21 October 192015 July 196140 years, 267 days [15] [16]
[17] [18]
7
William Slater.jpg
Bill Slater
(1890–1960)		 Labor Legislative Assembly Dundas 15 November 191714 May 193240 years, 244 days [19] [20]
[21] [22]
[23]
6 September 19328 November 1947
Legislative Council Doutta Galla Province 18 June 194919 June 1960
8
Ewen Hugh Cameron.png
Ewen Hugh Cameron
(1831–1915)		 Commonwealth Liberal Legislative Assembly Evelyn 19 May 187426 November 191440 years, 191 days [24] [25]
[26]
9
Herbert Hyland.jpg
Herbert Hyland
(1884–1970)		 Country Legislative Assembly Gippsland South 30 November 192918 March 197040 years, 108 days [27] [28]
10
Sir William Charles Angliss.jpg
William Angliss
(1865–1957)		 Liberal and Country Legislative Council Southern Province 21 June 191221 June 195240 years, 0 days [29] [30]
[31]
11
Thomas Tunnecliffe from Re-Member.jpg
Tom Tunnecliffe
(1869–1948)		 Labor Legislative Assembly West Melbourne 15 December 19031 June 190439 years, 358 days [32] [33]
[34] [35]
[36] [37]
[38]
Eaglehawk 15 March 190721 October 1920
Collingwood 30 August 192130 July 1947
12
William H Edgar.jpg
William Edgar
(1858–1948)		 United Australia Legislative Council Melbourne West Province 1 June 19046 June 191339 years, 342 days [39] [40]
[41] [42]
East Yarra Province 5 July 19176 June 1948
13
Portrait of George Prendergast George Michael Prendergast VicParliament.jpg
Portrait of George Prendergast
 George Prendergast
(1854–1937)		 Labor Legislative Assembly North Melbourne 4 October 189428 September 189739 years, 295 days [43] [44]
[45] [46]
1 November 19009 April 1927
Footscray 9 April 192728 August 1937
14
John Cain 1954.jpg
John Cain Sr
(1882–1957)		 Labor Legislative Assembly Jika Jika 15 November 19174 March 192739 years, 226 days [47] [ citation needed ]
Northcote 9 April 19274 August 1957
15
Portrait of James Jewell James Robert Jewell.jpg
Portrait of James Jewell
 James Jewell
(1869–1949)		 Labor Legislative Assembly Brunswick 14 March 191014 May 194939 years, 61 days [48] [49]


Father of the Legislative Assembly

NameTerm lengthTime as FatherNotes
Ewen Hugh Cameron 40 years, 191 days
19 May 1874 – 26 November 1914		 [50]
John Murray 31 years, 329 days
10 June 1884 – 4 May 1916		1 year, 160 days [51]
Alfred Richard Outtrim 32 years, 341 days
16 March 1886 – 1 October 1902
1 June 1904 – 21 October 1920		4 years, 170 days [52] [53]
Alexander Peacock 44 years, 181 days
9 April 1889 – 7 October 1933		12 years, 351 days [54]
Richard Toutcher 37 years, 128 days
25 October 1897 – 2 March 1935		1 year, 146 days [55]
George Prendergast 39 years, 289 days
20 September 1894 – 14 October 1897
1 November 1900 – 4 March 1927
9 April 1927 – 28 August 1937		2 years, 179 days
John Lemmon 50 years, 325 days
1 June 1904 – 22 April 1955		17 years, 237 days
John Cain Sr 39 years, 226 days
15 November 1917 – 4 March 1927
9 April 1927 – 4 August 1957		2 years, 104 days
Albert Lind 40 years, 223 days
21 October 1920 – 1 June 1961		3 years, 301 days
Herbert Hyland 40 years, 137 days
1 November 1929 – 18 March 1970		8 years, 290 days
Clive Stoneham 27 years, 84 days
28 November 1942 – 1 October 1945
10 November 1945 – 1 April 1970		14 days
George Moss 27 years, 190 days
10 November 1945 – 19 May 1973		3 years, 48 days
Tom Mitchell 28 years, 287 days
7 June 1947 – 20 March 1976		2 years, 306 days
Sam Loxton 23 years, 342 days
28 May 1955 – 5 May 1979		3 years, 46 days
Jim Balfour 14 years, 339 days
29 April 1967 – 3 April 1982		2 years, 333 days
Frank Wilkes 31 years, 10 days
21 September 1957 – 1 October 1988		6 years, 181 days
Bruce Evans 31 years, 79 days
15 July 1961 – 2 October 1992		4 years, 1 day
Ian Smith 30 years, 141 days
29 April 1967 – 18 September 1999		6 years, 351 days
Rob Maclellan 32 years, 184 days
30 May 1970 – 30 November 2002		3 years, 73 days
Ken Jasper 34 years, 252 days
20 March 1976 – 27 November 2010		7 years, 362 days
Robert Clark 30 years, 54 days
1 October 1988 – 24 November 2018		7 years, 362 days
Kim Wells 32 years, 47 days
3 October 1992 – present		5 years, 361 days

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