Part6 Historical information on the Australian Parliament Governors-General ............................................................... 403 Chronology of Parliaments .................................................... 404 Party representation in Parliament .......................................... 408 Members since 1901 ........................................................... 410 Members who have served in both chambers ......................... 478 Longest serving members .................................................... 479 Women in Parliament ............................................................ 480 Number of women in Parliament ............................................ 484 Prime Ministers .................................................................... 489 Leaders of the Opposition ..................................................... 490 Ministries and Cabinets ........................................................ 491 Shadow Ministries ................................................................ 574 Presidents, Deputy Presidents, Speakers and Deputy Speakers .................................................................. 600 632nd Edition PARLIAMENTARY HANDBOOK of the Commonwealth of Australia Part 6 Historical information on the Australian Parliament Governors-General Names Period of service Hopetoun, 7th Earl of, the Rt Hon. John Adrian Louis Hope, KT, GCMG, GCVO 1.1.1901 – 9.1.1903 (later 1st Marquess of Linlithgow). Died 29.2.1908. Tennyson, 2nd Baron, the Rt Hon. Hallam Tennyson, GCMG. Died 2.12.1928. 9.1.1903 – 21.1.1904 Northcote, 1st Baron, the Rt Hon. Henry Stafford Northcote, GCMG, GCIE, CB. Died 29.9.1911. 21.1.1904 – 9.9.1908 Dudley, 2nd Earl of, the Rt Hon. William Humble Ward, GCB, GCMG, GCVO. Died 29.6.1932. 9.9.1908 – 31.7.1911 Denman, 3rd Baron, the Rt Hon. Thomas Denman, GCMG, KCVO. Died 24.6.1954. 31.7.1911 – 18.5.1914 Munro Ferguson, the Rt Hon. Sir Ronald Craufurd, GCMG (later 1st Viscount Novar). Died 30.3.1934. 18.5.1914 – 6.10.1920 Forster, 1st Baron, the Rt Hon. Henry William Forster, GCMG. Died 15.1.1936. 6.10.1920 – 8.10.1925 Stonehaven, 1st Baron, the Rt Hon. John Lawrence Baird, GCMG, DSO 8.10.1925 – 22.1.1931 (later 1st Viscount Stonehaven). Died 20.8.1941. Isaacs, the Rt Hon. Sir Isaac Alfred, GCB, GCMG, KC. Died 11.2.1948. 22.1.1931 – 23.1.1936 Gowrie, 1st Baron, Brigadier General the Rt Hon. Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, VC, 23.1.1936 – 30.1.1945 GCMG, CB, DSO (later 1st Earl of Gowrie of Canberra and Dirleton). Died 2.5.1955. Gloucester, Duke of, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden, HRH Prince Henry William 30.1.1945 – 11.3.1947 Frederick Albert, KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCMG, GCVO. Died 10.6.1974. McKell, the Rt Hon. Sir William John, GCMG, QC. Died 11.1.1985. 11.3.1947 – 8.5.1953 Slim, Field Marshal Sir William Joseph, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC (later 1st Viscount Slim). Died 14.12.1970. 8.5.1953 – 2.2.1960 Dunrossil, 1st Viscount, the Rt Hon. William Shepherd Morrison, GCMG, MC, QC. Died in office 3.2.1961. 2.2.1960 – 3.2.1961 De L’Isle, 1st Viscount, 6th Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, the Rt Hon. 3.8.1961 – 22.9.1965 William Philip Sidney, VC, KG, GCMG, GCVO. Died 5.4.1991. Casey, Baron, the Rt Hon. Richard Gardiner Casey, KG, GCMG, CH, DSO, MC. Died 17.6.1976. 22.9.1965 – 30.4.1969 Hasluck, the Rt Hon. Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla, KG, GCMG, GCVO. Died 9.1.1993. 30.4.1969 – 11.7.1974 Kerr, the Rt Hon. Sir John Robert, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC. Died 24.3.1991. 11.7.1974 – 8.12.1977 Cowen, the Rt Hon. Sir Zelman, AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC. 8.12.1977 – 29.7.1982 Stephen, the Rt Hon. Sir Ninian Martin, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE. 29.7.1982 – 16.2.1989 Hayden, the Hon. William George, AC. 16.2.1989 – 16.2.1996 Historical information Deane, the Hon. Sir William Patrick, AC, KBE. 16.2.1996 – 29.6.2001 Hollingworth, the Right Reverend Dr Peter John, AC, OBE. 29.6.2001 – 29.5.2003* Jeffery, Major General Michael, AC, CVO, MC. 11.8.2003 – 5.9.2008 Bryce, Quentin Alice Louise, AC 5.9.2008 – Governors-General * Resigned; commission revoked from 29.5.2003. 6 403 Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2011 Chronology of Parliaments Parliament Elected Opened Closed Prorogued Dissolved First 29 – 30.3.1901 23.11.1903 First Session 9.5.1901 10.10.1902 10.10.1902* 14.11.1902† 15.12.1902† 21.1.1903† 20.2.1903† 31.3.1903† Second Session 26.5.1903 22.10.1903 22.10.1903* 11.11.1903† Second 16.12.1903 5.11.1906 First Session 2.3.1904 15.12.1904 15.12.1904* 20.1.1905† 3.2.1905† 29.3.1905† 28.4.1905† 22.5.1905† Second Session 28.6.1905 21.12.1905 21.12.1905* 31.1.1906† 29.3.1906† 4.5.1906† Third Session 7.6.1906 12.10.1906 12.10.1906* 26.10.1906† Third 12.12.1906 19.2.1910 First Session 20.2.1907 21.2.1907 22.2.1907 (expired) 5.4.1907† 18.5.1907† Second Session 3.7.1907 5.6.1908 11.6.1908 14.7.1908† 13.8.1908† Third Session 16.9.1908 11.12.1908 15.12.1908 19.1.1909† 5.3.1909† Chronology of Parliaments 7.4.1909† Fourth Session 26.5.1909 8.12.1909 13.12.1909 18.1.1910† Fourth 13.4.1910 23.4.1913 First Session 1.7.1910 25.11.1910 29.11.1910 2.2.1911* 17.3.1911* 2.5.1911* Historical information * Parliament prorogued by Governor-General in an address to members of both Houses in the Senate Chamber. 6 † Parliament further prorogued. 404 Part 6 Historical information on the Australian Parliament Parliament Elected Opened Closed Prorogued Dissolved First Session 9.6.1911* 24.7.1911* 1.8.1911* Second Session 5.9.1911 21.12.1911 22.12.1911* 1.2.1912* 13.3.1912* 19.4.1912* 22.5.1912* Third Session 19.6.1912 21.12.1912 8.1.1913 Fifth 31.5.1913 30.7.1914 First Session 9.7.1913 19.12.1913 19.12.1913 29.1.1914* 11.3.1914* Second Session 15.4.1914 26.6.1914 27.6.1914 Sixth 5.9.1914 26.3.1917 First Session 8.10.1914 17.3.1917 20.3.1917 Seventh 5.5.1917 3.11.1919 First Session 14.6.1917 14.6.1917 16.6.1917 Second Session 11.7.1917 24.10.1919 28.10.1919 Eighth 13.12.1919 6.11.1922 First Session 26.2.1920 10.12.1921 5.1.1922 10.3.1922* 11.5.1922* Second Session 28.6.1922 14.10.1922 18.10.1922 Ninth 16.12.1922 3.10.1925 Historical information First Session 28.2.1923 15.3.1923 21.3.1923 16.5.1923* Second Session 13.6.1923 10.10.1924 30.4.1925 Third Session 10.6.1925 25.9.1925 28.9.1925 Tenth 14.11.1925 9.10.1928 First Session 13.1.1926 22.9.1928 Eleventh 17.11.1928 16.9.1929 First Session 6.2.1929 12.9.1929 Chronology of Parliaments Twelfth 12.10.1929 27.11.1931 First Session 20.11.1929 26.11.1931 Thirteenth 19.12.1931 7.8.1934 First Session 17.2.1932 2.8.1934 Fourteenth 15.9.1934 21.9.1937 First Session 23.10.1934 11.12.1936 27.5.1937 Second Session 17.6.1937 15.9.1937 Fifteenth 23.10.1937 27.8.1940 First Session 30.11.1937 8.12.1939 14.3.1940 Second Session 17.4.1940 22.8.1940 * Parliament further prorogued. 6 405 Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia 2011 Parliament Elected Opened Closed Prorogued Dissolved Sixteenth 21.9.1940 7.7.1943 First Session 20.11.1940 1.7.1943 Seventeenth 21.8.1943 16.8.1946 First Session 23.9.1943 31.3.1944 5.7.1944 Second Session 17.7.1944 1.12.1944 8.2.1945 Third Session 21.2.1945 9.8.1946 Eighteenth 28.9.1946 31.10.1949 First Session 6.11.1946 18.6.1948 4.8.1948 Second Session 1.9.1948 27.10.1949 Nineteenth 10.12.1949 19.3.1951 First Session 22.2.1950 16.3.1951 Twentieth 28.4.1951 21.4.1954 First Session 12.6.1951 22.10.1953 30.10.1953 Second Session 10.11.1953 3.12.1953 4.2.1954 Third Session 15.2.1954 14.4.1954 Twenty-first 29.5.1954 4.11.1955 First Session 4.8.1954 28.10.1955 Twenty-second 10.12.1955 14.10.1958 First Session 15.2.1956 8.11.1956 7.3.1957 Second Session 19.3.1957 5.12.1957 11.2.1958 Third Session 25.2.1958 2.10.1958 Twenty-third 22.11.1958 2.11.1961 First Session 17.2.1959 3.12.1959 10.2.1960 Second Session 8.3.1960 9.12.1960 20.2.1961 Third Session 7.3.1961 27.10.1961 Twenty-fourth 9.12.1961 1.11.1963 First Session 20.2.1962 30.10.1963 Twenty-fifth 30.11.1963 31.10.1966 First Session 25.2.1964 28.10.1966 Twenty-sixth 26.11.1966 29.9.1969 Chronology of Parliaments First Session 21.2.1967 9.11.1967 9.2.1968 Second Session 12.3.1968 26.9.1969 Twenty-seventh 25.10.1969 2.11.1972 First Session 25.11.1969 26.11.1969 23.2.1970 Second Session 3.3.1970 31.10.1972 Twenty-eighth 2.12.1972 11.4.1974 First Session 27.2.1973 13.12.1973 14.2.1974 Historical information Second Session 28.2.1974 10.4.1974 Twenty-ninth 18.5.1974 11.11.1975 6 First Session 9.7.1974 11.11.1975 406 Part 6 Historical information on the Australian Parliament Parliament Elected Opened Closed Prorogued Dissolved Thirtieth 13.12.1975 10.11.1977 First Session 17.2.1976 25.2.1977 28.2.1977 Second Session 8.3.1977 9.11.1977 Thirty-first 10.12.1977 19.9.1980 First Session 21.2.1978 18.9.1980 Thirty-second 18.10.1980 4.2.1983 First Session 25.11.1980 14.12.1982* 16.12.1982† Thirty-third 5.3.1983 26.10.1984 First Session 21.4.1983 11.10.1984* 24.10.1984† Thirty-fourth 1.12.1984 5.6.1987 First Session 21.2.1985 4.6.1987* 5.6.1987† Thirty-fifth 11.7.1987 19.2.1990 First Session 14.9.1987 22.12.1989 Thirty-sixth 24.3.1990 8.2.1993 First Session 8.5.1990 18.12.1992 8.2.1993‡ Thirty-seventh 13.3.1993 29.1.1996 First Session 4.5.1993 30.11.1995 29.1.1996‡ Historical information Thirty-eighth 2.3.1996 31.8.1998 First Session 30.4.1996 12.7.1998† 31.8.1998‡ 15.7.1998* Thirty-ninth 3.10.1998 8.10.2001 First Session 10.11.1998 27.9.2001 8.10.2001‡ Fortieth 10.11.2001 31.8.2004 First Session 12.2.2002 13.8.2004* 31.8.2004‡ Chronology of Parliaments 30.8.2004† Forty-first 9.10.2004 17.10.2007 First Session 16.11.2004 20.9.2007 15.10.2007‡ Forty-second 24.11.2007 19.7.2010 First Session 12.2.2008 24.6.2010 19.7.2010‡ Forty-third 21.8.2010 First Session 28.9.2010 * House of Representatives.