Category: Australia, Notables in Government
Categories: Australia, Notables
- Landing Level
- This category contains profiles of people whose primary Notability was in legislative areas of government at Federal, State and Council levels in Australia, including Governors, Governors-General, Prime Ministers and Parliamentarians. Those concerned with judicial or bureaucracy areas of government will be found in Category: Australia, Notables in the Public Service and Professions
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Person Profiles (606)
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Hannibal Macarthur
16 Jan 1788 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - 26 Oct 1861
Henry Macdermott
1798 Ireland - 01 Feb 1848
Thomas MacDonald
04 Jun 1915 Tasmania, Australia - 18 Dec 1992
Richard Macdonnell
03 Sep 1814 Dublin, Ireland - 05 Feb 1881
John MacFarlane
02 Jun 1830 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 07 Mar 1894
William MacGregor
20 Oct 1846 Hillockhead, Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 03 Jul 1919
Neil Francis MacGroarty
01 May 1888 South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 10 Aug 1971
Henry MacLaurin
10 Dec 1835 Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland - 24 Aug 1914
John MacPherson
15 Oct 1833 Limestone Plains, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Feb 1894
Lachlan Macquarie
31 Jan 1762 Isle of Ulva, Argyll, Scotland - 01 Jul 1824
John Macrossan
abt 1833 County Donegal, Ireland - 30 Mar 1891
Living Malinauskas
James Mann
22 Jun 1892 (Newcastle) Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia - 20 Jun 1965
Alan Mansfield
30 Sep 1902 Gumdale, Queensland, Australia - 17 Jul 1980
Charles Marks
08 Sep 1852 St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 28 Mar 1941
Living Marshall
James Martin
14 May 1820 Middleton, County Cork, Ireland - 04 Nov 1886
Norman Martin
24 Apr 1893 Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 08 Oct 1978
Philip McBride
18 Jun 1892 Burra, South Australia (Australia) - 14 Jul 1982
Likely McBrien
07 Dec 1892 South Melbourne, Victoria. - 22 Dec 1956
Margaret (McCartney) Guilfoyle
15 May 1926 Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom - 11 Nov 2020
William McCormack
27 Apr 1879 Purnam, Colony of Queensland - 21 Nov 1947
James McCulloch
19 Mar 1819 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 31 Jan 1893
Lawrence McDermott
06 Sep 1911 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 31 Aug 2002
Charles McDonald
25 Aug 1860 North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 13 Nov 1925
James McDonald
12 Jan 1877 Victoria, Australia - 17 Oct 1947
Robert McDonald
25 Jan 1888 Albany, Western Australia (Australia) - 25 Mar 1964
John McEwen
29 Mar 1900 Chiltern, Victoria, Australia - 20 Nov 1980
James McGirr
06 Feb 1890 Parkes, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Oct 1957
James McGowen
15 Aug 1855 At Sea - 07 Apr 1922
Thomas McIlwraith
17 May 1835 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 17 Jul 1900
Malcolm McIntosh
03 Mar 1888 - 15 Nov 1960
William McKell
26 Sep 1891 Pambula, New South Wales, Australia - 11 Jan 1985
Andrew McKissock
06 Dec 1872 Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia - 17 Jul 1919
Duncan McLarty
17 Mar 1891 Pinjarra, Western Australia (Australia) - 22 Dec 1962
John McLeay
19 Nov 1893 Port Clinton, South Australia (Australia) - 22 Jun 1982
William McMahon
23 Feb 1908 Redfern, New South Wales, Australia - 31 Mar 1988
John McMaster
26 Jun 1830 Isle of Islay, Argyllshire, Scotland - 1924
Angus McMillan
14 Aug 1810 Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 18 May 1865
William McMillan
14 Nov 1850 Londonderry, Ireland - 21 Dec 1926
Alister McMullin
14 Jul 1900 Rouchel, New South Wales (Australia) - 07 Aug 1984
John McPhee
04 Jul 1878 Yan Yean, Victoria (Australia) - 14 Sep 1952
William McPherson
17 Sep 1865 West Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 26 Jul 1932
Alfred Meeks
15 Apr 1849 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Mar 1932
Ninian Melville
29 Dec 1843 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 26 Jun 1897
Robert Menzies
20 Dec 1894 Jeparit, Victoria (Australia) - 15 May 1978
Paul Mercurio
1960s
Archie Michaelis
19 Dec 1889 St Kilda, Victoria (Australia) - 22 Apr 1975
Bertie Milliner
17 Jul 1911 Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia - 30 Jun 1975
Roma Mitchell
02 Oct 1913 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 05 Mar 2000
Thomas Mitchell
11 Nov 1906 Towong, Victoria, Australia - 04 Feb 1984
William Mitchell
17 Nov 1810 Emberton, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 24 Nov 1884
Andrew Molan
11 Apr 1950 East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 16 Jan 2023
Edward Moore
09 Feb 1876 Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand - 07 Jan 1963
William Morgan
abt 12 Sep 1828 Wilshamstead, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom - abt 02 Nov 1883
Scott Morrison
1960s
Mark Morton
28 Sep 1865 Numbaa, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Sep 1938
William Moule
31 Jan 1858 Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 24 Aug 1939
James Munro
abt 07 Jan 1832 Scotland, United Kingdom - 25 Feb 1908
John Murray
08 Jul 1851 Koroit, Colony of Victoria - 04 May 1916
Anthony Musgrave
31 Aug 1828 Saint John's, Saint John, Antigua and Barbuda - 09 Oct 1888
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Matthew Nathan
03 Jan 1862 Paddington, London, England - 18 Apr 1939
Eric Neal
1920s
John Neales
13 Jun 1806 Plymouth, England - 31 Jul 1873
Desmond (Neil) O'Neil
27 Sep 1920 Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia - 25 Sep 1999
Hugh Nelson
31 Dec 1833 Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 Jan 1906
Simpson Newland
02 Nov 1835 Hanley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Jun 1925
John Newlands
04 Aug 1864 Cawdor,Nairnshire, Scotland - 20 May 1932
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Horace Niall
14 Oct 1904 Coolah, New South Wales, Australia - May 1994
Douglas Nicholls
09 Dec 1906 Cummeragunja Aboriginal Mission, Barmah, New South Wales, Australia. - 04 Jun 1988
William Nicholson
27 Feb 1816 Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom - 10 Mar 1865
George Nicklin
06 Aug 1895 Murwillumbah, New South Wales (Australia) - 29 Jan 1978
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Norman Oakes
24 Feb 1926 Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Sep 2015
Geoffrey O'Connell
1903 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 20 Apr 1972
Maurice O'Connell
13 Jan 1812 Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) - 23 Mar 1879
Kevin O'Doherty
07 Sep 1823 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 15 Jul 1905
Thomas O'Halloran
25 Oct 1797 Berhampore, India - 16 Aug 1870
David O'Keefe
21 Aug 1864 Longford, Tasmania, Australia - 21 Jul 1943
Bryan O’Loghlen
27 Jun 1828 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 31 Oct 1905
John Olsen
1940s
Hubert Opperman
29 May 1904 Rochester, Victoria, Australia - 18 Apr 1996
Dowell O'Reilly
18 Jul 1865 Sydney, New South Wales. - 05 Nov 1923
John (Oshanassy) O'Shanassy
18 Feb 1818 Ballinahow, County Tipperary, Ireland - 05 May 1883
Edward O'Sullivan
17 Mar 1846 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - 23 Apr 1910
Michael O'Sullivan
02 Aug 1900 Toowong, Queensland (Australia) - 04 Jul 1968
Patrick O'Sullivan
14 Mar 1818 Castlemaine, County Kerry, Ireland - 29 Feb 1904
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Earle Page
08 Aug 1880 Grafton, New South Wales (Australia) - 20 Dec 1961
Shane Paltridge
11 Jan 1910 Leederville, Western Australia, Australia - 21 Jan 1966
Alexander Park
24 Jun 1805 Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 21 Jul 1873
Henry Parkes
27 May 1815 Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Apr 1896
Robert Archdale Parkhill
27 Aug 1878 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - 02 Oct 1947
Baden Pattinson
22 Dec 1899 Thebarton, South Australia (Australia) - 17 Dec 1978
William Pattison
23 May 1830 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land - 08 Jun 1896
Thomas Payne
14 May 1862 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 29 Nov 1932
Alexander Peacock
18 Jun 1861 Creswick, Colony of Victoria - 07 Oct 1933
Andrew Peacock
13 Feb 1939 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 16 Apr 2021
Archibald Peake
15 Jan 1859 Chelsea, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 06 Apr 1920
George Pearce
14 Jan 1870 Mount Barker, South Australia - 24 Jun 1952
John Perkins
1878 Tumut, New South Wales (Australia) - 1954
John Petrie
15 Jan 1822 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 08 Dec 1892
Robert Philp
28 Dec 1851 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 17 Jun 1922
Frederick Piesse
06 Dec 1853 Northam, Western Australia, Australia - 29 Jun 1912
Thomas Playford
05 Jul 1896 Norton Summit, South Australia, Australia - 16 Jun 1981
Thomas Playford
26 Nov 1837 Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England - 19 Apr 1915
Charles Powers
03 Mar 1853 North Brisbane, Moreton Bay District, New South Wales (Queensland, Australia) - 24 Apr 1939
Michael Prendergast
20 May 1854 Adelaide, Province of South Australia - 28 Aug 1937
John Price
14 Feb 1882 Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Apr 1941
Thomas Price
19 Jan 1852 Brymbo, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 31 May 1909
Ratcliffe Pring
17 Oct 1825 Crediton, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 26 Mar 1885
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John Quirk
abt 1860 - 13 Dec 1938
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George Raff
15 Apr 1815 Forres, Morayshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 28 Aug 1889
James Ramsay
27 Aug 1916 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 01 May 1986
Mike Rann
1950s
Joseph Raphael
16 Feb 1818 London, England, United Kingdom - 02 Feb 1879
Thomas Reibey
24 Sep 1821 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - 10 Feb 1912
George Reid
22 Jul 1903 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - 18 Feb 1993
George Reid
25 Feb 1845 Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 12 Sep 1918
Thomas Reynolds
27 Jan 1818 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Feb 1875
Robert Richards
31 May 1885 Moonta Mines, South Australia - 24 Apr 1967
John Riddell
04 Jun 1809 Linthill, Roxburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 22 Dec 1879
John Riddoch
27 Oct 1827 Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 15 Jul 1901
Ernest Roberts
21 Feb 1868 London, England, United Kingdom - 02 Dec 1913
John Robertson
15 Oct 1816 Bow, London, England - 08 May 1891
Nell Robinson
1914 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 1992
John Rosevear
02 Jan 1892 Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Mar 1953
George Rous
19 Nov 1862 London, England, United Kingdom - 20 Dec 1947
James Rowell
20 Jan 1851 Cottenham, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Jul 1940
James Rowland
01 Nov 1922 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - 27 May 1999
John Rowland
10 Feb 1925 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia - 31 Dec 1996
Kevin Rudd
1950s
Arthur Rutledge
29 Aug 1843 Castlereagh, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Feb 1917
Rupert Ryan
06 May 1884 Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 25 Aug 1952
Arthur Rylah
03 Oct 1909 Kew, Victoria, Australia - 20 Sep 1974
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Gordon Samuels
12 Aug 1923 City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 10 Dec 2007
Frederick Sargood
30 May 1834 Walworth, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 02 Jan 1903
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Kevin Scarce
1950s
James Scullin
18 Sep 1876 Trawalla, Victoria (Australia) - 28 Jan 1953
Keith Seaman
11 Jun 1920 McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia - 30 Jun 2013
Harold Seddon
06 Mar 1881 Openshaw, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 25 Feb 1958
James Service
27 Nov 1823 Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 12 Apr 1899
Alfred Shepherd
06 Jan 1901 Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - 12 Sep 1958
Robert Sholl
16 Jul 1819 London, England, United Kingdom - 19 Jun 1886
Robert Sholl
27 Aug 1848 Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia - 04 Dec 1909
Charles Sladen
28 Aug 1816 Ripple Court, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 22 Feb 1884
Herbert Smith
29 Jan 1871 Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia - 25 Nov 1935
Billy Snedden
1926 West Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 1987
Albert Solomon
07 Mar 1876 Longford, Tasmania, Australia - 05 Oct 1914
Living Soorley
William Sorell
01 Sep 1773 Marylebone, London, England - 04 Jun 1848
John Soundy
14 Nov 1878 Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 25 Oct 1960
William Spence
07 Aug 1846 Eday, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom - 13 Dec 1926
Percy Spender
05 Oct 1897 Darlinghurst, New South Wales (Australia) - 03 May 1985
John Spicer
05 Mar 1899 Armadale, Victoria (Australia) - 03 Jan 1978
William Spooner
23 Dec 1897 Surry Hills, New South Wales (Australia) - 14 Jul 1966
William Stawell
27 Jun 1815 Oldcourt, County Cork, Ireland - 12 Mar 1889
Ninian Stephen
15 Jun 1923 Henley, Oxfordshire, England - 29 Oct 2017
Thomas Stephens
05 Jan 1819 Rochdale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Aug 1877
Bertram Stevens
02 Jan 1889 Redfern, New South Wales (Australia) - 23 Mar 1973
George Stevenson
17 May 1839 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 27 Aug 1893
Quentin (Strachan) Bryce
1940s
William Suttor
12 Dec 1805 Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Oct 1877
Reginald Swartz
14 Apr 1911 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 02 Feb 2006
Josiah Symon
27 Sep 1846 Wick, Caithness, Scotland - 29 Mar 1934
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John (Tanck) Watson
09 Apr 1867 Valparaíso, Aconcagua, Chile - 18 Nov 1941
Elizabeth (Tannock) Couchman
19 Apr 1876 Geelong, Victoria (Australia) - 18 Nov 1982
Hallam Tennyson
11 Aug 1852 Twickenham, Middlesex, England - 02 Dec 1928
Edward Theodore
29 Dec 1884 Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 09 Feb 1950
Frederic Thesiger
12 Aug 1868 London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Apr 1933
George Thornton
23 Dec 1819 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Nov 1901
David Tonkin
20 Jul 1929 Unley, South Australia, Australia - 02 Oct 2000
John Toohey
26 Apr 1839 County Limerick, Ireland - 05 May 1903
Joseph Totterdell
04 Aug 1885 Marple, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Dec 1959
Vernon Treatt
15 May 1897 Singleton, New South Wales (Australia) - 20 Sep 1984
Joseph Turley
24 Apr 1859 Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Jun 1929
Malcolm Turnbull
1950s
George Turner
08 Aug 1851 Melbourne, Victrorian Colony - 13 Aug 1916
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Crawford Vaughan
14 Jul 1874 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 15 Dec 1947
Henry Venn
27 Oct 1844 Port Adelaide, South Australia - 08 Mar 1908
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Charles Waddell
07 Jan 1877 Orange, New South Wales (Australia) - 07 Apr 1960
Robert Walker
06 Nov 1870 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1932
Ronald Walker
07 Dec 1897 Windsor, Colony of New South Wales - 01 Jan 1981
Francis Walsh
06 Jul 1897 O'Halloran Hill, South Australia - 18 May 1968
James Warden
01 Mar 1820 Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 24 Oct 1904
Winter Warden
26 Nov 1860 Ulladulla, Colony of New South Wales - 03 Jun 1936
Arthur Warner
31 Jul 1899 Lower Clapton, London, England, United Kingdom - 03 Apr 1966
George Waterhouse
06 Apr 1824 Penzance, Cornwall, England - 06 Aug 1906
William Watt
23 Nov 1871 Barfold, Victoria, Australia - 13 Sep 1946
Samuel Way
11 Apr 1836 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 08 Jan 1916
Jay Weatherill
1960s
James Webb
21 Sep 1887 Pyrmont, Colony of New South Wales - 14 Feb 1939
William Weigall
08 Dec 1874 England - 03 Jun 1952
William (West) West-Erskine
12 Sep 1839 County Wicklow, Ireland - 22 Oct 1892
Robert White
19 May 1838 Stroud, New South Wales, Australia - 28 Oct 1900
John Whiteman
abt 24 May 1820 Dunchurch, Warwickshire, England - 03 Oct 1892
Edward Whitlam
11 Jul 1916 Kew, Victoria, Australia - 21 Oct 2014
Lawrence Wilkinson
12 Nov 1903 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 09 Nov 1991
Thomas Williams
21 Dec 1886 Bundamba, Queensland, Australia - 17 Aug 1970
Eric Willis
1922 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia - 10 May 1999
James Wilshire
29 Jul 1809 Sydney, New South Wales Australia - 30 Aug 1860
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