Category: Australia, Notables in Government

Categories: Australia, Notables

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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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Arthur Fadden 13 Apr 1894 Ingham, Queensland (Australia) - 21 Apr 1973

John Fahey 10 Jan 1945 Wellington, New Zealand - 12 Sep 2020

David Fairbairn 03 Mar 1917 Claygate, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jun 1994

Allen Fairhall 24 Nov 1909 Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia - abt 03 Nov 2006

James Farnell 25 Jun 1825 St Leonards, North Shore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Aug 1888

David Farrell 05 Sep 1891 Eidsvold, Queensland, Australia - 17 Aug 1953

Ronald (Ferguson) Munro Ferguson 06 Mar 1860 Raith, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom - 30 Mar 1934

James Fergusson 18 Mar 1832 Edinburgh, Scotland - 14 Jan 1907

Boyle Finniss 18 Aug 1807 At Sea - 24 Dec 1893

Timothy Fischer 03 May 1946 Boree Creek, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Aug 2019

Andrew Fisher 29 Aug 1862 Crosshouse, near Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - abt 22 Oct 1928

James Fisher abt 1790 Sunbury, Middlesex, England - 28 Jan 1875

Charles FitzGerald 28 Jun 1865 Rockhampton, Colony of Queensland - 10 Feb 1913

Nicholas FitzGerald abt 07 Aug 1829 County Galway, Ireland - 17 Aug 1908

Thomas FitzGerald 1824 Carrickmacross, co Monaghan, Ireland - 10 Nov 1888

Herbert FitzSimons 25 Nov 1898 Gordon, New South Wales (Australia) - 31 Jan 1970

William FitzSimons 26 Nov 1870 Greencastle, County Donegal, Ireland - 20 Mar 1926

Edward Flood 24 Jun 1805 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Sep 1888

Thomas Foley abt 14 Jun 1853 Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 16 Sep 1920

John Foote 10 Jul 1822 Calne, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 18 Aug 1895

Francis Forde 18 Jul 1890 Mitchell, Queensland (Australia) - 28 Jan 1983

Alexander Forrest 22 Sep 1849 Picton, Western Australia - 20 Jun 1901

John Forrest 22 Aug 1847 Preston Point, Western Australia - 03 Sep 1918

William Forster 16 Oct 1818 Madras, India - 30 Oct 1882

Edmund Fosbery 12 Mar 1834 Wotton, Gloucestershire, England - 01 Jul 1919

Edwin Fowles 17 Jun 1871 Oxley, Queensland, Australia - 29 Dec 1945

Chloë Fox 1970s

James Francis 09 Jan 1819 London, England, United Kingdom - 25 Jan 1884

John Fraser 21 May 1930 Toorak, Victoria, Australia - 20 Mar 2015

John Frazer abt 1827 Dromore, County Down, Ireland - 25 Oct 1884

George Fuller 22 Jan 1861 Kiama, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Jul 1940

John Fuller 22 Sep 1917 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia - 31 Jan 2009

Alexander Fyfe abt 1827 Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 May 1903

Philip Fysh 01 Mar 1835 Highbury, London, England, United Kingdom - 20 Dec 1919

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Vincent Gair 25 Feb 1901 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 11 Nov 1980

William Galloway 1840 Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 1895

Andrew (Gamman) Garran 19 Nov 1825 London, England, United Kingdom - 06 Jun 1901

Ransley Garland 05 May 1934 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jan 2022

Peter Garrett 1950s

George Gawler 21 Jul 1795 Southsea, England - 07 May 1869

John Gibbes abt 30 Mar 1787 London, England - 05 Dec 1873

William Giblin bef 04 Nov 1840 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 17 Jan 1887

Julia Gillard 1960s

Duncan Gillies 14 Jan 1834 Overnewton, Scotland. - 12 Sep 1903

Florence (Gilmour) Bjelke-Petersen 11 Aug 1920 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 20 Dec 2017

George Gipps 1791 Ringwould, Kent, England - 28 Feb 1847

Patrick Glynn 25 Aug 1855 Gort, County Galway, Ireland - 28 Oct 1931

Philip Goldfinch 13 Apr 1884 Gosport, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Apr 1943

Mabel (Goodhart) Miller 30 Nov 1906 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Dec 1978

Thomas Goodwin 24 May 1871 Kandy, Ceylon - 29 Sep 1960

Hamilton Goold-Adams 27 Jun 1858 Jamesbrook, County Cork, Ireland - 12 Apr 1920

John Gordon 26 Jul 1850 Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland - 23 Dec 1923

James Gormley 24 Jul 1836 Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland - 19 May 1908

John Gorton 09 Sep 1911 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 19 May 2002

Wayne Goss 26 Feb 1951 Mundubbera, Queensland, Australia - 10 Nov 2014

George Greene 20 Jul 1838 County Louth, Ireland - 22 Dec 1911

Samuel Griffith 21 Jun 1845 Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 09 Aug 1920

Henry Groom 04 Jan 1860 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 04 Jan 1926

Littleton Groom 22 Apr 1867 Queensland, Australia - 06 Nov 1936

William Groom 09 Mar 1833 Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 08 Aug 1901

John Gunn 16 Dec 1884 Rheola, Colony of Victoria - 27 Jun 1959

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John Hackett abt 04 Feb 1848 Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland - 19 Feb 1916

James Hague 17 Sep 1834 Greenheys, Lancashire, England - 16 Aug 1916

William Hague 08 Mar 1864 Angaston, South Australia, Australia - 09 Oct 1924

Steele Hall 1920s

Rupert Hamer 29 Jul 1916 Kew, Victoria, Australia - 24 Mar 2004

Edward Hanlon 01 Oct 1887 Paddington, Colony of Queensland - 15 Jan 1952

Ernest Hannaford 21 Jun 1879 Manna Hill, South Australia, Australia - 21 Dec 1955

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James Hannell 01 Dec 1813 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 31 Dec 1876

Patrick Hanran 16 Sep 1831 County Limerick, Ireland - 08 Aug 1916

Richard Hanson 06 Dec 1805 London, England, United Kingdom - 04 Mar 1876

Richard Harradine 09 Jan 1935 Quorn, South Australia, Australia - 14 Apr 2014

John Harris 24 Jan 1868 Chiltern, Victoria (Australia) - 16 Sep 1946

Eric Harrison 07 Sep 1892 Surry Hills, New South Wales (Australia) - 26 Sep 1974

Living Harrison

John Hart 25 Feb 1809 Devon, England, United Kingdom - 28 Jan 1873

Paul Hasluck 01 Apr 1905 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 09 Jan 1993

Albert Hassell 17 Nov 1841 Albany, Western Australia, Australia - 16 Sep 1918

Albert Hawke 03 Dec 1900 Kapunda, South Australia, Australia - 14 Feb 1986

Robert Hawke 09 Dec 1929 Bordertown, South Australia - 16 May 2019

Living Hawker

Alexander Hay 12 Jan 1820 Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland - 04 Feb 1898

William Hayden 23 Jan 1933 Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia - 21 Oct 2023

John Hayes 21 Apr 1868 Bridgewater, Tasmania, Australia - 12 Jul 1956

Richard Heales 22 Feb 1822 Southwark, London, England - 19 Jun 1864

Robert Heffron 10 Sep 1890 Thames, Waikato, New Zealand - 27 Jul 1978

Percival Heggaton 04 Jun 1869 Middleton, South Australia (Australia) - 14 Dec 1948

John Henry 01 Sep 1834 Lerwick, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom - 14 Sep 1912

Norman Henty 13 Oct 1903 Longford, Tasmania, Australia - 09 May 1978

Robert Herbert 12 Jun 1831 Brighton, Sussex, England - 06 May 1905

Thomas Hiley 25 Nov 1905 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 06 Nov 1990

Lionel Hill 14 May 1881 Maitland, South Australia - 19 Mar 1963

Richard Hill 22 Sep 1810 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Aug 1895

William Hill 14 Apr 1866 Burnt Creek, Colony of Victoria - 15 Nov 1939

John Hindmarsh bef 22 May 1785 Chatham, Kent, England - 29 Jul 1860

William Hobbs 1822 London, England, United Kingdom - 08 Dec 1890

Edmond Hogan 12 Dec 1883 Wallace, Colony of Victoria - 23 Aug 1964

Frederick Holder 12 May 1850 Happy Valley, Colony of South Australia - 23 Jul 1909

Peter Hollingworth 1930s

Thomas Hollway 02 Oct 1906 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 30 Jul 1971

William Holman 04 Aug 1871 Saint Pancras, London, England, United Kingdom - 05 Jun 1934

Harold Holt 05 Aug 1908 Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Dec 1967

Robert Homburg 10 Mar 1848 Braunschweig, Germany - 23 Mar 1912

Joan (Hood) Kirner 20 Jun 1938 Essendon, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jun 2015

Louis Hope 29 Oct 1817 Abercorn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 15 Aug 1894

Alexander Hore-Ruthven 06 Jul 1872 Windsor, Berkshire, England - 02 May 1955

John Hosking 17 Apr 1805 South Brent, (Ashburton Circuit), Devon, England - 09 Sep 1882

Charles Hotham 14 Jan 1806 Dennington, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom - 31 Dec 1855

Henry Howard 20 Apr 1890 Sale, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Aug 1970

John Howard 1930s

Herbert Hudd 25 Feb 1881 Adelaide, South Australia (Australia) - 30 Apr 1948

William Hughes 25 Sep 1862 Pimlico, London, England, United Kingdom - 28 Oct 1952

Alan Hulme 14 Feb 1907 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Oct 1989

John Hunter 29 Aug 1737 Leith, Midlothian, Scotland - 13 Mar 1821

David Hurley 1950s

Ross Hutchinson 10 Sep 1914 Worsley, Western Australia, Australia - 19 Dec 1999

Herbert Hyland 15 Mar 1884 Prahran, Victoria, Australia - 18 Mar 1970

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William Irvine 06 Jul 1858 Newry, County Down, Éire - 20 Aug 1943

Isaac Isaacs 06 Aug 1855 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 11 Feb 1948

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George Jackson 31 Dec 1856 Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Feb 1938

Marjorie (Jackson) Jackson-Nelson 1930s

Arnold Jago 13 Mar 1913 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - 17 Sep 1997

Walter James 29 Mar 1863 Perth, Western Australia - 03 Jan 1943

Joseph Jeays abt 1812 Bardon Hill, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Mar 1881

Philip Jeffery 12 Dec 1937 Wiluna, Western Australia, Australia - 18 Dec 2020

George Jenkins 24 Jun 1878 Terowie, South Australia (Australia) - 25 Jul 1957

John Jenkins abt 08 Sep 1851 Clifford Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States - 22 Feb 1923

Patrick Jennings 20 Mar 1831 Newry, County Down, Ireland - 11 Jul 1897

John Jess 15 Apr 1922 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 18 Oct 2003

William Johnson 10 Apr 1862 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 08 Dec 1932

Clem Jones 16 Jan 1918 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - 15 Dec 2007

Vincent Jones 15 Jun 1910 Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia - 30 Oct 1971

Joshua Frey Josephson 27 Feb 1815 Hamburg, Germany - 26 Jan 1892

Edmund Jowett 06 Jan 1858 Manningham, Yorkshire, England - 14 Apr 1936

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John Keating 28 Jun 1872 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 31 Oct 1940

K cont.

Paul Keating 1940s

William Kelly 01 Dec 1877 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Jan 1960

Arthur Kennedy 05 Apr 1809 Cultra, County Down, Ireland - 03 Jun 1883

Standish Keon 03 Jul 1913 Victoria, Australia - 22 Jan 1987

George Kerferd 21 Jan 1831 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 31 Dec 1889

Rob Kerin 1950s

Elizabeth Kernohan 24 Jun 1939 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 21 Oct 2004

John Kerr 24 Sep 1914 Balmain South, New South Wales, Australia - 24 Mar 1991

William Kidston 17 Aug 1849 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 25 Oct 1919

Denis Killen 23 Nov 1925 Dalby, Queensland, Australia - 12 Jan 2007

Philip King 31 Oct 1817 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Aug 1904

Walter Kingsmill 10 Apr 1864 Glenelg, South Australia - 15 Jan 1935

Charles Kingston 22 Oct 1850 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 11 May 1908

Wallace Kyle 22 Jan 1910 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia - 31 Jan 1988

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Peter Lalor 05 Feb 1827 Raheen, Queen's County, Ireland - 09 Feb 1889

John Landy 12 Apr 1930 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 24 Feb 2022

John Lang 21 Dec 1876 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Sep 1975

Condor Laucke 09 Nov 1914 Greenock, South Australia, Australia - 30 Jul 1993

Harry Lawson 05 Mar 1875 Dunolly, Victoria, Australia - 12 Jun 1952

Hieu Le 1950s

George Leake 03 Dec 1856 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 24 Jun 1902

Luke Leake 12 Jul 1828 Stoke Newington, Middlesex, England - 01 May 1886

James Lee Steere 04 Jul 1830 Ockley, Surrey, England - 01 Dec 1903

George Le Hunte 20 Aug 1852 Artramon, County Wexford, Ireland - 29 Jan 1925

Living Lennon

Christopher Lethbridge 30 Aug 1886 Mitchell, Queensland, Australia - 08 Mar 1981

Jonas Levien 28 Mar 1840 Williamstown, Port Phillip District, New South Wales (Victoria, Australia) - 24 May 1906

Neil Lewis 27 Oct 1858 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 22 Sep 1935

John Lienhop 03 Feb 1886 Kangaroo Flat, Victoria (Australia) - 27 Apr 1967

Charles Lilley 27 Aug 1827 All Saint's Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 20 Aug 1897

Patrick (Lindsay) Lindesay 24 Feb 1778 Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 14 Jul 1839

William Loton 11 Jun 1838 Dilhorne, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Oct 1924

Somerset Lowry-Corry 09 Apr 1835 London, England, United Kingdom - 06 Apr 1913

John Lucas 24 Jun 1818 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Mar 1902

Alfred Lutwyche 26 Feb 1810 London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jun 1880

William Lyne 06 Apr 1844 Van Diemen's Land, Australia - 03 Aug 1913

Joseph Lyons 15 Sep 1879 Stanley, Tasmania (Australia) - 07 Apr 1939

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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

John McEwen 29 Mar 1900 Chiltern, Victoria, Australia - 20 Nov 1980

James McGirr 06 Feb 1890 Parkes, New South Wales, Australia - 27 Oct 1957

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