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

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

James McGowen 15 Aug 1855 At Sea - 07 Apr 1922

Thomas McIlwraith 17 May 1835 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 17 Jul 1900

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

Bronwyn (Setright) Bishop 1940s

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

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