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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Albert Abbott 10 Dec 1913 Marvel Loch, Western Australia, Australia - 10 Feb 2006

Tony Abbott 1950s

Charles Abbott 04 May 1886 St Leonards, New South Wales (Australia) - 30 Apr 1975

Joseph Abbott 29 Sep 1842 Muswellbrook, New South Wales (Australia) - 15 Sep 1901

William Abbott 01 Apr 1844 Muswellbrook, New South Wales (Australia) - 14 Nov 1924

Thomas a'Beckett 13 Sep 1808 Piccadilly, London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1892

William a'Beckett 07 Jul 1833 London, Middlesex, England - 16 Dec 1901

Ralph Abercrombie 19 Jul 1881 Mount Duneed, Colony of Victoria - 03 May 1957

Robert (Abercromby) Duff 08 May 1835 Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 15 Mar 1895

William Ackers 31 Jul 1848 London, England, United Kingdom - 06 May 1929

Frances Adamson 1960s

Charles Adermann 03 Aug 1896 Vernor Siding, Queensland (Australia) - 09 May 1979

Anthony Albanese 1960s

John Allan 27 Mar 1866 Chintin, Colony of Victoria - 22 Feb 1936

George Allen 16 May 1824 Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Jul 1885

George Allen 23 Nov 1800 Southwark, Surrey, England - 03 Nov 1877

David Anderson 11 Apr 1874 Newton by Chester, Cheshire, England - 30 Oct 1936

Hubert Anthony 12 Mar 1897 Warren, New South Wales (Australia) - 12 Jul 1957

John Anthony 31 Dec 1929 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia - 20 Dec 2020

William Aplin Apr 1840 Combe St Nicholas, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 18 Feb 1901

John Appel 15 Mar 1859 Brisbane, Colony of Queensland - 19 Mar 1929

Stanley Argyle 04 Dec 1867 Kyneton, Victoria (Australia) - 23 Nov 1940

Living Arnold

William Arnold 26 Oct 1819 Ellough, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom - 02 Mar 1875

Robin Askin 04 Apr 1907 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 09 Sep 1981

William Aston 19 Sep 1916 Mascot, New South Wales, Australia - 21 May 1997

Henry Ayers 01 May 1821 Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 11 Jun 1897

William Aylett 15 Nov 1900 Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia - 10 Aug 1976

B

Charles Bagot 17 Apr 1788 Nurney, County Kildare, Ireland - 29 Jul 1880

Josiah Bagster abt 19 Feb 1847 Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom - 17 Oct 1893

Henry Baker 01 Sep 1890 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 20 Jul 1968

Richard Baker 22 Jun 1841 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 18 Mar 1911

William Bakewell bef 07 Dec 1817 Weston upon Trent, Staffordshire, England - 25 Jan 1870

Darrel Baldock 29 Sep 1938 Devonport, Tasmania, Australia - 02 Feb 2011

Richard Ball 14 Sep 1857 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Oct 1937

John Bannon 07 May 1943 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - 13 Dec 2015

Charles Barclay-Harvey 02 Mar 1890 Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 17 Nov 1969

Adolph Heinrich Fredrich Bartels 29 Jul 1819 Gilten, Königreich Hannover, Deutscher Bund - 09 Nov 1878

Edmund Barton 18 Jan 1849 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 07 Jan 1920

Henry Barwell 26 Feb 1877 Adelaide, South Australia - 30 Sep 1959

Herbert Basedow 27 Oct 1881 Kent Town, South Australia (Australia) - 04 Jun 1933

Martin Peter Friedrich Basedow 25 Sep 1829 Dreckharburg, Lüneburg, Königreich Hannover, Deutscher Bund - 12 Mar 1902

Egerton Batchelor 10 Apr 1865 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 08 Oct 1911

Thomas Bavin 05 May 1874 Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand - 31 Aug 1941

Charles Baxter 20 May 1874 Mt Rouse, Colony of Victoria, Australia - 02 Mar 1950

Oliver Beale 10 Dec 1898 Tamworth, New South Wales (Australia) - 17 Oct 1983

Kim Beazley 30 Sep 1917 Northam, Western Australia, Australia - 12 Oct 2007

Harold Behan 22 Feb 1901 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 1979

George Bell 29 Nov 1872 Sale, Victoria (Australia) - 05 Mar 1944

Thomas Bent 07 Dec 1838 Penrith, Colony of New South Wales - 17 Sep 1909

Graham Berry 28 Aug 1822 Twickenham, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 25 Jan 1904

Walter Bethune 10 Sep 1908 Sheffield, Tasmania, Australia - 22 Aug 2004

Francis Bigge bef 02 Sep 1820 Long Benton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 03 Dec 1915

Eardley Bingham 18 Mar 1927 Battery Point, Tasmania, Australia - 30 Nov 2021

Bolton Bird 30 Jan 1840 Hazlerigg by Longbenton, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 15 Dec 1924

Julie Bishop 1950s

Johannes Bjelke-Petersen 13 Jan 1911 Dannevirke, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand - 23 Apr 2005

Samuel Blackall 01 May 1809 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 02 Jan 1871

Arthur Blackburn 25 Nov 1892 Woodville, South Australia, Australia - 24 Nov 1960

James Blair 16 May 1870 Coalfalls, Queensland (Australia) - 18 Nov 1944

John Blaxland 04 Jan 1769 Kent, England - 05 Aug 1845

Arthur Blyth 19 Mar 1823 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Dec 1891

Henry Bolte 20 May 1908 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 04 Jan 1990

Neville Bonner 28 Mar 1922 Ukerebagh Island, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Feb 1999

John Bonython 15 Oct 1848 London, Middlesex, England - 22 Oct 1939

John Booth 27 Feb 1822 Bermondsey, London, England, United Kingdom - 11 Apr 1898

Josiah Boothby 08 Apr 1837 The Park, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jun 1916

William Boothby 26 Sep 1829 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England - 12 Jul 1903

B cont.

Day Bosanquet 22 Mar 1843 Rock, Northumberland, England - 28 Jun 1923

James Boucaut 29 Oct 1831 Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 01 Feb 1916

Richard Bourke 04 May 1777 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 13 Aug 1855

William Bovell 19 Dec 1906 Busselton, Western Australia, Australia - 15 Sep 1999

John Bowser 02 Sep 1856 Islington, London, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jun 1936

Edward Braddon 11 Jun 1829 St Kew, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 02 Feb 1904

John Bramston 14 Nov 1832 Roxwell, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 13 Sep 1921

David Brand 01 Aug 1912 Dongara, Western Australia, Australia - 15 Apr 1979

William Brand 22 Aug 1888 Huxley, Childers, Queensland, Australia - 26 Oct 1979

Samuel Brassington 06 May 1901 Augathella, Queensland, Australia - 04 Oct 1950

John Bray 31 May 1842 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 12 Jun 1894

Harold Brennan 18 Jun 1905 Calcutta, West Bengal, India - 01 Jan 1979

Thomas (Brisbane) Brisbane VIth of Brisbane 23 Jul 1773 Brisbane House in Noddsdale, Ayrshire, Scotland - 27 Jan 1860

Percival Brookfield 07 Aug 1875 Wavertree, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Mar 1921

Reginald Brooks 22 Aug 1896 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Mar 1966

Alfred Broughton 20 Nov 1826 Eccleshall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Mar 1895

Thomas Broughton 20 Aug 1810 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Dec 1901

Living Brown

Nicholas Brown 09 Oct 1838 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 22 Sep 1903

Henry Bruce 16 May 1884 Wandiligong, Colony of Victoria - 11 Oct 1958

Stanley Bruce 15 Apr 1883 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia - 25 Aug 1967

James Brunker 28 Apr 1832 Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Jun 1910

Michael Bruxner 25 Mar 1882 Tabulam, New South Wales (Australia) - 28 Mar 1970

Malcolm Bryce 10 Apr 1943 Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia - 03 Mar 2018

Frederick Bucknall abt 06 Jul 1835 Newington, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 04 Jun 1896

William Buik 13 May 1824 Dundee, Angus, Scotland - 06 Feb 1903

Enid (Burnell) Lyons 09 Jul 1897 Leesville, Duck River, Tasmania (Australia) - 02 Sep 1981

George Burns 1847 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - 05 Nov 1893

James Burns 10 Feb 1846 Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland - 22 Aug 1923

Richard Butler 03 Dec 1850 Stadhampton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 28 Apr 1925

Richard Butler 31 Mar 1885 Gawler, South Australia, Australia - 21 Jan 1966

James Butters 19 Feb 1832 Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 Sep 1912

Thomas Byrnes 11 Nov 1860 Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia - 27 Sep 1898

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John Cain 26 Apr 1931 Northcote, Victoria, Australia - 23 Dec 2019

John (Caine) Cain 19 Jan 1882 Greendale, Victoria, Australia - 04 Aug 1957

William Cairns 03 Mar 1828 Belfast, Ireland - 07 Jul 1888

Ewen Cameron 15 Jan 1891 Preston, Victoria (Australia) - 18 Jan 1964

Malcolm Cameron 12 Jul 1873 Coola, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia - 01 Mar 1935

Charles Campbell 1843 Cooks River, New South Wales, Australia - 18 Mar 1919

Hugh Campbell 1854 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 20 Oct 1921

Walter Campbell 04 Mar 1921 Burringbar, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Sep 2004

William Campion 03 Jul 1870 St. George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England - 02 Jan 1951

John Cann 19 Apr 1860 Horrabridge, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 21 Jul 1940

John Carrick 04 Sep 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 18 May 2018

Joseph Carruthers 21 Dec 1857 Kiama, New South Wales. - 10 Dec 1932

James Casey 25 Dec 1831 Tromroe, County Clare, Ireland - 05 Apr 1913

Richard Casey 29 Aug 1890 Brisbane, Queensland (Australia) - 17 Jun 1976

Living Cashmore

William Castling 10 Mar 1838 Northallerton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 07 Jun 1906

Wentworth (Cavenagh) Cavenagh-Mainwaring 13 Nov 1822 Hythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 05 Jan 1895

Gordon Chalk 16 May 1913 Rosewood, Queensland, Australia - 26 Apr 1991

Gilbert Chandler 29 Aug 1903 Hotham East, Victoria, Australia - 08 Apr 1974

Frederick Chaney 20 Oct 1914 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia - 17 Dec 2001

Austin Chapman 10 Jul 1864 Bong Bong, New South Wales, Australia - 12 Jan 1926

James Chapman 05 Sep 1855 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - 12 Apr 1925

William Chapman 16 Dec 1933 Kingscote, South Australia, Australia - 25 Jul 2005

David Charleston abt 27 May 1848 St Erth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom - 30 Jun 1934

Herbert Chermside 31 Jul 1850 Wilton, Wiltshire, England - 24 Sep 1929

Joseph Chifley 22 Sep 1885 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Jun 1951

Charles Chubb 17 May 1845 London, England, United Kingdom - 27 Feb 1930

Gilbert Cimitiere France - 14 Oct 1842

Percy Clarey 20 Jan 1890 Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia - 17 May 1960

Andrew Clark 24 Feb 1848 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 14 Nov 1907

Hector Clayton 03 Jun 1885 Surry Hills, New South Wales (Australia) - 18 Jul 1975

Charles (Cochrane-Baillie) Cochrane-Baillie IInd Baron Lamington 29 Jul 1860 St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom - 16 Sep 1940

John Cockburn 23 Aug 1850 Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 26 Nov 1929

John Colton 10 Sep 1823 Horner, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 06 Feb 1902

C cont.

Francis Connelly 01 Sep 1895 East Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 04 May 1949

James Connolly 02 Dec 1869 Allora, Queensland (Australia) - 12 Feb 1962

Joseph (Cooke) Cook 07 Dec 1860 Silverdale, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Jul 1947

Ephraim Coombe 26 Aug 1858 Gawler, South Australia, Australia - 05 Apr 1917

Frank Cooper 16 Jul 1872 Blayney, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Nov 1949

Pope Cooper 12 May 1846 Lake George, New South Wales, Australia - 30 Aug 1923

Walter Cooper 23 Apr 1888 Cheetham Hill, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Jul 1973

William Copley 25 Apr 1845 High Green, Yorkshire, England - 16 Sep 1925

James Corcoran 08 Nov 1928 Millicent, South Australia, Australia - 03 Jan 2004

Magnus Cormack 12 Feb 1903 Wick, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom - 28 Nov 1994

Gilbert Cory 24 Nov 1839 Vacy, Colony of New South Wales - 03 Aug 1924

Peter Cosgrove 1940s

Robert Cotton 29 Nov 1915 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Dec 2006

Charles Court 29 Sep 1911 Crawley, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 22 Dec 2007

Richard Court 1940s

John Cowan abt 22 Nov 1866 Redbanks, South Australia, Australia - 08 Mar 1953

Zelman Cowen 07 Oct 1919 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 08 Dec 2011

Alfred Cowley 24 Apr 1848 Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Dec 1926

Charles Cowper 26 Apr 1807 Drypool St Andrew, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 19 Oct 1875

Charles Cox 02 May 1863 Pennant Hills, New South Wales (Australia) - 20 Nov 1944

Charles Coxen 20 Apr 1808 Ramsgate, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 17 May 1876

John Cramer 18 Feb 1896 Quirindi, New South Wales (Australia) - 18 May 1994

Albert Crane 27 Jan 1923 Galle, Ceylon - 16 Aug 2003

Herbert Cremean 08 May 1900 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 24 May 1945

Benjamin Cribb 07 Nov 1807 Wareham, near Poole, Dorset, England - 11 Mar 1874

James Cribb 04 Oct 1856 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - 23 May 1926

Robert Cribb 07 Jan 1805 Wareham, near Poole, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 16 Apr 1893

John Crozier 12 Aug 1814 Langburnshields, Roxburghshire, Scotland - 21 Apr 1887

John Curtain abt Apr 1835 Grange Parish, District of Murroe and Boher, County Limerick, Ireland - 22 Oct 1905

John Curtin 08 Jan 1885 Creswick, Colony of Victoria - 05 Jul 1945

George Curtis 19 Jul 1845 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia - 06 Oct 1922

John Cusack 08 Aug 1868 Bellevale, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Sep 1956

Charles Cutler 20 Apr 1918 Forbes, New South Wales, Australia - 23 Sep 2006

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Frederick Daly 13 Jun 1912 Currabubula, New South Wales, Australia - 02 Aug 1995

Henry Dangar 18 Nov 1796 St. Neot, Cornwall, England - 02 Mar 1861

Ralph Darling abt 1772 Ireland - 02 Apr 1858

Margaret (David) McIntyre 28 Nov 1886 West Maitland, New South Wales. - 02 Sep 1948

Charles Davidson 14 Sep 1897 Toowong, Queensland (Australia) - 29 Nov 1985

Walter Davidson 20 Apr 1859 Valletta, Malta - 16 Sep 1923

David Davies 27 Aug 1839 Blaina, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 18 Jun 1894

Thomas Davies 30 Oct 1881 Beaconsfield, Tasmania (Australia) - 11 Sep 1942

Maynard Dawkins 02 Jan 1917 Mount Lofty, South Australia, Australia - 21 Oct 1996

Alfred Deakin 03 Aug 1856 Collingwood, Colony of Victoria - 07 Oct 1919

Mary (Deal) Quirk 07 Dec 1880 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia - 04 Mar 1952

William Deane 1930s

Francis (De Beaurepaire) Beaurepaire 13 May 1891 Melbourne, Victoria. - 29 May 1956

Keith De Lacy 07 Aug 1940 Cairns, Queensland, Australia - 26 Nov 2021

Peter (de la Mothe) Delamothe 29 Jun 1904 Spring Hill, Queensland, Australia - 26 Oct 1973

Digby Denham 25 Jan 1859 Langport, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 10 May 1944

John Devine 22 Jun 1940 Colac, Victoria, Australia - 29 Jan 2023

Arthur Devlin 17 Mar 1926 Burnie, Tasmania, Australia - 17 May 1995

John Devlin abt 06 Jun 1898 Violet Town, Victoria, Australia - 26 May 1957

George Dibbs 12 Oct 1834 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Aug 1904

Edward Dickens 13 Mar 1852 City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 23 Jan 1902

James Dickson 30 Nov 1832 Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom - 10 Jan 1901

Leslie Diver 04 Nov 1899 Perth, Western Australia (Australia) - 04 Aug 1995

Henry Dobson 24 Dec 1841 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 10 Oct 1918

Adye Douglas 31 May 1815 Thorpe Saint Andrew, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 10 Apr 1906

Alexander Downer 07 Apr 1910 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 30 Mar 1981

Alexander Downer 1950s

Henry Downer 22 Mar 1836 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Aug 1905

John Downer 06 Jul 1843 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 02 Aug 1915

Ivy (Drury) Wedgwood 18 Oct 1896 Malvern, Victoria (Australia) - 24 Jul 1975

Walter Duffield 03 Jan 1816 Great Baddow, Essex, England, United Kingdom - 05 Nov 1882

Charles Duffy 12 Apr 1816 Monaghan, Ireland - 09 Feb 1903

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