Longest-serving members of the Parliament of Victoria

This is a list of the longest-serving members of the Parliament of Victoria.

Longest serving parliamentarians A list of the 15 longest-serving members of both Victoria's Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. + Portrait Name Party House Electorate Term began Term ended Time in office Notes 1 Labor Legislative Assembly Williamstown 22 April 1955 2 Independent Legislative Assembly Clunes and Allandale 9 April 1889 1 June 1904 United Australia Allandale 1 June 1904 7 October 1933 3 Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829–1908) Independent Legislative Council North Western Province 29 November 1864 November 1882 North Central Province November 1882 17 August 1908 4 Frank Clarke (1879–1955) Nationalist Legislative Council Northern Province 6 June 1913 4 June 1925 United Australia Melbourne South Province 4 June 1925 12 June 1937 Liberal and Country Monash Province 12 June 1937 13 February 1955 5 James Balfour (1830–1913) Independent Legislative Assembly East Bourke 12 February 1866 19 August 1868 Legislative CouncilSouthern Province30 June 187430 November 1882South Eastern Province30 November 18821 June 1904East Yarra Province1 June 190424 August 1913 6 Albert Lind (1878–1964) United Country Party Legislative Assembly Gippsland East 21 October 1920 15 July 1961 7 Bill Slater (1890–1960) LaborLegislative AssemblyDundas15 November 191714 May 1932 6 September 19328 November 1947Legislative CouncilDoutta Galla Province18 June 194919 June 1960 8 Ewen Hugh Cameron (1831–1915) Commonwealth Liberal Legislative Assembly Evelyn 19 May 1874 26 November 1914 9 Herbert Hyland (1884–1970) Country Legislative Assembly Gippsland South 30 November 1929 18 March 1970 10 William Angliss (1865–1957) Liberal and Country Legislative Council Southern Province 21 June 1912 21 June 1952 11 Tom Tunnecliffe (1869–1948) Labor Legislative Assembly West Melbourne 15 December 1903 1 June 1904 Eaglehawk 15 March 1907 21 October 1920 Collingwood 30 August 1921 30 July 1947 12 William Edgar (1858–1948) United Australia Legislative Council Melbourne West Province 1 June 1904 6 June 1913 East Yarra Province 5 July 1917 6 June 1948 13 George Prendergast (1854–1937)LaborLegislative AssemblyNorth Melbourne4 October 189428 September 1897 1 November 19009 April 1927Footscray9 April 192728 August 1937 14John Cain Sr (1882–1957)LaborLegislative AssemblyJika Jika15 November 19174 March 1927Northcote9 April 19274 August 1957 15James Jewell (1869–1949)LaborLegislative AssemblyBrunswick14 March 191014 May 1949

Father of the Legislative Assembly

NameTerm lengthTime as FatherNotesNovember 1856 - December 1865

February 1866 - January 1871November 1856 - August 1859October 1859 - July 1861August 1861 - January 1879November 1856 - August 1859October 1859 - July 1870April 1871 - April 1885November 1856 - August 1859October 1859 - January 1871May 1874 - April 1877May 1877 - February 1889October 1859 – April 1877February 1883 – September 189725 April 1871 – 4 December 187711 May 1880 – 24 May 1906February 1861 - May 1868March 1870 - April 1877May 1877 - October 1877November 1877 - March 18899 April 1889 - January 189425 October 1897 – 12 September 1903 25 April 1871 – 4 December 187711 May 1880 – 24 May 190619 May 1874 – 26 November 191410 June 1884 – 4 May 19161 December 1885 – 1 April 1892 16 March 1886 – 1 October 19021 June 1904 – 21 October 19209 April 1889 – 7 October 193325 October 1897 – 2 March 193520 September 1894 – 14 October 18971 November 1900 – 4 March 19279 April 1927 – 28 August 19371 June 1904 – 22 April 195515 November 1917 – 4 March 19279 April 1927 – 4 August 195721 October 1920 – 1 June 19611 November 1929 – 18 March 197028 November 1942 – 1 October 194510 November 1945 – 1 April 197010 November 1945 – 19 May 19737 June 1947 – 20 March 197628 May 1955 – 5 May 197929 April 1967 – 3 April 198221 September 1957 – 1 October 198815 July 1961 – 2 October 199229 April 1967 – 18 September 199930 May 1970 – 30 November 200220 March 1976 – 27 November 20101 October 1988 – 24 November 20183 October 1992 – present

See also List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia

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