This is a list of the shortest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia.
The shortest-serving member of the House of Representatives (and overall in the parliament) is Charles Howroyd, who died five days after the 1917 election, with his health having suffered badly during the strenuous campaign. The shortest-serving senator is Lionel Courtenay, who died ten days after the beginning of his term without having been officially sworn in.
List This list does not include incumbent members currently serving their first term. Member Party Electorate Term start Term end Service(in days) Notes Charles Howroyd Nationalist Darwin Died Lionel Courtenay United Australia New South Wales (Senate) Died John Clasby United Australia East Sydney Died Warwick Stacey One Nation New South Wales (Senate) Resigned Charles Mackellar Protectionist New South Wales (Senate) 8 October 1903 Retired Jack Power Labor New South Wales (Senate) Died Max Poulter Labor Queensland (Senate) Died Albert Field Independent Queensland (Senate) Retired David Reid Country Western Australia (Senate) Lost seat Duncan Spender Liberal Democrats New South Wales (Senate) Lost seat Edward Jolley Labor Grampians Died Robert Blackwood Free Trade Riverina Election declared void William Henry Groom Protectionist Darling Downs Died Alexander Fraser Country Victoria (Senate) Lost seat Martin Cameron Liberal South Australia (Senate) Lost seat Edwin Kerby Nationalist Ballaarat Election declared void Richard Abbott Country Victoria (Senate) Retired Patrick Mooney Lang Labor New South Wales (Senate) Lost seat Rod Culleton One Nation/Independent Western Australia (Senate) Disqualified Kerryn Phelps Independent Wentworth Lost seat Greg Mirabella Liberal Victoria (Senate) Lost seat Albert Robinson Nationalist South Australia (Senate) Lost seat Bill Robinson Country Western Australia (Senate) Lost seat Henry Saunders Free Trade Western Australia (Senate) Lost seat William Gibbs Labor New South Wales (Senate) Disendorsed Leonie Short Labor Ryan Lost seat Henry Beard Labor Batman Died Cleaver Bunton Independent New South Wales (Senate) Retired Harry Kneebone Labor South Australia (Senate) Lost seat Robert Simms Greens South Australia (Senate) Lost seat Mehmet Tillem Labor Victoria (Senate) Lost seat Charles Latham Country Western Australia (Senate) Lost seat Benjamin Bennett Labor Werriwa Retired Frederick Piesse Free Trade Tasmania Died Brendan Smyth Liberal Canberra Defeated in other seat Robert Reid Free Trade Victoria (Senate) 21 January 1903 Retired
See also List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia List of members of the United States Congress by brevity of service
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