Earliest living former members of the Australian Senate

Earliest-serving living Senator

This table documents who the earliest-serving living Australian Senator has been since the Federation of Australia. The Left House column shows the date that the senator left the Senate for the last time (they may have had later terms as an MP). The last column shows which parliaments the senator (see Earliest living MPs for the last surviving members of parliaments) was the last living member of.

No.	Member	Portrait	Party		State	Born	Joined House	Left House	Became Eldest	Died	Last Survivor
1	The Right Honourable George Pearce KCVO			Labor	Western Australia (1901-1938)	14 January 1870 Mount Barker, SA	29 March 1901	30 June 1938 (retired)	11 June 1951 (death of William Higgs)	24 June 1952 Elwood, VIC	Parliaments I, II
2	Edward Needham			Labor	Western Australia (1907-1920, 1923-1929)	30 September 1872 Lancashire, UK	1 July 1907	30 June 1920 (lost seat), 30 June 1929 (lost seat)	24 June 1952	26 October 1956 Subiaco, WA	Parliament III
3	Rudolph Ready			Labor	Tasmania (1910-1917)	15 December 1878 Latrobe, TAS	1 July 1910	1 March 1917 (resigned)	26 October 1956	28 July 1958 Kew, VIC	Parliaments IV, V, VI
4	The Honourable Harry Foll			UAP	Queensland (1917-1947)	30 May 1890 Brixton, UK	1 July 1917	1 July 1917 (resigned)	28 July 1958	7 July 1977 Port Macquarie, NSW	Parliaments VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII,
5	Guy Arkins			UAP	New South Wales (1917-1947)	14 October 1888 Millthorpe, NSW	26 September 1935	30 June 1938 (lost seat)	7 July 1977	2 August 1980 Port Hacking, NSW	Parliaments XIV
6	The Right Honourable Philip McBride KCVO PC			UAP	South Australia (1931-1944 , 1946-1958)	18 June 1892 Burra, SA	1 July 1938	30 June 1944 (lost seat)	2 August 1980	14 July 1982 Medindie, SA	none
	Sir Keith Wilson			UAP	South Australia (1938-1944 1949-1954 1955-1966)	13 September 1900 Adelaide, SA	1 July 1938	30 June 1944 (lost seat)		28 September 1987 Adelaide, SA	Parliaments XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII
7	The Honourable Don Willesee			Labor	Western Australia (1950-1975)	14 April 1916 Derby, WA	22 February 1950	13 December 1975 (resigned)	28 September 1987	9 September 2003 Joondalup, WA	Parliaments XIX, XX
8	Dame Nancy Buttfield DBE			Liberal	South Australia (1955-1965 1968-1974)	12 November 1912 Adelaide, SA	11 October 1955	11 April 1974 (resigned)	9 September 2003	4 September 2005 Adelaide, SA	Parliaments XXI, XXII, XXIII
9	George Hannan			Liberal	Victoria (1956-1965, 1970-1974)	10 September 1910 Wagga Wagga, VIC	28 August 1956	23 January 1987 (resigned)	4 September 2005	1 May 2009 Malvern East, VIC	Parliaments XXII, XXIII
10	The Honourable Doug McClelland AC			Labor	New South Wales (1962-1987)	5 August 1926 Wentworthville, NSW	1 July 1962	23 January 1987 (resigned)	1 May 2009		Parliament XXIV

Living former Senators who were elected over 40 years ago

Rank	Member	Party		Entered	State	Date of Birth
24th Parliament (elected: 9 December 1961, first sat: 20 February 1962, dissolved: 1 November 1963)
01	Doug McClelland		Labor	1 July 1962	New South Wales (1962-1987)	5 August 1926
25th Parliament (elected: 30 November 1963, first sat: 25 February 1964, dissolved: 31 October 1966)
02	The Honourable James Webster		Country	9 December 1964	Victoria (1964-1980)	14 June 1925
26th Parliament (elected: 26 November 1966, first sat: 21 February 1967, dissolved: 29 September 1969)
03	Peter Rae		Liberal	1 July 1968	Tasmania (1968-1986)	24 September 1932
04	Martin Cameron		Liberal	23 May 1969	South Australia (1969)	24 August 1945
27th Parliament (house elected: 25 October 1969, house first sat: 25 November 1969, senate elected: 21 November 1970, parliament dissolved: 2 November 1972)
05	The Honourable Dame Margaret Guilfoyle		Liberal	1 July 1971	Victoria (1971-1987)	15 May 1926
06	Michael Townley		Independent	1 July 1971	Tasmania (1971-1987)	4 November 1934
29th Parliament (elected: 18 May 1974, first sat: 9 July 1974, dissolved: 11 November 1975)
07	Steele Hall		Liberal	18 May 1974	South Australia (1974-1977, 1981-1996)	30 November 1928
08	Peter Baume		Liberal	18 May 1974	New South Wales (1974-1991)	30 January 1935
09	Don Grimes		Labor	18 May 1974	Tasmania (1974-1987)	4 October 1937
10	Fred Chaney		Liberal	18 May 1974	Western Australia (1974-1993)	28 October 1941
11	Kathy Sullivan		Liberal	18 May 1974	Queensland (1974-2001)	8 March 1942
30th Parliament (elected: 13 December 1975, first sat: 17 February 1976, dissolved: 10 November 1977)
12	Stan Collard		National	13 December 1975	Queensland (1975-1987)	25 March 1936
13	Kerry Sibraa		Labor	13 December 1975	New South Wales (1975-1978, 1978-1994)	12 October 1937
14	Tony Messner		Liberal	13 December 1975	South Australia (1975-1990)	24 September 1939
15	The Honourable Susan Ryan		Labor	13 December 1975	ACT (1975-1987)	10 October 1942
16	Austin Lewis		Liberal	17 December 1976	Ryan (1976-1993)	5 December 1932
31st Parliament (elected: 10 December 1977, first sat: 21 February 1978, dissolved: 19 September 1980)
17	Ron Elstob		Labor	1 July 1978	South Australia (1978-1987)	29 November 1924
18	Colin Mason		Democrats	1 July 1978	Hotham (1978-1987)	28 October 1926
19	David MacGibbon		Liberal	1 July 1978	Queensland (1978-1999)	13 May 1934
20	John Watson		Liberal	1 July 1978	Tasmania (1978-2007)	25 January 1937
21	The Honourable Gareth Evans		Labor	1 July 1978	Victoria (1978-1999)	5 September 1944
22	Baden Teague		Liberal	1 July 1978	South Australia (1978-1996)	18 September 1944
23	The Honourable Michael Tate		Labor	1 July 1978	Tasmania (1978-1993)	6 July 1945
24	Chris Puplick		Liberal	1 July 1978	New South Wales (1978-1981, 1984-1990)	13 May 1948

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