Longest Currently Serving Members of the Australian Parliament

Longest Currently Serving Members of the Australian Parliament - as at May 2001
No.	Name	Division, State	Party	First Elected	Period in Office
1	Ruddock, Hon. Philip Maxwell	Berowra, NSW	LP	1973	28 years
2	Cadman, Alan Glyndwr	Mitchell, NSW	LP	1974	27 years
3	Howard, Hon. John Winston	Bennelong, NSW	LP	1974	27 years
4	Sullivan, Kathryn Jean Martin	Moncrieff, Qld	LP	1984 (Senator 1974-84)	27 years
5	Harradine, Senator Brian	Tas	Ind	1975	26 years
7	Jull, Hon. David Francis	Fadden, Qld	LP	1975, def. 1983, 1984	23 years
8	Watson, Senator John Odin Wentworth	Tas	LP	1978	23 years
9	McLeay, Hon. Leo Boyce	Watson, NSW	ALP	1979	22 years
10	Chapman, Senator Hedley Grant Pearson	SA	LP	1987 (MHR 1975-83)	21 years

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