This article provides details of people who have been members of more than one Australian legislature. These consist of:

• the Commonwealth Parliament
• 6 state (previously colonial) parliaments
• 2 territory legislative assemblies.

History

• On 7 February 1788 the colony of New South Wales was established
• On 3 December 1825, the colony of Van Diemen's Land was separated from New South Wales
• The Swan River Colony was established in 1829, and renamed Western Australia in 1832
• On 28 December 1836, the colony of South Australia was separated from New South Wales
• On 1 July 1851, the colony of Victoria was separated from New South Wales
• In 1855 Victoria gained self-government
• In 1856 Van Diemen's Land gained self-government and changed its name to Tasmania
• In 1856 New South Wales gained self-government
• In 1857 South Australia gained self-government
• On 6 June 1859, the colony of Queensland was separated from New South Wales and established as a self-governing colony
• In 1890 Western Australia gained self-government
• On 1 January 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia came into being, and the status of the six colonies (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania) changed to states of the Commonwealth
• On 1 January 1911, the area of the Federal Capital Territory (later renamed Australian Capital Territory) was separated from New South Wales
• In 1922 the upper house of the Queensland Parliament was abolished
• In 1978 the Northern Territory gained self-government
• In 1989 the Australian Capital Territory gained self-government.

List of members of multiple legislatures

• The following tables are sorted by year of entry to the second legislature, and alphabetically within years.
• Years in bold indicate the year of entry to the member's second legislature.
• People who represented different states since 1901 are shown in a dark border.