Political families of Australia
A political family of Australia (also called a political dynasty) is a family in which multiple members are involved in Australian politics, particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage; often several generations or multiple siblings may be involved. Like comparable liberal democracies in the United States, Japan, Canada and The United Kingdom, Australia is susceptible to the phenomenon of political dynasties. There have been many instances where members of the same family have been elected to the same state or federal electoral district, sometimes immediately succeeding a family member.
The following families have had three or more members elected to the same district:
- Archer family - (Tasmanian Legislative Council)
- Anthony family - (Division of Richmond)
- Best family - (Division of Wilmot)
- Piesse family - (Western Australian Legislative Council)
The following families had two members elected to the same district:
- Bacon family - (Division of Denison)
- Basedow family - (Electoral district of Barossa)
- Bell family - (Electoral district of Dalby)
- Berry family - (Ginninderra electorate)
- Booth family - (Electoral district of Kurri Kurri)
- Camm family - (Electoral district of Whitsunday)
- Clarke family - (Electoral district of Southern Province)
- Court family - (Electoral district of Nedlands)
- Cremean family - (Electoral district of Clifton Hill)
- Cribb family - (Electoral district of Ipswich)
- Evans family - (Electoral district of Davenport)
- Goldsworthy family - (Electoral district of Kavel)
- Groom family - (Division of Darling Downs)
- Hanlon family - (Electoral district of Ithaca)
- Hodgman family - (Division of Denison, Electoral division of Huon)
- James family - (Division of Hunter)
- Jenkins family - (Division of Scullin)
- Katter family - (Division of Kennedy)
- Knowles family - (Electoral district of Macquarie Fields)
- Lawson family - (County of Cumberland)
- McIntyre/Fletcher family - (Electoral district of Cunningham)
- McKechnie family - (Electoral district of Carnarvon
- Morgan family - (Electoral district of Warwick)
- Muller family - (Electoral district of Fassifern)
- Palaszczuk family - (Electoral district of Inala)
- Pitt family - (Electoral district of Mulgrave)
- Row family - (Hinchinbrook)
- Street family - (Division of Corangamite)
- Sullivan family - (Electoral district of Stafford)
- Watkins family - (Division of Newcastle)
- Willmott family - (Electoral district of Sussex, South-West Province)
- Wilson family - (Division of Sturt)
The following families have had two or more members serve as premier of an Australian state:
- Butler family - (Premier of South Australia)
- Cain family - (Premier of Victoria)
- Court family - (Premier of Western Australia)
- Hamer family - (Premier of Victoria)
- Playford family - (Premier of South Australia)