Title

Part 2 - The Forty-second Parliament

Statistical information as at 1.7.2008

Length of service

Database

Parliamentary Handbook 

Date

19-12-2008

Source

Parliamentary Library

Parl No.

42

System Id

handbook/newhandbook/2008-12-19/0033

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Part 2 - The Forty-second Parliament - Statistical information as at 1.7.2008 - Length of service
Length of service

House of Representatives

Senate

Parliament

Length of service(a)

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

Less than 3 years

40(b)

26.67

21

27.63

61

26.99

3-6 years

18

12.00

16(d)

21.05

34

15.04

6-9 years

19

12.67

9

11.84

28

12.39

9-12 years

24

16.00

9

11.84

33

14.60

12-15 years

18(c)

12.00

10

13.16

28

12.39

15-18 years

13

8.67

6

7.89

19

8.41

18-21 years

12

8.00

4

5.26

16

7.08

21-25 years

3

2.00

-

-

3

1.33

25 years and over

3

2.00

1

1.32

4

1.77

Total

150

100.00

76

100.00

226

100.00

(a) In completed years of service.

(b) Includes one Member who served four years in the Senate.

(c) Includes two Members who served six and eight years respectively in the Senate.

(d) Includes one Senator who served eleven years in the House of Representatives.