Jews have been a part of the Australian parliament since federation. In 2016 a record number of 6 MPs identified as Jewish.[1] When Kerryn Phelps won the 2018 Wentworth by-election the number rose to 7, but subsequently dropped back to 6 following the 2019 Australian federal election.

Federal parliament

Name Electorate State Party Years Notes Source
Michael Baume Macarthur

Senator

 NSW   Liberal 1975–83

1985–96

 [2]
Peter Baume Senator NSW   Liberal 1974–91 Minister in Fraser government [2]
Joe Berinson Perth WA   Labor 1969–75 Minister in Whitlam government [2]
Josh Burns Macnamara Vic   Labor 2019– [3]
Moss Cass Maribyrnong Vic   Labor 1969–83 Minister in Whitlam government [2]
Sam Cohen Senator Vic   Labor 1962–69 [2]
Barry Cohen Robertson NSW   Labor 1969–90 Minister in Hawke government [2]
Michael Danby Melbourne Ports Vic   Labor 1998–2019 [4]
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs Vic   Labor 2007– Minister in Gillard, Rudd and Albanese governments [2]
Syd Einfeld Phillip NSW   Labor 1961–63 [2]
Max Falstein Watson NSW   Labor

Independent

 1940–49 [2]
Mike Freelander Macarthur NSW   Labor 2016– [2]
Jason Falinski Mackellar NSW   Liberal 2016–2022
Josh Frydenberg Kooyong Vic   Liberal 2010–2022 Minister in Abbott, Turnbull, and Morrison governments.
Deputy leader of the Liberal Party		 [2]
Stirling Griff Senator SA   Centre Alliance 2016–2022 [2]
Sir Isaac Isaacs Indi Vic   Protectionist 1901-06 Minister in the Deakin government

Chief Justice of Australia

Governor-General of Australia

 [2]
Lewis Kent Hotham Vic   Labor 1980–90 Stood for election in Israel for Maki [2]
Dick Klugman Prospect NSW   Labor 1969–90 [2]
Julian Leeser Berowra NSW   Liberal 2016– [2]
Kerryn Phelps Wentworth NSW   Independent 2018–19 [5]
Pharez Phillips Wimmera Vic   Protectionist 1901–06 [2]
Elias Solomon Fremantle WA   Free Trade 1901–03 Mayors of Fremantle [2]
Vaiben Louis Solomon South Australia SA   Free Trade 1901–03 Premier of South Australia [2]

State parliaments

New South Wales

Name Electorate Party Years Notes Source
Maurice Alexander Goulburn Independent 1861–72 [2]
Morris Asher Hume Independent 1859–60 [2]
Henry Cohen West Maitland Independent 1874–80 [2]
Ian Cohen Member of the Legislative Council Greens 1995–2011 [2]
John Cohen Petersham Protectionist Party

Liberal Reform

Nationalist

 1898–1919 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly [2]
Morton Cohen Bligh Liberal 1965–68 [2]
Samuel Cohen Morpeth Independent 1860 [2]
Albert Collins Narrabri

Namoi

 Liberal Reform

Independent Liberal

 1901–10 [2]
Charles Collins Namoi

Narrabri

 Independent

Protectionist

Free Trade

 1885–87

1890–98

 [2]
Margaret Davis Member of the Legislative Council Liberal 1967–78 [2]
Syd Einfeld Bondi

Waverley

 Labor 1965–1981 Also served in federal parliament

Minister in state government

 [2]
Samuel Emmanuel Argyle Independent 1862–64 [2]
Derek Freeman Member of the Legislative Council Liberal 1973–84 [2]
Hyman Goldstein Eastern Suburbs

Coogee

 Nationalist 1922–25

1927–28

 Mayor of Randwick [2]
Ron Hoenig Heffron Labor 2012– Mayor of Botany Bay [2]
Solomon Hyam Balmain

Member of the Legislative Council

 Protectionist 1885–87

1892–1901

 Mayor of Balmain [2]
Sir Asher Joel Member of the Legislative Council Country Party 1958–78 [2]
Samuel Joseph West Sydney

Member of the Legislative Council

 Independent 1864–68

1882–85

1887-93

 [2]
John Kaye Member of the Legislative Council Greens 2007–16 [2]
Abe Landa Bondi Labor 1930–32

1941–65

 Minister in state government [2]
Paul Landa Member of the Legislative Council

Peats

 Labor 1973–84 [2]
Leyser Levin Hume Independent 1880–85 [2]
Lewis Levy Liverpool Plains

West Maitland

 Independent 1871–72

1874

 [2]
Sir Daniel Levy Sydney-Fitzroy

Darlinghurst

Sydney

Paddington

Woollahra

 Liberal Reform

Nationalist

United Australia

 1901–37 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly [2]
Ernest Marks North Sydney Nationalist 1927–30 [2]
Solomon Meyer Carcoar Independent 1874–76 [2]
Ernest Mitchell Member of the Legislative Council United Australia Party 1934–43 [2]
Jacob Levi Montefiore Member of the Legislative Council Independent 1856–60

1874–77

 [2]
Phillip G. Myers Argyle Independent 1880–81 [2]
Harris Nelson Orange Independent 1872–77 [2]
Simeon Phillips Dubbo Free Trade

Liberal Reform

 1895–1904 [2]
Joseph Raphael West Sydney Independent 1872–74 [2]
Eric Roozendaal Member of the Legislative Council Labor 2004–13 Minister in state government [2]
Julian Salomons Member of the Legislative Council Independent 1870–71

1887–99

 Minister in state government

Chief Justice of New South Wales

 [2]
Sir Saul Samuel MLC for counties of Roxburgh, Phillip and Wellington

Orange

Wellington

Member of the Legislative Council

 Independent 1854–56

1859–80

 Minister in state government

Received baronet

 [2]
Leon Snider Member of the Legislative Council Liberal

Country Party

 1943–65 [2]

Northern Territory

Name Electorate Party Years Notes Source
Jon Isaacs Millner Labor 1977–81 Leader of the Opposition [6]

Queensland

Name Electorate Party Years Notes Source
Louis Goldring Flinders Independent 1888–93 Mayor of Hughenden [2]
Jacob Horwitz Warwick Liberal Party 1878–87 Mayor of Warwick [2]
Francis Benjamin Kates Darling Downs

Cunningham

 Independent 1878–81

1883–88

1899–1903

 [2]
Isidor Lissner Kennedy

Cairns

 Ministerialist 1883–93

1896–99

 [2]

South Australia

Name Electorate Party Years Notes Source
Sir Lewis Cohen North Adelaide

Adelaide

 Independent

ADL

 1887–93

1902–06

 Mayor of Adelaide [2]
Morris Lyon Marks The Burra and Clare Independent 1857–58 [2]
Maurice Salom MLC for South Australia Independent 1882–91 [2]
Emanuel Solomon West Adelaide

MLC for South Australia

 Independent 1862–65

1867–71

 [2]
Judah Moss Solomon City of Adelaide

MLC for South Australia

West Adelaide

 Independent 1858–60

1861–65

1871–75

 Mayor of Adelaide [2]
Saul Solomon East Torrens Independent 1887–90 [2]
Vaiben Louis Solomon Northern Territory Independent

National Defence League

 1890–1901

1905–08

 Premier of South Australia

Also served in federal parliament

Tasmania

Name Electorate Party Years Notes Source
Joseph Cohen Launceston Independent 1860–61 [2]
John Davies Hobart Town

Devon

Franklin

 Independent 1884–1913 Mayor of Hobart [2]

Victoria

Name Electorate Party Years Notes Source
Sir Benjamin Benjamin MLC for Melbourne Province Independent 1889–92 Mayor of Melbourne [2]
David Bornstein Brunswick East Labor 1970–75 [2]
Edward Cohen East Melbourne Independent 1861–65

1868–77

 Mayor of Melbourne [2]
Harold Cohen Caulfield

MLC for Melbourne South

 Nationalist

United Australia Party

 1929–35

1935–43

 Minister in state government [2]
Henry Cohen MLC for Melbourne Province Nationalist 1921–37 Minister in state government [2]
Philip Dalidakis MLC for Southern Metropolitan Region Labor 2014–19 Minister in state government [7]
Charles Dyte Ballarat East Independent 1864–71 [2]
Benjamin Fink Maryborough and Talbot Independent 1883–89 [2]
Theodore Fink Jolimont and West Richmond Independent 1894–1904 [2]
Adolphus Goldsmith MLC for Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth Independent 1851–53 [2]
Paul Hamer Box Hill Labor 2018– [8]
Max Hirsch Mandurang Ministerial 1902–03 [2]
Jennifer Huppert MLC for Southern Metropolitan Labor 2009–10 [2]
Sir Isaac Isaacs Bogong Independent 1892–1901 [2]
John Alfred Isaacs Ovens Independent 1894–1902 [2]
Walter Jona Hawthorn Liberal 1964–85 Minister in state government [2]
Daniel Barnet Lazarus Sandhurst Independent 1893–97

1900–02

 Mayor of Sandhurst [2]
Nathaniel Levi Maryborough

East Melbourne

MLC for North Yarra Province

 Independent 1860–65

1866–68

1892–1904

 [2]
Jonas Levien South Grant

Barwon

 Independent 1871–77

1880–1906

 Minister in state government [2]
Archie Michaelis St Kilda United Australia Party

Liberal

 1932–52 Speaker of the Legislative Assembly [2]
Martin Pakula MLC for Western Metropolitan

Lyndhurst

Keysborough

 Labor 2006–2022 Minister in state government [2]
Pharez Phillips MLC for North Western Province Independent 1896–1901 [2]
Sidney Ricardo South Bourke Independent 1857–59 [2]
Samuel Samuel Dundas Independent 1892–92 [2]
Helen Shardey Electoral district of Caulfield Liberal 1996–2010 [9]
Baron Snider St Kilda

MLC for Higinbotham Province

 Liberal 1955–66 [2]
David Southwick Caulfield Liberal 2010– Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria since 2021 [2]
Emanuel Steinfeld MLC for Wellington Independent 1892–93 [2]
Joseph Sternberg MLC for Northern Province

MLC for Bendigo

 Independent

Nationalist

 1891–1902

1904–1928

 [2]
Marsha Thomson MLC for Melbourne North

Footscray

 Labor 2006–18 Minister in state government [10]
Evan Thornley MLC for Southern Metropolitan Labor 2006–08 [11][12]
Ephraim Zox East Melbourne Independent 1877–99 [2]

Western Australia

Name Electorate Party Years Notes Source
Joe Berinson MLC for North-East Metropolitan Province

MLC for North Central Metropolitan Province

MLC for North Metropolitan

 Labor 1980–93 Also served in federal parliament

Minister in the Whitlam government

 [2]
Harry Boan Metropolitan Province

Metropolitan-Suburban Province

 WA Liberal Party

Nationalist

 1917–18

1922–24

 [2]
Matthew Moss North Fremantle

MLC for West Province

 Independent

WA Liberal Party

 1895–97

1900–01

1902–14

 Minister in state government [2]
Sir Charles Nathan MLC for Metropolitan-Suburban Province Nationalist 1930-34 [2]
Lionel Samson MLC for Western Australian Independent 1849–56

1859–68

 [2]
Elias Solomon South Fremantle Independent 1892–1901 Mayor of Fremantle

Also served in federal parliament

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Kohn, Peter. "Macnamara's first MP". ajn.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Michael Danby: A life in politics". ajn.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ↑ Narunsky, Gareth. "Antisemitic email targets Phelps". ajn.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Walt Secord meets Darwin Jewry". J-Wire. 16 July 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Kohn, Peter. "Dalidakis leaves politics". ajn.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Douglas, Carly. "Southwick, Pakula seats at risk". The Australian Jewish News. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. ↑ "Progressive Israeli Leaders Visit Australia | World Union for Progressive Judaism". wupj.org. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Kohn, Peter. "Thomson quitting Parliament". ajn.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  11. ↑ SINNOTT, ALEX (30 December 2008). "Exodus shocks family: Father supports exit from politics". The Standard. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  12. ↑ Discovering Jesus the Jew, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 16 August 2015, retrieved 7 April 2021
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