Chronological list edit

Father of the Legislative Assembly
Name Term length Time as Father Notes
Alfred Richard Outtrim 0 days1 December 1885 – 1 April 1892

1 May 1892 – 1 September 1902 1 June 1904 – 1 September 1920

Exact dates need to be calculated
Alexander Peacock 44 years, 181 days
9 April 1889 – 7 October 1933
[1]
Richard Toutcher 37 years, 128 days
25 October 1897 2 March 1935
1 year, 146 days [2]
George Prendergast 39 years, 289 days
20 September 1894 – 14 October 1897
1 November 1900 – 4 March 1927
9 April 1927 – 28 August 1937
2 years, 179 days
John Lemmon 50 years, 325 days
1 June 1904 – 22 April 1955
17 years, 237 days
John Cain Sr 39 years, 226 days
15 November 1917 – 4 March 1927
9 April 1927 – 4 August 1957
2 years, 104 days
Albert Lind 40 years, 223 days
21 October 1920 – 1 June 1961
3 years, 301 days
Herbert Hyland 40 years, 137 days
1 November 1929 – 18 March 1970
8 years, 290 days
Clive Stoneham 27 years, 84 days
28 November 1942 – 1 October 1945
10 November 1945 – 1 April 1970
14 days
George Moss 27 years, 190 days
10 November 1945 – 19 May 1973
3 years, 48 days
Tom Mitchell 28 years, 287 days
7 June 1947 – 20 March 1976
2 years, 306 days
Sam Loxton 23 years, 342 days
28 May 1955 – 5 May 1979
3 years, 46 days
Jim Balfour 14 years, 339 days
29 April 1967 – 3 April 1982
2 years, 333 days
Frank Wilkes 31 years, 10 days
21 September 1957 – 1 October 1988
6 years, 181 days
Bruce Evans 31 years, 79 days
15 July 1961 – 2 October 1992
4 years, 1 day
Ian Smith 30 years, 141 days
29 April 1967 – 18 September 1999
6 years, 351 days
Rob Maclellan 32 years, 184 days
30 May 1970 – 30 November 2002
3 years, 73 days
Ken Jasper 34 years, 252 days
20 March 1976 – 27 November 2010
7 years, 362 days
Robert Clark 30 years, 54 days
1 October 1988 – 24 November 2018
7 years, 362 days
Kim Wells 31 years, 222 days
3 October 1992 – present
5 years, 170 days
  1. ^ "Swearing of Members — Election of Speaker — Presentation of the Speaker to the Governor — Adjournment — Seating Accommodation for Members" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 60. Parliament of Victoria: Legislative Assembly. 9 April 1889. p. 2.
  2. ^ "Swearing of Members — Representation of Carlton South — Election of Speaker" (PDF). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 87. Parliament of Victoria: Legislative Assembly. 25 October 1897. p. 2.