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 two or more members serve as premier of an Australian state:

The following families have had two or more members serve in the same federal cabinet position:

The following families have had two or more members serve in vice-regal positions:

The following families have had three or more members elected to the same district:

The following families have had two or more members serve as mayor of an Australian capital city:

  • George Shenton
    (Mayor of Perth, 1876–1877, 1880, 1882–1884, 1886–1888)

The following families had two members elected to the same district:

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