List of LGBTI holders of political offices in Australia

LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual and Intersex) holders of political offices in Australia. Currently and historically there are no transgender or intersex parliamentarians.

Current federal openly-LGBTI parliamentarians

• Penny Wong, South Australian Labor Senator since 2002
• Louise Pratt, Western Australian Labor Senator from 2008-2014 and since 2016.
• Dean Smith, Western Australian Liberal Senator since 2012
• Janet Rice, Victorian Greens Senator since 2014
• Trent Zimmerman, New South Wales Liberal MP since 2015.
• Trevor Evans, Queensland LNP MP since 2016.
• Julian Hill, Victorian Labor MP since 2016.
• Tim Wilson, Victorian Liberal MP since 2016.

Historical firsts

Federal

• Member: Bob Brown, Tasmanian Greens Senator from 1996 to 2012.
• Female member: Penny Wong, South Australian Labor Senator from 2002.
• Government cabinet member: Penny Wong, South Australian Labor Senator who served in cabinet from 2007 to 2013.
• Liberal member: Dean Smith, Western Australian Liberal Senator from 2012.
• Lower house member: Trent Zimmerman, New South Wales Liberal MP from 2015.
• Both major party candidates in a lower house contest openly gay: the Division of Brisbane at the 2016 federal election.

States and territories

• Tasmania: Bob Brown (Independent Green) – 1983
• New South Wales:
  • Legislative Council:
    • Male: Paul O'Grady (Labor) – 1988 (came out 1990)
    • Female: Penny Sharpe (Labor) – 2005
  • Legislative Assembly:
    • Bruce Notley-Smith (Liberal) – 2011
• Western Australia:
  • Legislative Council:
    • Giz Watson (Greens) – 1997
  • Legislative Assembly:
    • John Hyde (Labor) – 2001
• Victoria: Andrew Olexander (Liberal) – 1999
• South Australia: Ian Hunter (Labor) – 2006
• Australian Capital Territory: Andrew Barr (Labor) – 2006
  • Government minister: Andrew Barr (Labor) – 2006
• Northern Territory: Chansey Paech - 2016

Heads of government

Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Andrew Barr was the first openly-LGBTI head of a government in Australia, in the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, from 2014. Andrew Barr became the first elected openly-LGBTI head of government in Australia after the 2016 ACT Election.

Premier of South Australia Don Dunstan was the first retrospectively known LGBTI head of a government in Australia, in the Parliament of South Australia, from 1967.

Mayor or deputy mayor

• • Mayor: Ralph McLean (Fitzroy) – 1984–1985
  • Intersex Mayor: Tony Briffa (Hobsons Bay) – 2011–2012 (world's first out intersex Mayor)

By state

New South Wales

Randwick

• Bruce Notley-Smith – 2004

Sydney

• Brian McGahen, Bill Hunt and Craig Johnston – 1984

Wagga Wagga

• Ray Goodlass – 2011

Woollahra

• Max Pearce – 1983 (first LGBTI candidate elected to public office in NSW)

Judiciary

Justice of the High Court of Australia

• • Male: Michael Kirby – 1996–2009 (Came out 1999)
  • Female: Virginia Bell – 2009