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List of national legislators who served in multiple countries

This is a list of individuals who served as members of the national legislative body of more than one country in their lifetimes. It is original research and probably not notable enough for its own article, hence being here in the sandbox. If I ever end up making my blog along(???? I can't write clearly), with topics such as Australian politicians who attempted rapping and whether the sun ever sets on the British/American/French/Norweigian empires, this would be a good topic to include.

Australia and the United Kingdom

Legislator	First country						Second country
	Country	Party		Chamber	Years	Division	Country	Party		Chamber	Years	Division
George Reid	Australia		Free Trade	House of Reps	1901–1909	East Sydney	United Kingdom		Conservative and Unionist	House of Commons	1916–1918	St George's, Hanover Square
Edward Harney				Senate	1901–1903	Western Australia			Liberal		1922–1929	South Shields
William Yates	United Kingdom		Conservative	House of Commons	1955–1966	The Wrekin	Australia		Liberal	House of Reps	1975–1980	Holt

New Zealand and the United Kingdom

William Shepherd Allen, Francis Arkwright (politician), Cathcart Wason, William Chapple (New Zealand politician)

Canada and the United Kingdom

Edward Blake, Donald Macmaster, John Wimburn Laurie, Charles Ramsay Devlin, Joseph Martin (Canadian politician)

Ireland and the United Kingdom

Too many (90+)

Green parties in government

See also: Draft:Green parties in government

Pekka Haavisto was the first Green party member to join a national cabinet, serving as the Environment Minister of Finland from 1995 to 1999. Haavisto went on to become Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2019.

Since the 1990s, a number of Green parties have entered into government at the national level. This has typically occurred through the formation of coalition governments, which is a frequent outcome in electoral systems that adopt proportional representation. In some cases, Green party members have been directly appointed to a cabinet by the head of state or government, independently of electoral performance.

In the early 1970s, Green parties first emerged from environmental movements in Australasia and Europe. They typically remained minor parties for the rest of the 20th century. The first Green party to form a coalition government was the Green League of Finland, which won nine seats in the Parliament of Finland at the 1995 election, and formed part of a rainbow coalition supporting Social Democrats leader Paavo Lipponen. [Find more information on Green party apointees in African governments - they may also count as first Green party government participation].

As of 2022, no Green party has formed a majority government in any country. The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, a green conservative party, won a plurality of seats in the 2016 Lithuanian parliamentary election, with 54 seats in the 141-seat Seimas (38.3%). Other strong electoral performances by national Green parties include the Left-Green Movement of Iceland, which won 14 out of 63 seats (22.2%) in the 2009 election, and Alliance 90/The Greens of Germany, which won 118 out of 735 seats (16.1%) in the 2021 election.

Oceania

Australia

The Australian Greens have not entered into government at the federal level. During the Gillard minority government from 2010 to 2013, Greens MP Adam Bandt was one of several crossbenchers holding the balance of power. An agreement was ultimately made between the Greens and the ruling Australian Labor Party guaranteeing confidence and supply, but this did not amount to participation in government.

Green parties have been involved in state and territory governments in Australia. In the Tasmanian House of Assembly, the Tasmanian Greens served as coalition partners for: the Field Labor Party government from 1989 to 1990; the Rundle Liberal Party government from 1996 to 1998; and the Labor Party under Premiers David Bartlett and Lara Giddings from 2010 to 2014, with Green MPs Nick McKim and Cassy O'Connor appointed to cabinet. Meanwhile, in the Australian Capital Territory, the ACT Greens have supported the governing Labor Party since 2012. Party leader Shane Rattenbury was appointed to cabinet, and following a strong electoral performance in 2020, he became Attorney-General of the Australian Capital Territory and was joined in cabinet by fellow Greens Rebecca Vassarotti and Emma Davidson.

Africa

Burkina Faso

Ram Ouedraogo.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Didace Pembe Bokiaga.

Kenya

Wangari Maathai.

Madagascar

Alexandre Georget.

Mauritius

Sylvio Michel.

Senegal

Haider El Ali.

Asia

Israel

Meretz?