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Home | Parliament | Statistical information as at 1.7.2002 | Length of service

Statistical information as at 1.7.2002

Length of service

Length of service(a) House of Representatives Senate Parliament
Number % Number % Number %
Less than 3 years 23 15.33 14 18.42 37 16.37
3–6 years 33 22.00 15 19.74 48 21.24
6–9 years 41 27.33 17 22.37 58 25.66
9–12 years 17 11.33 10 13.15 27 11.95
12–15 years 22(b) 14.67 9 11.84 31 13.72
15–18 years 4 2.66 3 3.95 7 3.10
18–21 years 3 2.00 2 2.63 5 2.21
21–25 years 4 2.66 5(c) 6.58 9 3.98
25 years and over 3 2.00 1 1.31 4 1.77
Total 150 100.00 76 100.00 226 100.00
(a) In completed years of service.
(b) Includes two Members who served six and eight years respectively in the Senate.
(c) Includes one Senator who served seven years in the House of Representatives.

 

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