Philip Ruddock

Philip Maxwell Ruddock is an Australian politician who is a member of the House of Representatives representing the Division of Berowra, New South Wales, for the Liberal Party of Australia. First elected in a 1973 byelection, he is the only Member of Parliament from the period of the Whitlam government and the Fraser government still serving. He has been the Father of the House of Representatives since 1998. He is the second longestserving parliamentarian in the history of the Australian Parliament . Ruddock served continuously in federal cabinet during the Howard Government, as Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs from 1996 to 2003, and then AttorneyGeneral from 2003 to 2007.

Philip Ruddock is the son of Emmie and Maxwell Max Ruddock. He was born in Canberra, where his father was at the time the Deputy Prices Commissioner working for the Commonwealth Government he was later a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly 19621976.

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