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Baby of the House is the unofficial title given to the youngest member of a parliamentary house. The term is most often applied to members of the British parliament, from which the term originated.[1] The title is named after the Father of the House, which is given to the longest-serving member of the British and other parliaments.

Australia

In Australia the term is rarely used. Most MPs and senators are elected only in their thirties and later, but some prominent MPs have been elected rather early in life, including Prime Ministers Harold Holt, Malcolm Fraser and Paul Keating, the latter two of whom were both elected at age 25, in 1955 and 1969 respectively. The youngest Baby of the House was Wyatt Roy: he was elected at age 20 in 2010, being the youngest person ever to be elected to an Australian parliament.[2]

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Azerbaijan

in the 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election, Sabina Khasayeva was the youngest MP elected, at the age of 27.[3]

Canada

The youngest-ever elected member of the House of Commons of Canada is Pierre-Luc Dusseault, who was elected at the age of 19 years and 11 months in 2011. Dusseault is the youngest MP in Canadian history.[4] In the past this distinction has been held by MPs such as Sean O'Sullivan, Pierre Poilievre, Claude-André Lachance and Lorne Nystrom.

Currently, the youngest MP is Tatiana Auguste, a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, representing the riding of Terrebonne, Quebec; born in either 2001 or 2002, and elected at 24 years of age. The youngest member of the Senate of Canada is Patrick Brazeau of Repentigny, Quebec; born 1974, appointed at 34 years of age.

List of babies of the House of Commons of Canada

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24 years

Finland

Entered Name Born Party Note
1970 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1946 Centre Party
1972 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1950 Social Democratic Party of Finland
1979 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1956 Social Democratic Party of Finland died in 2011
1983 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1959 National Coalition Party
1991 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1967 National Coalition Party
1994 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1967 National Coalition Party
1995 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1972 Social Democratic Party of Finland
1999 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1975 Centre Party
2003 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1976 Social Democratic Party of Finland
2004 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1977 Green League
2007 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1982 Centre Party
2011 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1986 Finns Party
2015 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1991 Social Democratic Party of Finland
2019 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1994 Green League
2023 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1999 Centre Party

France

List of youngest members of the French Parliament

This is a list of youngest members of the French parliament at the time of their election.

Elected Name Department Age
1789 Mathieu de Montmorency-Laval Yvelines 22
1791 Template:Ill Yonne 24
1815 Template:Ill Indre-et-Loire 22
2012 Marion Maréchal-Le Pen Vaucluse 22
2017 Ludovic Pajot Pas-de-Calais 23
2022 Tematai Le Gayic French Polynesia 21
2024 Flavien Termet[5] Ardennes 22

Germany

In Germany the term is rarely used. Emilia Fester was the youngest MP elected in the 2021 federal election at the age of 23.[6]

Emily Vontz became the youngest MP in 2023, at the age of 22.[7]

In 2022, Pascal Leddin became the youngest member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony.[8] In 2022, Jasper Balke became the youngest member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.[9]

Grenada

Kerryne James was elected in the 2022 Grenadian general election at the age of 24, becoming the country's youngest ever legislator.[10]

Hong Kong

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Nathan Law, the youngest member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, was elected at the age of 23.

In Hong Kong the term is rarely used. The current baby of the Legislative Council is Joephy Chan, who was elected in the 2021 Legislative Council election.

From 1991 to 2016 the youngest elected member was James To, who ran for the first Legislative Council direct election in 1991 at the age of 28. His record ceased in 2016, when the youngest-ever elected member Nathan Law and the youngest-ever elected female member Yau Wai-ching were both elected in the 2016 election at the ages of 23 and 25 respectively; they were both disqualified over the oath-taking controversy between 2016 and 2017. He was replaced by Ho Kai-ming, who was the fourth-youngest member when he was elected in 2016. He was later replaced by Au Nok-hin, who was elected in the 2018 by-election, but was unseated in 2019. The title went back to Ho, who subsequently resigned in May 2020 for joining the government and was replaced by Cheng Chung-tai, who was the fifth youngest member in 2016, until he himself got disqualified in August 2021. The title eventually returned to Steven Ho who was elected as the youngest member in 2012.

Duration Name Date of birth Constituency Party Elected Start age
1 October 1991 – 1 July 1998 James To (1963-03-11)11 March 1963 Kowloon Southwest GC bgcolor="Template:Party color"| United Democrats 1991 Script error: No such module "age".
1 July 1998 – 1 October 2008 Bernard Chan (1965-01-11)11 January 1965 Insurance FC
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1 October 2008 – 1 October 2012 Chan Hak-kan (1976-04-24)24 April 1976 New Territories East GC
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1 October 2012 – 29 February 2016 Steven Ho (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 Agriculture and Fisheries FC
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29 February 2016 – 1 October 2016 Alvin Yeung (1981-06-05)5 June 1981 New Territories East GC
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1 October 2016 – 14 July 2017 Nathan Law (1993-07-13)13 July 1993 Hong Kong Island GC
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14 July 2017 – 21 March 2018 Ho Kai-ming (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 Labour FC
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21 March 2018 – 17 December 2019 Au Nok-hin (1987-06-18)18 June 1987 Hong Kong Island GC
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17 December 2019 – 31 May 2020 Ho Kai-ming (1985-01-06)6 January 1985 Labour FC
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31 May 2020 – 26 August 2021 Cheng Chung-tai (1983-11-05)5 November 1983 New Territories West GC
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26 August 2021 – 31 December 2021 Steven Ho (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 Agriculture and Fisheries FC
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Hungary

The youngest-ever elected member of the National Assembly is Ilona Burka, who became MP at the age of 19 years, 5 months and 13 days on 12 May 1971, following the 1971 parliamentary election.

Member Party Date
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András Kis MKP 1944–1945
András Hegedüs MKP 1945
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | István B. Rácz FKGP 1945–1947
János Gosztonyi NPP 1947–1949
Etel Kurlik MDP 1949–1953
Mária Inklovics MDP
MSZMP 		1953–1957
Margit Kaptur MSZMP 1957–1958
Jusztina Csarnai MSZMP 1958–1963
István Ollári MSZMP 1963–1967
István Bartha MSZMP 1967–1971
Ilona Burka MSZMP 1971–1975
Valéria Czégai MSZMP 1975–1980
Ibolya Kovács MSZMP 1980–1985
Márta Danka MSZMP 1985–1989
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style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | Béla Glattfelder Fidesz 1990–1993
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | Róbert Répássy Fidesz 1993–1994
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | László Botka MSZP 1994–1998
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | János Zuschlag MSZP 1998–2002
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | Péter Szijjártó Fidesz 2002–2006
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | László Nagy MSZP 2006–2010
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | Dóra Dúró Jobbik 2010–2018
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | Péter Ungár LMP 2018–2022
style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | Miklós Hajnal Momentum 2022–present

India

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26 years, 8 months[12]
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26 years, 2 months[13]
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25 years, 4 months[14]
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25 years, 8 months[15]
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26 years, 7 months[16]
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25 years, 8 months[17]
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27 years, 0 months[18]
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26 years, 1 month[19]
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Iran

Source:[20]
Elected Member Affiliation Age when elected
2012 Mohammad Hassannejad Independent 31
2016 Fatemeh Hosseini List of Hope 30
2020 Rouhollah Nejabat Independent 31

Ireland

In Ireland the term is rarely used, as TDs normally enter the Dáil after a political career in local government, usually only in their thirties and later. The current baby of the Dáil is the Labour TD Eoghan Kenny (Cork North-Central), who was 24 years and 10 months old when elected in November 2024.[21]

The youngest TD of all time was William J. Murphy, elected age 21 years 29 days; the youngest female TD was Kathleen O'Connor, 21 years 7 months.

List of babies of the Dáil

Elected Name Constituency Party Age
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1937 Script error: No such module "Sort". Dublin North-West Template:Party name with color 24
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1948 Script error: No such module "Sort". Donegal East Template:Party name with color 26
1949 Script error: No such module "Sort". Cork West Template:Party name with color 21
1951 Script error: No such module "Sort". Dublin North-West Template:Party name with color 24
1956 Script error: No such module "Sort". Kerry North Template:Party name with color 21
1957 Script error: No such module "Sort". Galway South Template:Party name with color 24
1958 Script error: No such module "Sort". Galway South Template:Party name with color 23
1961 Script error: No such module "Sort". Wexford Template:Party name with color 21
1965 Script error: No such module "Sort". Dublin County Template:Party name with color 24
1969 Script error: No such module "Sort". Meath Template:Party name with color 22
1975 Script error: No such module "Sort". Galway West Template:Party name with color 24
1975 Script error: No such module "Sort". Mayo West Template:Party name with color 24
1977 Script error: No such module "Sort". Dublin County Mid Template:Party name with color 23
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1981 Script error: No such module "Sort". Wexford Template:Party name with color 21
1984 Script error: No such module "Sort". Laois–Offaly Template:Party name with color 24
1987 Script error: No such module "Sort". Donegal South-West Template:Party name with color 21
1995 Script error: No such module "Sort". Wicklow Template:Party name with color 24
1997 Script error: No such module "Sort". Longford–Roscommon Template:Party name with color 24
2002 Script error: No such module "Sort". Meath Template:Party name with color 24
2007 Script error: No such module "Sort". Dublin South-East Template:Party name with color 27
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2020 Script error: No such module "Sort". Cork East Template:Party name with color 22
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Baby of Seanad Éireann

Elected Name Panel Party Age
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Israel

In Israel the term is seldom used. The youngest member of the current Knesset is Yitzhak Wasserlauf of Otzma Yehudit, elected in 2022 aged 30.

The youngest member of the Knesset ever is Moshe Nissim, elected in 1959 aged 24.

Italy

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Enzo Lattuca, baby of the Italian Chamber of Deputies (2013–2018) and youngest deputy ever.
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Rachele Scarpa, current baby of the Italian Chamber of Deputies.

The youngest member of the Chamber of Deputies ever is Enzo Lattuca (PD), elected in 2013, aged 25 years, 1 month, and 6 days.

Elected Name Party Date of birth Age
1948 Francesco Pignatone DC 30 March 1923 Template:Ayd
1953 Fabio De Felice MSI 13 July 1927 Template:Ayd
1958 Riccardo Misasi DC 14 July 1932 Template:Ayd
1963 Luigi Berlinguer PCI 25 July 1932 Template:Ayd
1967 Giuseppe Antonio Bottaro PCI 21 October 1933 Template:Ayd
1968 Carlo Sangalli DC 31 August 1937 Template:Ayd
1972 Giuseppa Mendola PCI 4 December 1945 Template:Ayd
1976 Paolo Allegra PCI 2 December 1950 Template:Ayd
1979 Anna Maria Castelli Migali PCI 5 October 1951 Template:Ayd
1979 Michl Ebner SVP 20 September 1952 Template:Ayd
1983 Giovanni Negri PR 16 May 1957 Template:Ayd
1987 Cristina Bevilacqua PCI 9 March 1962 Template:Ayd
1992 Elisabetta Bertotti LN 8 December 1966 Template:Ayd
1994 Sebastiano Fogliato LN 28 September 1967 Template:Ayd
1996 Franca Gambato LN 31 August 1969 Template:Ayd
2001 Chiara Moroni NPSI 23 October 1974 Template:Ayd
2006 Arturo Scotto DS 15 May 1978 Template:Ayd
2008 Annagrazia Calabria PdL 6 May 1982 Template:Ayd
2013 Enzo Lattuca PD 9 February 1988 Template:Ayd
2018 Angela Raffa M5S 26 January 1993 Template:Ayd
2022 Rachele Scarpa PD 29 January 1997 Template:Ayd

Kenya

MP Age Party Constituency Election Parliament
John Paul Mwirigi[24] 23 UDA Igembe South 2017 12th Parliament

Malawi

The youngest MP in Malawi was Angela Zachepa, who was voted in as MP at age 21.[25]

Malaysia

In Malaysia, the term is very rarely used. Most MPs are directly elected and Senators are appointed or indirectly elected, usually in their middle age, but a few were elected as an MP at a very young age, including former Prime Minister and former Pekan MP Najib Razak, who was elected at 22 years and 6 months in 1976. The youngest ever elected is Batu MP Prabakaran Parameswaran, who was elected at the age of 22 years and 3 months in 2018.[26] The present Baby of the House is Sungai Petani MP Mohammed Taufiq Johari, who was elected in 2022. Mohammed Taufiq is a month younger than Prabakaran. Any citizen 18 years of age or older can become a candidate and be directly elected to the Dewan Rakyat as an MP and State Legislative Assemblies as an MLA,[27] while any citizen 30 years of age or older can be appointed or indirectly elected to the Dewan Negara as a Senator.

Marshall Islands

In the 2019 general election, Kitlang Kabua became the youngest person ever elected to the Nitijeļā.[28][29]

New Zealand

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Maipi-Clarke in 2024

The term "Baby of the House" is rarely used in New Zealand. The current Baby of the House is Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori, who was elected on 14 October 2023 aged 21.[30] Maipi-Clarke succeeded Chlöe Swarbrick of the Green Party, who was elected on 24 September 2017 aged 23.[31]

Youngest MPs in the New Zealand House of Representatives
Name Elected from Party Date of birth Became baby Age
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Philippines

In the Congress of the Philippines, the term "Baby of the House" is rarely used; the term "Benjamin" of the chamber is used instead.[32] Special treatment is not given to the youngest member of either chamber. However, by tradition, the youngest member of the chamber usually administers the oath of office to their incoming leader (i.e. President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives).

The minimum age for being a member of the House of Representatives is 25 years old, while for the Senate it is 35, as stipulated in the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines. In 1933, Benigno Aquino, Sr. became senator at the age of 33;[33] the Jones Law, which created the Senate, had prescribed the minimum age of 30.

The current Benjamin of the House is Representative Jaime Cojuangco of the 1st District of Tarlac. Meanwhile, Senator Mark Villar has been the youngest Senator since 2022.[34]

List of youngest members of the Philippine House of Representatives

Entered Name Party District Date of Birth Assumed Office Age Note Ref
1987 Gerardo A. Roxas Jr.
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1992 Ralph Recto
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1995 Mike Defensor
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1998 Alan Peter Cayetano
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2001 Felix William Fuentebella
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2002 Joel Villanueva
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2004 Joel Villanueva
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2007 Sharee Ann Tan
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2010 Abigail Faye Ferriol-Pascual   Kalinga Partylist Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd sworn in Feliciano Belmonte as Speaker[36] [37]
2013 Xavier Jesus Romualdo
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2016 Dennis Laogan Ang Kabuhayan Partylist Template:Dts Template:Dts Template:Ayd sworn in Pantaleon Alvarez[40] and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo[41] as Speaker [42]
2019 Braeden John Biron
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2022 Jaime Cojuangco
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2025 Andrew Julian Romualdez
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List of youngest members of the Philippine Senate

Congress Name Party Date of Birth Age When Elected From To
8th Joey Lina
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9th, 10th Nikki Coseteng
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11th Loren Legarda
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Russia

Elected Name Party Age when elected
1993 Mark Feygin Choice of Russia 22
1995 Darya Mitina CPRF 22
1999 Template:Ill LDPR 25
2003 Template:Ill United Russia 27
2007 Robert Schlegel United Russia 23
2016 Vasily Vlasov LDPR 21
2021 Georgy Arapov[44] New People 22

Singapore

The current youngest MP in the Singapore Parliament is Nadia Ahmad Samdin, who was elected in 2020 at the age of 30.[45][46][47] The youngest MP ever elected in Singapore is Lim Chin Siong, who was elected in the 1955 general election at the age of 22.[47]

Elected Name Party Age
1955 Lim Chin Siong PAP 22
1976 Tan Soo Khoon PAP 27
2011 Tin Pei Ling PAP 27
2020 Raeesah Khan WP 26
2021 Nadia Ahmad Samdin PAP 30
2025 Cassandra Lee PAP 33

South Africa

The current titleholder, since 2017, is Hlomela Bucwa of the Democratic Alliance.[48]

Spain

Ada Santana Aguilera (born 1998) is the youngest member of the 15th Congress of Deputies.[49]

Sweden

Entered Name Constituency Party Age Note
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19 Spokesperson of the Green Party, 2011–2019
Minister for Education, 2014–2019
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23 Leader of the Centre Party, 2011–2023
Minister for Enterprise, 2011–2014
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21 Replaced Gustaf Hoffstedt on 19 January 2015 when Hoffstedt resigned his seat.
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21 September 2021 Script error: No such module "Sort". Skåne County
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26 When Emma Berginger returned from her leave of absence on 19 May 2022, Axel Hallberg automatically left the Parliament. Since Ebba Hermansson, the previous Baby of the House, had resigned her seat in December 2021, the new Baby of the House became Tobias Andersson at the age of 26.
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23 Aida Birinxhiku become the youngest member of the Parliament following the 2022 general election.
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21 Replaced Sara Gille from 18 January 2023 during her leave of absence. This happened since Rasmus Giertz, who had up to then replaced Sara Gille, became an ordinary member of the Parliament following Mats Nordberg's death.
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23 Aida Birinxhiku regained her position as the youngest member of the Parliament after Sara Gille returned from her leave of absence, thus ending Daniel Lönns time in Parliament.
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23 Jonathan Svensson became the youngest member of the Parliament when Paula Holmqvist went on leave of absence in August 2023 and finally succeeded her on 4 March 2024, when she resigned her seat.

The current Baby of the House is Jonathan Svensson. The youngest person ever to be elected MP to a Swedish parliament is Anton Abele, who was only aged 18 when elected in September 2010.[53] Current record holder for the world's youngest-ever elected MP is Anton Abele, who at 18 years was elected to the Swedish Parliament for his activism against street violence.[54]

Thailand

Turkiye

Rümeysa Kadak (born 16 May 1996) is the youngest MP in the history of Republic of Turkey.[55]

Trinidad and Tobago

Saddam Hosein is the baby of the house of the 12th Republican Parliament.[56]

Uganda

At 19 years old, Proscovia Alengot Oromait was the world's youngest MP and youngest ever MP in Africa when elected in 2011.[57][58] Oromait is a member of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Uganda and was a representative of Usuk County until 2016.[59] She was succeeded as the youngest member of parliament in Uganda by Hellen Auma Wandera.[60]

United Kingdom

Becoming the Baby of the House of Commons is regarded as something of an achievement, despite the lack of any special treatment that comes with the title. However, some MPs who have held the position for a considerable period – Matthew Taylor was the Baby of the House for over ten years – have found it somewhat embarrassing, as it may suggest that they have a lack of experience, although many holders of the title have gone on to enjoy long and distinguished parliamentary careers.

From August 1999 to September 2001, all three of the leaders of the main political parties – Tony Blair, William Hague and Charles Kennedy – had been the youngest MPs in their party when they began their political careers, though only Kennedy had been Baby of the House.

Of those whose ages can be verified, the youngest MP since the Reform Act 1832[61] is Mhairi Black, elected in 2015 aged 20 years 237 days.[62] The age of candidacy for Parliament was lowered from 21 to 18 by the Electoral Administration Act 2006. William Pitt the Younger was elected at 21 and became Prime Minister two years later in 1783. There were younger MPs in earlier centuries: Christopher Monck was elected as MP for Devon in 1667 aged 13; when his father died three years later and Monck became Duke of Albemarle, he could not then take his seat in the House of Lords until aged 21.[63]

Owen Carron directly replaced Bobby Sands as both MP for Fermanagh South Tyrone and Baby of the House after Sands' death on hunger strike, but neither ever took his seat.[64] George Charles Grey is the only other Baby of the House to die while in post, in World War Two.[65]

List of babies of the House of Commons

In the following table, "(b)" denotes an MP elected at a by-election.

Elected Name Constituency Party Age when elected
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Youngest member of the House of Lords

The title 'Baby of the House' is not used in the House of Lords, though the youngest member is recorded on the House website.[74] since March 2024Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the youngest member of the House is Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (born 15 May 1996), who was created a life peer at the age of 27, becoming the youngest-ever life peer.

The youngest male member of the House is Lord Kempsell (born 8 May 1992), who was likewise created a life peer in July 2023 at the age of 31.

Standing Orders state that "No Lord under the age of one and twenty years shall be permitted to sit in the House". When most members of the Lords were hereditary peers, a peer who had inherited his or her peerage(s) while under age was entitled to take a seat on the day before his or her 21st birthday. In theory, such a hereditary peer could still be elected to sit in the House at that age; in practice, the youngest hereditary peer to have been elected was Lord Freyberg (born 15 December 1970), who was elected in October 1999 at the age of 28.

List of youngest members of the Scottish Parliament

This is a list of youngest members of the Scottish Parliament created in 1999.

Elected Name Constituency/region Party Age when elected
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List of youngest members of the Senedd

This is a list of youngest members of the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), created in 1999. From its creation in 1999 until May 2020, the Senedd was known as the National Assembly for Wales (Welsh: Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru).

Elected Name Constituency/region Party DOB Age when elected
1999 Jonathan Morgan South Wales Central
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2003 Laura Ann Jones South Wales East
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2007 Bethan Jenkins South Wales West
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2016 Steffan Lewis South Wales East
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2018 (b) Jack Sargeant Alyn and Deeside
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2021 Luke Fletcher South Wales West
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United States

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Members of the US Congress tend to be older than parliamentarians elsewhere in the English-speaking world, a main factor being that the minimum ages for members of Congress is written into Article One of the United States Constitution, which forbids those under the age of 25 from serving in the House, and those under the age of 30 from serving in the Senate. Moreover, election to the federal Congress is expensive and requires extensive contacts and recognition across a very wide area. Individuals aiming to serve in the federal legislature generally seek election to the state legislature (state legislatures generally have lower minimum ages for entry) or other state office before seeking to serve in Washington.

In the 118th Congress, which began on 3 January 2023, the youngest member of the United States House of Representatives is Maxwell Frost, who was born on Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and was first elected in 2022.

Currently the youngest US senator is Jon Ossoff, born on Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., and first elected to a full term in the Senate in the 2020–21 United States Senate election in Georgia.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a commonwealth country where the term "baby of the house" isn't used, but young MPs are represented in the Parliament of Zimbabwe.[79]

MP Party Constituency Age Election Parliament Source
Joanah Mamombe Movement for Democratic Change Alliance Harare West 25 2018 9th Parliament of Zimbabwe [80]
Takudzwa Ngadziore Citizens Coalition for Change Youth quota 24 2023 10th Parliament of Zimbabwe [81]

See also

Notes

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  50. ↑ a b Aida Birinxhiku is the youngest MP 2022-09-25 (in Swedish)
  51. ↑ 21-åring blir yngst i riksdagen 2023-01-17 (in Swedish)
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  53. ↑ Anton, 18, to be youngest ever Swedish MP – The Local Template:Webarchive
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  61. ↑ Prior to 1832 minors could be elected; precise information on those MPs is often unclear.
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  66. ↑ Joseph Sweeney did not take his seat; the youngest MP actually sitting in the House of Commons was Oswald Mosley (Conservative, aged 22)
  67. ↑ a b Became the youngest MP for a second time, on the death of the previous youngest MP
  68. ↑ Tony Benn was first elected at the 1950 Bristol South East by-election, aged 25, the day after Thomas Teevan, who was aged 23, but Benn took the oath the day before Teevan, and so was Baby of the House for a single day
  69. ↑ Tony Benn became the youngest MP again after the 1951 general election, on the defeat of Teevan
  70. ↑ a b Elected on an abstentionist ticket, Philip Clarke did not take his seat. Peter Kirk was first elected at the 1955 general election, when he became the youngest MP to take his seat, but only became the youngest MP with the disqualification of Clarke later in the year
  71. ↑ Basil de Ferranti was the youngest MP for 15 days between his taking his seat after the 1958 Morecambe and Lonsdale by-election and Patrick Wolrige-Gordon taking his seat after the 1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election
  72. ↑ a b Elected on an abstentionist ticket, Bobby Sands and Owen Carron did not take their seats; Stephen Dorrell remained the youngest MP actually sitting in the House of Commons
  73. ↑ Although several sources claim Claire Ward was the youngest MP during this period, she was 50 days older than Chris Leslie
  74. ↑ Parliament.UK – House of Lords FAQS – Membership and principal office holders at parliament.uk
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