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.of the House: House of Commons Background Paper – Commons Library Standard Note from UK Parliament, accessed on 1 January 2015. 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 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, and Holt at age 27. 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.
, the current Baby of the House is the Member for Hughes David Moncrieff (age 29–30). Senator Charlotte Walker (politician) is the youngest member of the Senate (age ).
Azerbaijan In the 2020 Azerbaijani parliamentary election, Sabina Khasayeva was the youngest MP elected, at the age of 27.
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. 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 Amandeep Sodhi, a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, representing the riding of Brampton Centre, Ontario; born in 2001, 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 ElectedNameRidingPartyAge when electedYorkton—MelvilleHamilton—WentworthLafontaineNepean—CarletonSherbrookeKenoraBrampton Centre24 years2025Tatiana AugusteTerrebonne24 years
Finland EnteredNameBornParty Age when electedNote19701946Centre Party 24 years19721950Social Democratic Party of Finland 21 years19791956Social Democratic Party of Finland 23 yearsdied in 201119831959National Coalition Party 23 years19911967National Coalition Party 19941967National Coalition Party 19951972Social Democratic Party of Finland 19991975Centre Party 20031976Social Democratic Party of Finland 20041977Green League 20071982Centre Party 20111986Finns Party 20151991Social Democratic Party of Finland 20191994Green League 20231999Centre Party
France List of youngest members of the French Parliament This is a list of youngest members of the National Assembly under the Fifth Republic, at the time of their election.
ElectedNameConstituencyPartyAge when electedSeine's 23rdFrench SomalilandLoire's 5thVar's 3rd1971Hautes-Alpes's 1stVar's 3rd1977Pas-de-Calais's 6thSavoie's 2ndSarthe's 4thIsèreEssonne's 9thAube's 3rd1995Seine-et-Marne's 5th1995Ardennes's 3rdWallis and Futuna1997Vaucluse's 1stOise's 7th2004Haute-Loire's 1stArdèche's 2ndVaucluse's 3rdPas-de-Calais's 10thFrench Polynesia's 1stArdennes's 1st2024Isère's 8th
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.
Emily Vontz became the youngest MP in 2023, at the age of 22.
In 2022, Pascal Leddin became the youngest member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony. In 2022, Jasper Balke became the youngest member of the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein.
Grenada Kerryne James was elected in the 2022 Grenadian general election at the age of 24, becoming the country's youngest ever legislator.
Hong Kong
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.
DurationNameDate of birthConstituencyPartyElected Start age1 October 1991 – 1 July 1998 James ToKowloon Southwest GC 19911 July 1998 – 1 October 2008 Bernard ChanInsurance FC 19981 October 2008 – 1 October 2012 Chan Hak-kanNew Territories East GC 20081 October 2012 – 29 February 2016 Steven Ho2012 29 February 2016 – 1 October 2016 Alvin YeungNew Territories East GC 2016 (b)1 October 2016 – 14 July 2017 Nathan LawHong Kong Island GC 201614 July 2017 – 21 March 2018Ho Kai-mingLabour FC 201621 March 2018 – 17 December 2019Au Nok-hinHong Kong Island GC 2018 (b)17 December 2019 – 31 May 2020Ho Kai-mingLabour FC 201631 May 2020 – 26 August 2021Cheng Chung-taiNew Territories West GC 201626 August 2021 – 31 December 2021Steven Ho20121 January 2022 – 31 December 2025Joephy Chan20211 January 2026 – PresentVivian KongTourism FCIndependent202631 years, 10 months
[(b) – by-election]
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.
MemberPartyDateKároly WirthNYKP1939–1944András KisMKP1944–1945András HegedüsMKP1945István B. RáczFKGP1945–1947János GosztonyiNPP1947–1949Etel KurlikMDP1949–1953Mária InklovicsMDPMSZMP1953–1957Margit KapturMSZMP1957–1958Jusztina CsarnaiMSZMP1958–1963István OlláriMSZMP1963–1967István BarthaMSZMP1967–1971Ilona BurkaMSZMP1971–1975Valéria CzégaiMSZMP1975–1980Ibolya KovácsMSZMP1980–1985Márta DankaMSZMP1985–1989Edit Bödő-RózsaInd.1989–1990SZDSZBéla GlattfelderFidesz1990–1993Róbert RépássyFidesz1993–1994László BotkaMSZP1994–1998János ZuschlagMSZP1998–2002Péter SzijjártóFidesz2002–2006László NagyMSZP2006–2010Dóra DúróJobbik2010–2018Péter UngárLMP2018–2022Miklós HajnalMomentum2022–2026Ákos BerkiTISZA2026–present
India ElectedNameConstituencyPartyAge when electedBarh25 years, 3 monthsPhulbani26 years, 8 monthsVadodara26 years, 2 monthsGanganagar25 years, 4 monthsGorakhpur25 years, 8 monthsKannauj26 years, 7 monthsMainpuri25 years, 8 monthsLakshadweep27 years, 0 monthsHisar26 years, 1 monthKeonjhar25 years, 11 monthsKaushambi25 years, 3 months
[(b) – by-election]
Iran Source:
ElectedMemberAffiliationAge when elected2012Mohammad HassannejadIndependent312016Fatemeh HosseiniList of Hope302020Rouhollah NejabatIndependent31
Ireland In Ireland the term used is Baby of the Dáil (). 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.
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 Age1918 Joseph Sweeney did not take his seat in the House of Commons but sat in the First Dáil West Donegal211927 Cork North261937 Dublin North-West241943Laois–Offaly231948Donegal East261949Cork West211951Dublin North-West241956Kerry North211957Galway South241958Galway South231961Wexford211965Dublin County241969Meath221975Galway West241975Mayo West241977Dublin County Mid231979Cork North-East221981Wexford211984Laois–Offaly241987Donegal South-West211995Wicklow241997Longford–Roscommon242002Meath242007Dublin South-East272011Wicklow242016Dublin West252020 Cork East222024 Cork North-Central24
Baby of Seanad Éireann Elected Name Panel Party Age2011 Industrial and Commercial Panel222016 Cultural and Educational Panel242020 Cultural and Educational Panel282025 Administrative Panel31
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
The youngest member of the Chamber of Deputies ever is Enzo Lattuca (PD), elected in 2013, aged 25 years, 1 month, and 6 days.
ElectedNamePartyDate of birthAge 1948Francesco PignatoneDC30 March 19231953Fabio De FeliceMSI13 July 19271958Riccardo MisasiDC14 July 19321963Luigi BerlinguerPCI25 July 19321967Giuseppe Antonio BottaroPCI21 October 19331968Carlo SangalliDC31 August 19371972Giuseppa MendolaPCI4 December 19451976Paolo AllegraPCI2 December 19501979Anna Maria Castelli MigaliPCI5 October 19511979Michl EbnerSVP20 September 19521983Giovanni NegriPR16 May 19571987Cristina BevilacquaPCI9 March 19621992Elisabetta BertottiLN8 December 19661994Sebastiano FogliatoLN28 September 19671996Franca GambatoLN31 August 19692001Chiara MoroniNPSI23 October 19742006Arturo ScottoDS15 May 19782008Annagrazia CalabriaPdL6 May 19822013Enzo LattucaPD9 February 19882018Angela RaffaM5S26 January 19932022Rachele ScarpaPD29 January 1997
Kenya +MPAgePartyConstituencyElectionParliamentJohn Paul Mwirigi23UDAIgembe South201712th Parliament
Luxembourg
In Luxembourg's unicameral parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, no specific title exists to designate the youngest deputy. However, the two youngest elected deputies serve a symbolic role in the first public session following a general election; before a President of the Chamber is formally elected, the longest serving deputy (or until 2004, the oldest deputy) fulfills the role of president and is assisted by the two youngest deputies, who serve as secretaries.
+List of successive youngest members of the Chamber of DeputiesElectedNamePartyDate of birthAge1863Ernest Simons17 January 18351866Paul Eyschen9 September 18411869Antoine Pescatore31 May 18421875Théodore-Arthur Bouvier22 April 18491881Théodore Risch5 December 18541884Robert Tudor2 May 18571887Léon Auguste Collart28 May 18581890Nicolas-Victor Hess22 December 18641896Eugène Steichen11 March 18661899Robert BrasseurLL19 November 18701902Léon MetzlerPSD8 March 18771905Gustave de Ziegler8 September 18791908Léon MetzlerPSD8 March 18771914Joseph BechPD17 February 18871917IPP28 September 18911918SP23 March 18921918PD4 April 18921925Nicolas BieverAP22 May 18941931LSAP20 January 18961933PD29 January 19001934Victor BodsonPD24 March 19021935LSAP5 January 19041937Tony BieverPD8 April 19081945CSV18 April 19181948CSV25 June 19221959Jean SpautzCSV9 September 19301968Colette FleschDP16 April 19371974LSAP2 February 19431975KPL17 October 19441979Charles GoerensDP6 February 19521979Lydie PolferDP22 November 19521984Michel WolterCSV13 September 19621994Luc FriedenCSV16 September 19631994DP26 March 19641999Renée WagenerDG21 November 19621999Xavier BettelDP3 March 19732004Claudia Dall'AgnolLSAP6 April 19732009CSV22 September 19782009Claudia Dall'AgnolLSAP6 April 19732009LSAP7 May 19802011Tessy ScholtesCSV1 June 19812011Serge WilmesCSV6 May 19822013Lex DellesDP28 November 19842013LSAP10 June 19852018Sven ClementPPL19 January 19892018Djuna BernardDG15 June 19922022Jessie ThillDG10 February 19962023Liz BrazLSAP29 September 1996
Malawi The youngest MP in Malawi was Angela Zachepa, who was voted in as MP at age 21.
Malaysia