Live from the Farrer by-election

How long until David Farley quits One Nation?

Well. It happened. Farrer did the unthinkable and elected a One Nation MP. Now the question is: how long will he actually be a One Nation MP? The clock is ticking. The leaderboard is ready. Let's find out.

Time as a One Nation MP

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Things shorter than David Farley (so far)

The leaderboard

#ThingLifespan
1Fraser Anning
Quit One Nation before being sworn in as Senator (QLD).
0 days
2David Farley ★
Member for Farrer (NSW), One Nation. Still in. (For now.)
1 hr
3Vanguard TV3
First US satellite — fell off the launchpad and exploded.
~2 seconds
4Pedro Lascuráin
President of Mexico, 1913.
~45 minutes
5NASA Lunar Trailblazer
Pointed its solar panels 180° from the Sun. Died.
~17 hours
6Britney Spears + Jason Alexander
Las Vegas marriage, January 2004.
55 hours
7Sam Altman's OpenAI firing
Fired and rehired as CEO over a single weekend.
5 days
8Frank Forde
Australian Prime Minister, 1945.
8 days
9Cher + Gregg Allman
Marriage, until the first divorce filing.
9 days
10Luna-25
Russia's first Moon shot since 1976. Crashed.
9 days
11Peregrine lunar lander
Astrobotic's first commercial Moon shot. Never made it.
10 days
12Anthony Scaramucci
White House Communications Director, July 2017.
11 days
13Pope Urban VII
Shortest papacy in recorded history.
12 days
14Earle Page
Australian Prime Minister, 1939.
19 days
15John McEwen
Australian PM after Harold Holt drowned, until the Liberals picked Gorton.
22 days
16William Henry Harrison
US President — died of pneumonia after his inauguration speech.
31 days
17Vegemite iSnack 2.0
Kraft renamed the public-naming-competition disaster within a month.
32 days
18Kwasi Kwarteng
UK Chancellor — sacked over the mini-budget, October 2022.
38 days
19Liz Truss
UK Prime Minister. Outlasted by an iceberg lettuce.
49 days
20Kim Kardashian + Kris Humphries
Marriage, 2011.
72 days
21New Coke
The reformulation America divorced.
79 days
22Kevin Rudd's second go as PM
Knifed Gillard, lost the election six weeks later.
83 days
23Rod Culleton
One Nation Senator (WA). Resigned, citing 'un-Australian behaviour'.
110 days
24Quibi
$1.75B short-form streaming service.
198 days
25Steven Miles
QLD Premier — took over from Palaszczuk, lost the 2024 state election.
318 days
26Victoria's 2026 Comm Games hosting
Announced April 2022, 'we can't afford it' cancellation July 2023.
463 days
27Tony Abbott's Knights & Dames
Reinstated 2014, killed by Turnbull after the Prince Philip knighthood.
587 days
28Tania Mihailuk
One Nation MLC (NSW). Resigned over party-funding concerns.
590 days
29Brian Burston
One Nation Senator (NSW). Defected to UAP after the tax-cuts split.
654 days
30Steve Dickson
One Nation State MP (QLD). Resigned after the Al Jazeera/strip-club sting.
838 days
31Google Stadia
Cloud-gaming platform.
1,045 days
32Vine
6-second-loop video network.
1,372 days
33Mark Latham
One Nation MLC (NSW). Quit after Hanson dumped him as state leader.
1,567 days
34Rod Roberts
One Nation MLC (NSW). Quit alongside Latham, calling the party a 'money grab'.
1,567 days

Mix of historical One Nation defectors and other famously short-lived things. Farley's row ticks live. Click a name for the source.