Politics, Public Service and The Law
- Tony Abbott MP – the Australian Leader of the Opposition, a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing Warringah for the Liberal Party, and a former minister in the Howard government; (also attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)
- Robert Arthur Broinowski – Public servant and poet; Clerk of the Australian Senate (1939–1942)
- Sir Maurice Byers Kt CBE QC – Solicitor-General of Australia during the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975 (1973–1983)
- Joseph Farrar Coates MLC – a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council and a minister in the Lang and Stevens governments (1921–1943)
- Francis Joseph Finnan CBE MP – a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Hawkesbury and Darlinghurst for Labor; and later a public servant
- Nick Greiner AC – Chairman of Infrastructure NSW; the 37th Premier of New South Wales (1988–1992); and a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Ku-ring-gai for the Liberal Party (1980–1992)(Also attended St. Ignatius' College, Riverview).
- Joe Hockey MP – a Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing North Sydney for the Liberal Party since 1996; a former minister in the Howard Government, Hockey is presently Shadow Treasurer
- Francis Keane – a public servant and magistrate
- Michael L'Estrange AO – a former Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; a former Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; a former Secretary to Cabinet; and Rhodes Scholar
- Malcolm Mackerras AO – a psephologist and creator of the 'Mackerras Electoral Pendulum'; and brother of Charles (also attended Sydney Grammar School)
- Dick Meagher MP – a former Speaker, and a former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Sydney-Phillip, then Tweed and then Phillip, variously for Labor and as an independent representative between 1895 and 1917; and a former Lord Mayor of Sydney (1895–1920) (also attended St Stanislaus' College)
- Jonathan O'Dea MP – a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Davidson for the Liberal Party from 2007 to the present (Also attended St. Ignatius' College, Riverview).
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