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Thirty people have served as Prime Minister of Australia since the office was created in 1901.[1]
The parties shown are those to which the prime ministers belonged at the time they held office, and the electoral divisions shown are those they represented while in office. Several prime ministers belonged to parties other than those given and represented other electorates before and after their time in office.
List
- Political parties
Australian Labor Party
Liberal Party of Australia
Australian Country Party
Nationalist Party of Australia
United Australia Party
Commonwealth Liberal Party
National Labor Party
Free Trade Party
Protectionist Party
No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Party | Term of office | Electoral mandate (Ministry) |
Ref | ||
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1 | Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920) MP for Hunter, NSW |
Protectionist | 1 January 1901 |
24 September 1903 |
Appointment Barton )
|
[2] | ||
Minister for External Affairs | ||||||||
2 | Vic[Note 1]
|
Protectionist | 24 September 1903 |
27 April 1904 |
1903
|
1st Deakin
|
[3] | |
3 | Chris Watson (1867–1941) MP for Bland, NSW |
Labour | 27 April 1904 |
18 August 1904 |
— | Watson
|
[4] | |
4 | George Reid (1845–1918) MP for East Sydney, NSW |
Free Trade | 18 August 1904 |
5 July 1905 |
— | Reid
|
[5] | |
(2) | Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) Ballaarat, Vic[Note 1] |
Protectionist | 5 July 1905 |
13 November 1908 |
— | 2nd Deakin
|
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1906
|
3rd Deakin
| |||||||
5 | Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) Wide Bay, Qld |
Labour | 13 November 1908 |
2 June 1909 |
— | 1st Fisher
|
[6] | |
(2) | Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) Ballaarat, Vic[Note 1] |
Commonwealth Liberal
|
2 June 1909 |
29 April 1910 |
— | 4th Deakin
|
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(5) | Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) Wide Bay, Qld |
Labor | 29 April 1910 |
24 June 1913 |
1910
|
2nd Fisher
|
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6 | Joseph Cook (1860–1947) Parramatta, NSW |
Commonwealth Liberal
|
24 June 1913 |
17 September 1914 |
1913
|
Cook
|
[7] | |
(5) | Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) Wide Bay, Qld |
Labor | 17 September 1914 |
27 October 1915 |
1914
|
3rd Fisher
|
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Billy Hughes (1862–1952) West Sydney, NSW (until 1917) Bendigo, Vic (1917–1922) North Sydney, NSW (from 1922) |
Labor | 27 October 1915 |
14 November 1916 |
— | 1st Hughes
|
[8] | ||
7 | National Labor | 14 November 1916 |
17 February 1917 |
— | 2nd Hughes
| |||
Nationalist |
17 February 1917 |
9 February 1923 |
— | 3rd Hughes
| ||||
1917 |
4th Hughes
| |||||||
1919 |
5th Hughes
| |||||||
8 | Stanley Bruce (1883–1967) Flinders, Vic |
Nationalist )
(Coalition |
9 February 1923 |
22 October 1929 |
1922
|
1st Bruce
|
[9] | |
1925
|
2nd Bruce
| |||||||
1928
|
3rd Bruce
| |||||||
9 | James Scullin (1876–1953) Yarra, Vic |
Labor | 22 October 1929 |
6 January 1932 |
1929
|
Scullin
|
[10] | |
10 | Joseph Lyons (1879–1939) Wilmot, Tas |
United Australia (Coalition post-1934) |
6 January 1932 |
7 April 1939† |
1931
|
1st Lyons
|
[11] | |
1934
|
2nd Lyons
| |||||||
— | 3rd Lyons
| |||||||
1937
|
4th Lyons
| |||||||
11 | Sir Earle Page (1880–1961) Cowper, NSW |
Country )
(Coalition |
7 April 1939 |
26 April 1939 |
— | Page
|
[12] | |
12 | Robert Menzies (1894–1978) Kooyong, Vic |
United Australia (Coalition post-1940) |
26 April 1939 |
28 August 1941 |
— | 1st Menzies
|
[13] | |
2nd Menzies
| ||||||||
1940
|
3rd Menzies
| |||||||
13 | Arthur Fadden (1894–1973) Darling Downs, Qld |
Country )
(Coalition |
28 August 1941 |
7 October 1941 |
— | Fadden
|
[14] | |
14 | John Curtin (1885–1945) Fremantle, WA |
Labor | 7 October 1941 |
5 July 1945† |
— | 1st Curtin
|
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1943
|
2nd Curtin
| |||||||
15 | Frank Forde (1890–1983) Capricornia, Qld |
Labor | 6 July 1945 |
13 July 1945 |
— | Forde
|
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16 | Ben Chifley (1885–1951) Macquarie, NSW |
Labor | 13 July 1945 |
19 December 1949 |
— | 1st Chifley
|
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1946
|
2nd Chifley
| |||||||
(12) | Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978) Kooyong, Vic |
Liberal (Coalition) |
19 December 1949 |
26 January 1966 |
1949
|
4th Menzies
|
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1951
|
5th Menzies
| |||||||
1954
|
6th Menzies
| |||||||
1955
|
7th Menzies
| |||||||
1958
|
8th Menzies
| |||||||
1961
|
9th Menzies
| |||||||
1963
|
10th Menzies
| |||||||
17 | Harold Holt (1908–1967) Higgins, Vic |
Liberal (Coalition) |
26 January 1966 |
19 December 1967† |
— | 1st Holt
|
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1966
|
2nd Holt
| |||||||
18 | John McEwen (1900–1980) Murray, Vic |
Country )
(Coalition |
19 December 1967 |
10 January 1968 |
— | McEwen
|
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19 | John Gorton (1911–2002) Senator (until February 1968)[Note 2] MP for Higgins, Vic (from February 1968) |
Liberal (Coalition) |
10 January 1968 |
10 March 1971 |
— | 1st Gorton
|
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1969
|
2nd Gorton
| |||||||
20 | William McMahon (1908–1988) Lowe, NSW |
Liberal (Coalition) |
10 March 1971 |
5 December 1972 |
— | McMahon
|
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21 | Gough Whitlam (1916–2014) Werriwa, NSW |
Labor | 5 December 1972 |
11 November 1975 |
1972
|
1st Whitlam
|
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— | 2nd Whitlam
| |||||||
1974
|
3rd Whitlam
| |||||||
22 | Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015) Wannon, Vic |
Liberal (Coalition) |
11 November 1975 |
11 March 1983 |
— | 1st Fraser
|
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1975
|
2nd Fraser
| |||||||
1977
|
3rd Fraser
| |||||||
1980
|
4th Fraser
| |||||||
23 | Bob Hawke (1929–2019) Wills, Vic |
Labor | 11 March 1983 |
20 December 1991 |
1983
|
1st Hawke
|
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1984
|
2nd Hawke
| |||||||
1987
|
3rd Hawke
| |||||||
1990
|
4th Hawke
| |||||||
24 | Paul Keating (1944–) Blaxland, NSW |
Labor | 20 December 1991 |
11 March 1996 |
— | 1st Keating
|
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1993
|
2nd Keating
| |||||||
25 | John Howard (1939–) Bennelong, NSW |
Liberal (Coalition) |
11 March 1996 |
3 December 2007 |
1996
|
1st Howard
|
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1998
|
2nd Howard
| |||||||
2001
|
3rd Howard
| |||||||
2004
|
4th Howard
| |||||||
26 | Kevin Rudd (1957–) Griffith, Qld |
Labor | 3 December 2007 |
24 June 2010 |
2007
|
1st Rudd
|
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27 | Julia Gillard (1961–) Lalor, Vic |
Labor | 24 June 2010 |
27 June 2013 |
— | 1st Gillard
|
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2010
|
2nd Gillard
| |||||||
(26) | Kevin Rudd (1957–) Griffith, Qld |
Labor | 27 June 2013 |
18 September 2013 |
— | 2nd Rudd
|
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28 | Tony Abbott (1957–) Warringah, NSW |
Liberal (Coalition) |
18 September 2013 |
15 September 2015 |
2013
|
Abbott
|
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29 | Malcolm Turnbull (1954–) Wentworth, NSW |
Liberal (Coalition) |
15 September 2015 |
24 August 2018 |
— | 1st Turnbull
|
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2016
|
2nd Turnbull
| |||||||
30 | Scott Morrison (1968–) Cook, NSW |
Liberal (Coalition) |
24 August 2018 |
Incumbent | — | 1st Morrison
|
||
2019
|
2nd Morrison
|
Timeline
See also
- Politics of Australia
- History of Australia
- List of Prime Ministers of Australia by time in office
- List of Prime Ministers of Australia (graphical)
- Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia
Notes
- ^ a b c The Electoral Division of Ballaarat was spelled with a double a until 1977.
- general election of 10 December 1949, but his term did not commence until 22 February 1950. He was appointed Prime Minister on 10 January 1968; resigned from the Senate on 1 February; and was elected to the House of Representatives at a by-election on 24 February.
References
- ^ "Prime Minister". Parliamentary Education Office. Retrieved 2016-04-15.
- ^ Rutledge, Martha. "Barton, Sir Edmund (1849–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ McMinn, W. G. "Reid, Sir George Houstoun (1845–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ Murphy, D. J. "Fisher, Andrew (1862–1928)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ Crowley, F. K. "Cook, Sir Joseph (1860–1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ Fitzhardinge, L. F. "Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
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External links
- Official website of the Prime Minister of Australia
- Museum of Australian Democracy Prime Minister Information
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