List of Prime Ministers of Australia

Below is a list of Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth of Australia.[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 as Prime Ministers.

List

Colour key
(for political parties)
No. Name
(Birth–Death)		 Portrait Party Term of office Electorate Served Elections Won Ministry Ref
1 Sir Edmund Barton
(1849–1920)		 Protectionist 1 January
1901		 24 September
1903		 Hunter, NSW,
1901–1903 (resigned)		 1901 Barton [2]
2 Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)		 Protectionist 24 September
1903		 27 April
1904		 Ballaarat, Vic,[Note 1]
1901–1913 (retired)		 1903 1st Deakin [3]
3 Chris Watson
(1867–1941)		 Labour 27 April
1904		 18 August
1904		 Bland, NSW,
1901–1906
South Sydney, NSW,
1906–1910 (retired)		 — Watson [4]
4 George Reid
(1845–1918)		 Free Trade 18 August
1904		 5 July
1905		 East Sydney, NSW,
1901–1909 (resigned)		 — Reid [5]
(2) Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)		 Protectionist 5 July
1905		 13 November
1908		 Ballaarat, Vic,[Note 1]
1901–1913 (retired)		 — 2nd Deakin
1906 3rd Deakin
5 Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)		 Labour 13 November
1908		 2 June
1909		 Wide Bay, Qld,
1901–1915 (resigned)		 — 1st Fisher [6]
(2) Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)		 Commonwealth Liberal 2 June
1909		 29 April
1910		 Ballaarat, Vic,[Note 1]
1901–1913 (retired)		 — 4th Deakin
(5) Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)		 Labor 29 April
1910		 24 June
1913		 Wide Bay, Qld,
1901–1915 (resigned)		 1910 2nd Fisher
6 Joseph Cook
(1860–1947)		 Commonwealth Liberal 24 June
1913		 17 September
1914		 Parramatta, NSW,
1901–1921 (resigned)		 1913 Cook [7]
(5) Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)		 Labor 17 September
1914		 27 October
1915		 Wide Bay, Qld,
1901–1915 (resigned)		 1914 3rd Fisher
Billy Hughes
(1862–1952)		 Labor 27 October
1915 		14 November
1916 		West Sydney, NSW,
1901–1917
Bendigo, Vic,
1917–1922
North Sydney, NSW,
1922–1949
Bradfield, NSW,
1949–1952 (died)		 — 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)		 Nationalist
(Coalition)		 9 February
1923		 22 October
1929		 Flinders, Vic,
1918–1929 (defeated) ;
1931–1933 (resigned)		 1922 1st Bruce [9]
1925 2nd Bruce
1928 3rd Bruce
9 James Scullin
(1876–1953)		 Labor 22 October
1929		 6 January
1932		 Corangamite, Vic,
1910–1913 (defeated)
Yarra, Vic,
1922–1949 (retired)		 1929 Scullin [10]
10 Joseph Lyons
(1879–1939)		 United Australia
(Coalition)		 6 January
1932		 7 April
1939†		 Wilmot, Tas,
1929–1939 (died)		 1931 1st Lyons [11]
1934 2nd Lyons
— 3rd Lyons
1937 4th Lyons
11 Sir Earle Page
(1880–1961)		 Country
(Coalition)		 7 April
1939		 26 April
1939		 Cowper, NSW
1919–1961 (defeated)		 — Page [12]
12 Robert Menzies
(1894–1978)		 United Australia
(Coalition)		 26 April
1939		 28 August
1941		 Kooyong, Vic,
1934–1966 (resigned)		 — 1st Menzies [13]
2nd Menzies
1940 3rd Menzies
13 Arthur Fadden
(1894–1973)		 Country
(Coalition)		 28 August
1941		 7 October
1941		 Darling Downs, Qld
1936–1949
McPherson, Qld
1949–1958 (retired)		 — Fadden [14]
14 John Curtin
(1885–1945)		 Labor 7 October
1941		 5 July
1945†		 Fremantle, WA,
1928–1931 (defeated) ;
1934–1945 (died)		 — 1st Curtin
1943 2nd Curtin
15 Frank Forde
(1890–1983)		 Labor 6 July
1945		 13 July
1945		 Capricornia, Qld,
1922–1946 (defeated)		 — Forde
16 Ben Chifley
(1885–1951)		 Labor 13 July
1945		 19 December
1949		 Macquarie, NSW,
1928–1931 (defeated) ;
1940–1951 (died)		 — 1st Chifley
1946 2nd Chifley
(12) Sir Robert Menzies
(1894–1978)		 Liberal
(Coalition)		 19 December
1949		 26 January
1966		 Kooyong, Vic,
1934–1966 (resigned)		 1949 4th Menzies
1951 5th Menzies
1954 6th Menzies
1955 7th Menzies
1958 8th Menzies
1961 9th Menzies
1963 10th Menzies
17 Harold Holt
(1908–1967)		 Liberal
(Coalition)		 26 January
1966		 19 December
1967†		 Fawkner, Vic,
1935–1949
Higgins, Vic,
1949–1967 (disappeared)		 — 1st Holt
1966 2nd Holt
18 John McEwen
(1900–1980)		 Country
(Coalition)		 19 December
1967		 10 January
1968		 Echuca, Vic,
1934–1937
Indi, Vic,
1937–1949
Murray, Vic,
1949–1971 (resigned)		 — McEwen
19 John Gorton
(1911–2002)		 Liberal
(Coalition)		 10 January
1968		 10 March
1971		 Senator 1950–1968 (resigned)[Note 2]

MP for Higgins, Vic,
1968–1975 (retired)[Note 3]

 — 1st Gorton
1969 2nd Gorton
20 William McMahon
(1908–1988)		 Liberal
(Coalition)		 10 March
1971		 5 December
1972		 Lowe, NSW,
1949–1982 (resigned)		 — McMahon
21 Gough Whitlam
(1916–2014)		 Labor 5 December
1972		 11 November
1975		 Werriwa, NSW,
1952–1978 (resigned)		 1972 1st Whitlam
— 2nd Whitlam
1974 3rd Whitlam
22 Malcolm Fraser
(1930–2015)		 Liberal
(Coalition)		 11 November
1975		 11 March
1983		 Wannon, Vic,
1955–1983 (resigned)		 — 1st Fraser
1975 2nd Fraser
1977 3rd Fraser
1980 4th Fraser
23 Bob Hawke
(1929–)		 Labor 11 March
1983		 20 December
1991		 Wills, Vic,
1980–1992 (resigned)		 1983 1st Hawke
1984 2nd Hawke
1987 3rd Hawke
1990 4th Hawke
24 Paul Keating
(1944–)		 Labor 20 December
1991		 11 March
1996		 Blaxland, NSW,
1969–1996 (resigned)		 — 1st Keating
1993 2nd Keating
25 John Howard
(1939–)		 Liberal
(Coalition)		 11 March
1996		 3 December
2007		 Bennelong, NSW,
1974–2007 (defeated)		 1996 1st Howard
1998 2nd Howard
2001 3rd Howard
2004 4th Howard
26 Kevin Rudd
(1957–)		 Labor 3 December
2007		 24 June
2010		 Griffith, Qld,
1998–2013 (resigned)		 2007 1st Rudd
27 Julia Gillard
(1961– )		 Labor 24 June
2010		 27 June
2013		 Lalor, Vic,
1998–2013 (retired)		 — 1st Gillard
2010 2nd Gillard
(26) Kevin Rudd
(1957–)		 Labor 27 June
2013		 18 September
2013		 Griffith, Qld,
1998–2013 (resigned)		 — 2nd Rudd
28 Tony Abbott
(1957–)		 Liberal
(Coalition)		 18 September
2013		 15 September
2015		 Warringah, NSW,
since 1994		 2013 Abbott
29 Malcolm Turnbull
(1954–)		 Liberal
(Coalition)		 15 September
2015		 Incumbent Wentworth, NSW,
since 2004		 — 1st Turnbull
2016 2nd Turnbull

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 The Electoral Division of Ballaarat was spelled with a double a until 1977.
  2. ↑ Gorton was elected to the Senate at the 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.
  3. ↑ Gorton retired from the House of Representatives at the double dissolution of 11 November 1975, and stood for an Australian Capital Territory Senate seat as an independent at the general election of 13 December 1975, but was unsuccessful.

References

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  2. ↑ Rutledge, Martha. "Barton, Sir Edmund (1849–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  3. ↑ Norris, R. (1981). "Deakin, Alfred (1856–1919)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
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  9. ↑ Radi, Heather (1979). "Bruce, Stanley Melbourne [Viscount Bruce] (1883–1967)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  10. ↑ Robertson, J. R. (1988). "Scullin, James Henry (1876–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  11. ↑ Hart, P. R. (1986). "Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (1879–1939)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  12. ↑ Bridge, Carl. "Page, Sir Earle Christmas Grafton (1880–1961)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
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  14. ↑ Cribb, Margaret Bridson. "Fadden, Sir Arthur William (1894–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-11-22.

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