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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

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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
1 Sir Edmund Barton
(1849–1920)
MP for Hunter, NSW 		Protectionist 1 January
1901 		24 September
1903 		Appointment
1901 election
(Barton) 		[2]
Minister for External Affairs
2 Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)
MP for Ballaarat, 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
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
(5) Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)
Wide Bay, Qld 		Labor 29 April
1910 		24 June
1913 		1910 2nd Fisher
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
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
1943 2nd Curtin
15 Frank Forde
(1890–1983)
Capricornia, Qld 		Labor 6 July
1945 		13 July
1945 		— Forde
16 Ben Chifley
(1885–1951)
Macquarie, NSW 		Labor 13 July
1945 		19 December
1949 		— 1st Chifley
1946 2nd Chifley
(12) Sir Robert Menzies
(1894–1978)
Kooyong, Vic 		Liberal
(Coalition) 		19 December
1949 		26 January
1966 		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)
Higgins, Vic 		Liberal
(Coalition) 		26 January
1966 		19 December
1967† 		— 1st Holt
1966 2nd Holt
18 John McEwen
(1900–1980)
Murray, Vic 		Country
(Coalition) 		19 December
1967 		10 January
1968 		— McEwen
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
1969 2nd Gorton
20 William McMahon
(1908–1988)
Lowe, NSW 		Liberal
(Coalition) 		10 March
1971 		5 December
1972 		— McMahon
21 Gough Whitlam
(1916–2014)
Werriwa, NSW 		Labor 5 December
1972 		11 November
1975 		1972 1st Whitlam
— 2nd Whitlam
1974 3rd Whitlam
22 Malcolm Fraser
(1930–2015)
Wannon, Vic 		Liberal
(Coalition) 		11 November
1975 		11 March
1983 		— 1st Fraser
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
1984 2nd Hawke
1987 3rd Hawke
1990 4th Hawke
24 Paul Keating
(1944–)
Blaxland, NSW 		Labor 20 December
1991 		11 March
1996 		— 1st Keating
1993 2nd Keating
25 John Howard
(1939–)
Bennelong, NSW 		Liberal
(Coalition) 		11 March
1996 		3 December
2007 		1996 1st Howard
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
27 Julia Gillard
(1961–)
Lalor, Vic 		Labor 24 June
2010 		27 June
2013 		— 1st Gillard
2010 2nd Gillard
(26) Kevin Rudd
(1957–)
Griffith, Qld 		Labor 27 June
2013 		18 September
2013 		— 2nd Rudd
28 Tony Abbott
(1957–)
Warringah, NSW 		Liberal
(Coalition) 		18 September
2013 		15 September
2015 		2013 Abbott
29 Malcolm Turnbull
(1954–)
Wentworth, NSW 		Liberal
(Coalition) 		15 September
2015 		24 August
2018 		— 1st Turnbull
2016 2nd Turnbull
30 Scott Morrison
(1968–)
Cook, NSW 		Liberal
(Coalition) 		24 August
2018 		Incumbent — 1st Morrison
2019 2nd Morrison

Timeline

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Australia Prime Ministers of Australia (1901–today)
Scott MorrisonMalcolm TurnbullTony AbbottJulia GillardKevin RuddJohn HowardPaul KeatingBob HawkeMalcolm FraserGough WhitlamWilliam McMahonJohn GortonJohn McEwenHarold HoltBen ChifleyFrank FordeJohn CurtinArthur FaddenRobert MenziesEarle PageJoseph LyonsJames ScullinStanley BruceBilly HughesJoseph CookAndrew FisherGeorge ReidChris WatsonAlfred DeakinEdmund Barton

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c 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.

References

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  8. ^ Fitzhardinge, L. F. "Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  9. ^ Radi, Heather (1979). "Bruce, Stanley Melbourne [Viscount Bruce] (1883–1967)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
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  13. ^ Martin, A. W. "Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894–1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
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