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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
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
Prime Ministers of Australia (1901–today)
See also
Notes
^
a
b
c The Electoral Division of Ballaarat was spelled with a double a until 1977.
^ 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.
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