List of prime ministers of Australia

Twenty-nine 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

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)	Party	Term of office		Electorate Served	Elections Won	Ministry	Ref
style="background:Template:Protectionist Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|1	Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920)	Protectionist	1 January 1901	24 September 1903	Hunter, NSW, 1901–1903 (resigned)	1901	Barton	^[2]
style="background:Template:Protectionist Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|2	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)	Protectionist	24 September 1903	27 April 1904	Ballaarat, Vic,^{[Note 1]} 1901–1913 (retired)	1903	1st Deakin	^[3]
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|3	Chris Watson (1867–1941)	Labour	27 April 1904	18 August 1904	Bland, NSW, 1901–1906 South Sydney, NSW, 1906–1910 (retired)	—	Watson	^[4]
style="background:Template:Free Trade Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|4	George Reid (1845–1918)	Free Trade	18 August 1904	5 July 1905	East Sydney, NSW, 1901–1909 (resigned)	—	Reid	^[5]
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Protectionist Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|(2)	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)	Protectionist	5 July 1905	13 November 1908	Ballaarat, Vic,^{[Note 1]} 1901–1913 (retired)	—	2nd Deakin
1906	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)	Protectionist	5 July 1905	13 November 1908	Ballaarat, Vic,^{[Note 1]} 1901–1913 (retired)	3rd Deakin
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|5	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)	Labour	13 November 1908	2 June 1909	Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned)	—	1st Fisher	^[6]
style="background:Template:Commonwealth Liberal/meta/color; color:black;" \|(2)	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)	Commonwealth Liberal	2 June 1909	29 April 1910	Ballaarat, Vic,^{[Note 1]} 1901–1913 (retired)	—	4th Deakin
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|(5)	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)	Labor	29 April 1910	24 June 1913	Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned)	1910	2nd Fisher
style="background:Template:Commonwealth Liberal/meta/color; color:black;" \|6	Joseph Cook (1860–1947)	Commonwealth Liberal	24 June 1913	17 September 1914	Parramatta, NSW, 1901–1921 (resigned)	1913	Cook	^[7]
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|(5)	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)	Labor	17 September 1914	27 October 1915	Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned)	1914	3rd Fisher
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|	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]
style="background:Template:National Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \| 7		National Labor	14 November 1916	17 February 1917		—	2nd Hughes
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color; color:black;" \|		Nationalist	17 February 1917	9 February 1923		—	3rd Hughes
1917						4th Hughes
1919						5th Hughes
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color; color:black;" \|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
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|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]
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color; color:black;" \|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
style="background:Template:National Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|11	Sir Earle Page (1880–1961)	Country (Coalition)	7 April 1939	26 April 1939	Cowper, NSW 1919–1961 (defeated)	—	Page	^[12]
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color; color:black;" \|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
style="background:Template:National Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|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]
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|14	John Curtin (1885–1945)	Labor	7 October 1941	5 July 1945†	Fremantle, WA, 1928–1931 (defeated) ; 1934–1945 (died)	—	1st Curtin
1943	John Curtin (1885–1945)	Labor	7 October 1941	5 July 1945†	Fremantle, WA, 1928–1931 (defeated) ; 1934–1945 (died)	2nd Curtin
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|15	Frank Forde (1890–1983)	Labor	6 July 1945	13 July 1945	Capricornia, Qld, 1922–1946 (defeated)	—	Forde
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|16	Ben Chifley (1885–1951)	Labor	13 July 1945	19 December 1949	Macquarie, NSW, 1928–1931 (defeated) ; 1940–1951 (died)	—	1st Chifley
1946	Ben Chifley (1885–1951)	Labor	13 July 1945	19 December 1949	Macquarie, NSW, 1928–1931 (defeated) ; 1940–1951 (died)	2nd Chifley
rowspan="7" style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|(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
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|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	Harold Holt (1908–1967)	Liberal (Coalition)	26 January 1966	19 December 1967†		2nd Holt
style="background:Template:National Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|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
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|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	John Gorton (1911–2002)	Liberal (Coalition)	10 January 1968	10 March 1971		2nd Gorton
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|20	William McMahon (1908–1988)	Liberal (Coalition)	10 March 1971	5 December 1972	Lowe, NSW, 1949–1982 (resigned)	—	McMahon
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|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
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|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
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|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
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|24	Paul Keating (1944–)	Labor	20 December 1991	11 March 1996	Blaxland, NSW, 1969–1996 (resigned)	—	1st Keating
1993	Paul Keating (1944–)	Labor	20 December 1991	11 March 1996	Blaxland, NSW, 1969–1996 (resigned)	2nd Keating
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|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
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|26	Kevin Rudd (1957–)	Labor	3 December 2007	24 June 2010	Griffith, Qld, 1998–2013 (resigned)	2007	1st Rudd
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|27	Julia Gillard (1961–)	Labor	24 June 2010	27 June 2013	Lalor, Vic, 1998–2013 (retired)	—	1st Gillard
2010	Julia Gillard (1961–)	Labor	24 June 2010	27 June 2013	Lalor, Vic, 1998–2013 (retired)	2nd Gillard
style="background:Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color; color:black;" \|(26)	Kevin Rudd (1957–)	Labor	27 June 2013	18 September 2013	Griffith, Qld, 1998–2013 (resigned)	—	2nd Rudd
style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|28	Tony Abbott (1957–)	Liberal (Coalition)	18 September 2013	15 September 2015	Warringah, NSW, since 1994	2013	Abbott
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color; color:white;" \|29	Malcolm Turnbull (1954–)	Liberal (Coalition)	15 September 2015	Incumbent	Wentworth, NSW, since 2004	—	1st Turnbull
2016	Malcolm Turnbull (1954–)	Liberal (Coalition)	15 September 2015	Incumbent	Wentworth, NSW, since 2004	2nd Turnbull

Timeline

Prime Ministers of Australia (1901–today)

Footnotes

^ ^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.
^ 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

^ "Prime Minister". Parliamentary Education Office. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^ Rutledge, Martha. "Barton, Sir Edmund (1849–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ Norris, R. (1981). "Deakin, Alfred (1856–1919)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ Nairn, Bede (1990). "Watson, John Christian (1867–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ McMinn, W. G. "Reid, Sir George Houstoun (1845–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ Murphy, D. J. "Fisher, Andrew (1862–1928)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ Crowley, F. K. "Cook, Sir Joseph (1860–1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ Fitzhardinge, L. F. "Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ 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 21 October 2008.
^ Robertson, J. R. (1988). "Scullin, James Henry (1876–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ Hart, P. R. (1986). "Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (1879–1939)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 October 2008. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Bridge, Carl. "Page, Sir Earle Christmas Grafton (1880–1961)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 October 2008.
^ 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 22 November 2008.
^ Cribb, Margaret Bridson. "Fadden, Sir Arthur William (1894–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 22 November 2008.

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[Ballarat-3] The Electoral Division of Ballaarat was spelled with a double a until 1977.

[16] 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.

[17] 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.

[1] "Prime Minister". Parliamentary Education Office. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

[2] Rutledge, Martha. "Barton, Sir Edmund (1849–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[4] Norris, R. (1981). "Deakin, Alfred (1856–1919)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[Watson-5] Nairn, Bede (1990). "Watson, John Christian (1867–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[6] McMinn, W. G. "Reid, Sir George Houstoun (1845–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[7] Murphy, D. J. "Fisher, Andrew (1862–1928)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[8] Crowley, F. K. "Cook, Sir Joseph (1860–1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[9] Fitzhardinge, L. F. "Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[Bruce-10] 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 21 October 2008.

[11] Robertson, J. R. (1988). "Scullin, James Henry (1876–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[12] Hart, P. R. (1986). "Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (1879–1939)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 October 2008. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[13] Bridge, Carl. "Page, Sir Earle Christmas Grafton (1880–1961)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 October 2008.

[Menzies-14] 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 22 November 2008.

[Fadden-15] Cribb, Margaret Bridson. "Fadden, Sir Arthur William (1894–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 22 November 2008.

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