Informal Deputy Prime Ministers
The office of Deputy Prime Minister was created in January 1968 but prior to that time the term was used unofficially for the second-highest ranking minister in the government.
| Name | Picture | Term of Office | Political party and position | Ministerial Offices | Prime Minister | |||
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| Alfred Deakin | 1901 | 1903 | Protectionist Party |
Attorney-General | Edmund Barton | |||
| William Lyne | 1903 | 1904 | Protectionist Party |
Minister for Trade and Customs | Alfred Deakin | |||
| Gregor McGregor | 1904 | 1904 | Australian Labor Party |
Vice-President of the Executive Council | Chris Watson | |||
| Joseph Cook | 1904 | 1905 | Free Trade Party |
No Portfolio | George Reid | |||
| William Lyne | 1905 | 1908 | Protectionist Party |
Minister for Trade and Customs Treasurer |
Alfred Deakin | |||
| Gregor McGregor | 1908 | 1909 | Australian Labor Party |
Vice-President of the Executive Council | Andrew Fisher | |||
| Joseph Cook | 1909 | 1910 | Commonwealth Liberal Party |
Minister for Defence | Alfred Deakin | |||
| Gregor McGregor | 1910 | 1913 | Australian Labor Party |
Vice-President of the Executive Council | Andrew Fisher | |||
| John Forrest | 1913 | 1914 | Commonwealth Liberal Party |
Treasurer | Joseph Cook | |||
| Billy Hughes | 1914 | 1915 | Australian Labor Party |
Attorney-General | Andrew Fisher | |||
| George Pearce | 1915 | 1916 | Australian Labor Party |
Minister for Defence | Billy Hughes | |||
| 1916 | 1917 | National Labor Party |
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| Joseph Cook | 1917 | 1921 | Nationalist |
Minister for the Navy Treasurer |
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| Earle Page | 1923 | 1929 | Country Party |
Treasurer | Stanley Bruce | |||
| Ted Theodore | 1929 | 1932 | Australian Labor Party |
Treasurer | James Scullin | |||
| John Latham | 1932 | 1934 | United Australia Party |
Attorney-General Minister for External Affairs Minister for Industry |
Joseph Lyons | |||
| George Pearce | 1934 | 1934 | United Australia Party |
Minister for External Affairs Minister in Charge of Territories |
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| Earle Page | 1934 | 1939 | Country Party |
Minister for Commerce Minister for Health |
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| Archie Cameron | 1939 | 1940 | Country Party |
Postmaster-General Minister for Commerce Minister for the Navy |
Robert Menzies | |||
| Arthur Fadden | 1940 | 1941 | Country Party |
Minister for the Air Minister for Civil Aviation Treasurer |
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| Billy Hughes | 1941 | 1941 | United Australia Party |
Minister for the Navy Attorney-General |
Arthur Fadden | |||
| Frank Forde | 1941 | 1946 | Australian Labor Party |
Minister for the Army Minister for Defence |
John Curtin | |||
| Ben Chifley | ||||||||
| H. V. Evatt | 1946 | 1949 | Australian Labor Party |
Minister for External Affairs Attorney-General |
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| Arthur Fadden | 1949 | 1958 | Country Party |
Treasurer | Robert Menzies | |||
| John McEwen | 1958 | 1967 | Country Party |
Minister for Trade and Industry | ||||
| Harold Holt | ||||||||
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