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List of Prime Ministers

Below is a list of Prime Ministers of Australia by name, date assumed office, date left office, political party, total time in office and state represented in parliament. The state(s) represented in parliament is not necessarily the one with which the person had the strongest association; the most extreme example being Bob Hawke who was born in South Australia, spent his formative years in Western Australia, worked in and represented Victoria and retired to New South Wales.

The parties shown are those to which the prime ministers belonged at the time they held office. Several prime ministers belonged to parties other than those given before and after their prime ministerships.

For a list showing further details, see List of Prime Ministers of Australia.

Protectionist Labor Free Trade Commonwealth Liberal National Labor/Nationalist/United Australia Country Liberal

# Name Post-nominals
as PM		 Full later post-
nominals		 Took office Left office Party Term In Office State Represented
in Parliament
1 Sir Edmund Barton GCMG KC 01901-01-011 January 1901 01903-09-2424 September 1903 Protectionist 70002000000000000002 years, 7002267000000000000267 days New South Wales
2 Alfred Deakin 01903-09-2424 September 1903 01904-04-2727 April 1904 Protectionist 50000000000000000000 years, 7002217000000000000217 days Victoria
3 Chris Watson 01904-04-2727 April 1904 01904-08-1818 August 1904 Labor 50000000000000000000 years, 7002114000000000000114 days New South Wales
4 George Reid KC GCB GCMG 01904-08-1818 August 1904 01905-07-055 July 1905 Free Trade 50000000000000000000 years, 7002322000000000000322 days New South Wales
4.1 !(2) Alfred Deakin 01905-07-055 July 1905 01908-11-1313 November 1908 Protectionist 70003000000000000003 years, 7002132000000000000132 days Victoria
5 Andrew Fisher 01908-11-1313 November 1908 01909-06-022 June 1909 Labor 50000000000000000000 years, 7002202000000000000202 days Queensland
5.1 !(2) Alfred Deakin 01909-06-022 June 1909 01910-04-2929 April 1910 Commonwealth Liberal 50000000000000000000 years, 7002332000000000000332 days Victoria
5.2 !(5) Andrew Fisher 01910-04-2929 April 1910 01913-06-2424 June 1913 Labor 70003000000000000003 years, 700157000000000000057 days Queensland
6 Joseph Cook GCMG 01913-06-2424 June 1913 01914-09-1717 September 1914 Commonwealth Liberal 70001000000000000001 year, 700186000000000000086 days New South Wales
6.1 !(5) Andrew Fisher 01914-09-1717 September 1914 01915-10-2727 October 1915 Labor 70001000000000000001 year, 700141000000000000041 days Queensland
7 Billy Hughes KC CH 01915-10-2727 October 1915 01923-02-099 February 1923 Labor/Nationalist 70007000000000000007 years, 7002106000000000000106 days New South Wales/Victoria
8 Stanley Bruce CH MC 01923-02-099 February 1923 01929-10-2222 October 1929 Nationalist 70006000000000000006 years, 7002256000000000000256 days Victoria
9 James Scullin 01929-10-2222 October 1929 01932-01-066 January 1932 Labor 70002000000000000002 years, 700177000000000000077 days Victoria
10 Joseph Lyons CH 01932-01-066 January 1932 01939-04-077 April 1939 United Australia 70007000000000000007 years, 700192000000000000092 days Tasmania
11 Sir Earle Page GCMG CH 01939-04-077 April 1939 01939-04-2626 April 1939 Country 50000000000000000000 years, 700120000000000000020 days New South Wales
12 Robert Menzies KC 01939-04-2626 April 1939 01941-08-2828 August 1941 United Australia 70002000000000000002 years, 7002122000000000000122 days Victoria
13 Arthur Fadden GCMG 01941-08-2828 August 1941 01941-10-077 October 1941 Country 50000000000000000000 years, 700140000000000000040 days Queensland
14 John Curtin 01941-10-077 October 1941 01945-07-055 July 1945 Labor 70003000000000000003 years, 7002272000000000000272 days Western Australia
15 Frank Forde 01945-07-066 July 1945 01945-07-1313 July 1945 Labor 50000000000000000000 years, 70008000000000000008 days Queensland
16 Ben Chifley 01945-07-1313 July 1945 01949-12-1919 December 1949 Labor 70004000000000000004 years, 7002160000000000000160 days New South Wales
16.1 !(12) Sir Robert Menzies KT CH QC AK 01949-12-1919 December 1949 01966-01-2626 January 1966 Liberal 700116000000000000016 years, 700139000000000000039 days Victoria
17 Harold Holt CH 01966-01-2626 January 1966 01967-12-1919 December 1967 Liberal 70001000000000000001 year, 7002328000000000000328 days Victoria
18 John McEwen GCMG CH 01967-12-1919 December 1967 01968-01-1010 January 1968 Country 50000000000000000000 years, 700123000000000000023 days Victoria
19 John Gorton GCMG AC CH 01968-01-1010 January 1968 01971-03-1010 March 1971 Liberal 70003000000000000003 years, 700160000000000000060 days Victoria
20 William McMahon CH GCMG 01971-03-1010 March 1971 01972-12-055 December 1972 Liberal 70001000000000000001 year, 7002271000000000000271 days New South Wales
21 Gough Whitlam QC AC 01972-12-055 December 1972 01975-11-1111 November 1975 Labor 70002000000000000002 years, 7002342000000000000342 days New South Wales
22 Malcolm Fraser CH AC GCL 01975-11-1111 November 1975 01983-03-1111 March 1983 Liberal 70007000000000000007 years, 7002121000000000000121 days Victoria
23 Bob Hawke AC GCL 01983-03-1111 March 1983 01991-12-2020 December 1991 Labor 70008000000000000008 years, 7002285000000000000285 days Victoria
24 Paul Keating 01991-12-2020 December 1991 01996-03-1111 March 1996 Labor 70004000000000000004 years, 700183000000000000083 days New South Wales
25 John Howard SSI OM AC 01996-03-1111 March 1996 02007-12-033 December 2007 Liberal 700111000000000000011 years, 7002268000000000000268 days New South Wales
26 Kevin Rudd 02007-12-033 December 2007 02010-06-2424 June 2010 Labor 70002000000000000002 years, 7002204000000000000204 days Queensland
27 Julia Gillard 02010-06-2424 June 2010 Incumbent Labor 70002000000000000002 years, 7002155000000000000155 days Victoria

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