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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