| Term | No. |
Prime Minister |
Term |
|---|
| 1 | 1 |
Sir Edmund Barton
(Protectionist Party) |
1 Jan 1901 - 24 Sep 1903
(2 y, 8 m, 24 d) |
|---|
| 2 | 2 |
Alfred Deakin
(Protectionist Party) |
24 Sep 1903 - 27 Apr 1904
(7 m, 4 d) |
|---|
| 3 | 3 |
John Christian Watson
(Australian Labor Party) |
27 Apr 1904 - 17 Aug 1904
(3 m, 21 d) |
|---|
| 4 | 4 |
George Houstoun Reid
(Free Trade) |
18 Aug 1904 - 5 Jul 1905
(10 m, 18 d) |
|---|
| 5 | 2 |
Alfred Deakin
(Protectionist Party) |
5 Jul 1905 - 13 Nov 1908
(3 y, 4 m, 9 d) |
|---|
| 6 | 5 |
Andrew Fisher
(Australian Labor Party) |
13 Nov 1908 - 2 Jun 1909
(6 m, 21 d) |
|---|
| 7 | 2 |
Alfred Deakin
(Protectionist Party) |
2 Jun 1909 - 29 Apr 1910
(10 m, 28 d) |
|---|
| 8 | 5 |
Andrew Fisher
(Australian Labor Party) |
29 Apr 1910 - 24 Jun 1913
(3 y, 1 m, 26 d) |
|---|
| 9 | 6 |
Joseph Cook
(Commonwealth Liberal Party) |
24 Jun 1913 - 17 Sep 1914
(1 y, 2 m, 25 d) |
|---|
| 10 | 5 |
Andrew Fisher
(Australian Labor Party) |
17 Sep 1914 - 27 Oct 1915
(1 y, 1 m, 11 d) |
|---|
| 11 | 7 |
William Morris Hughes
(ALP; Nationalist Party) |
27 Oct 1915 - 9 Feb 1923
(7 y, 3 m, 14 d) |
|---|
| 12 | 8 |
Stanley Melbourne Bruce
(Nationalist Party) |
9 Feb 1923 - 22 Oct 1929
(6 y, 8 m, 14 d) |
|---|
| 13 | 9 |
James Henry Scullin
(Australian Labor Party) |
22 Oct 1929 - 6 Jan 1932
(2 y, 2 m, 16 d) |
|---|
| 14 | 10 |
Joseph Aloysius Lyons
(United Australia Party) |
6 Jan 1932 - 7 Apr 1939
(7 y, 3 m, 2 d) |
|---|
| 15 | 11 |
Sir Earle Christmas G Page
(Australian Country Party) |
7 Apr 1939 - 26 Apr 1939
(20 d) |
|---|
| 16 | 12 |
Robert Gordon Menzies
(United Australia Party) |
26 Apr 1939 - 29 Aug 1941
(2 y, 4 m, 4 d) |
|---|
| 17 | 13 |
Arthur William Fadden
(Australian Country Party) |
29 Aug 1941 - 7 Oct 1941
(1 m, 9 d) |
|---|
| 18 | 14 |
John Curtin
(Australian Labor Party) |
7 Oct 1941 - 5 Jul 1945
(3 y, 8 m, 29 d) |
|---|
|
| Term | No. |
Prime Minister |
Term |
|---|
| 19 | 15 |
Francis Michael Forde
(Australian Labor Party) |
6 Jul 1945 - 13 Jul 1945
(8 d) |
|---|
| 20 | 16 |
Joseph Benedict Chifley
(Australian Labor Party) |
13 Jul 1945 - 19 Dec 1949
(4 y, 5 m, 7 d) |
|---|
| 21 | 12 |
Robert Gordon Menzies
(Liberal Party of Australia) |
19 Dec 1949 - 26 Jan 1966
(16 y, 1 m, 8 d) |
|---|
| 22 | 17 |
Harold Edward Holt
(Liberal Party of Australia) |
26 Jan 1966 - 19 Dec 1967
(1 y, 10 m, 23 d) |
|---|
| 23 | 18 |
John McEwen
(Australian Country Party) |
19 Dec 1967 - 10 Jan 1968
(23 d) |
|---|
| 24 | 19 |
John Grey Gorton
(Liberal Party of Australia) |
10 Jan 1968 - 10 Mar 1971
(3 y, 2 m) |
|---|
| 25 | 20 |
William McMahon
(Liberal Party of Australia) |
10 Mar 1971 - 5 Dec 1972
(1 y, 8 m, 25 d) |
|---|
| 26 | 21 |
Edward Gough Whitlam
(Australian Labor Party) |
5 Dec 1972 - 11 Nov 1975
(2 y, 11 m, 7 d) |
|---|
| 27 | 22 |
John Malcolm Fraser
(Liberal Party of Australia) |
11 Nov 1975 - 11 Mar 1983
(7 y, 4 m) |
|---|
| 28 | 23 |
Robert James Lee Hawke
(Australian Labor Party) |
11 Mar 1983 - 20 Dec 1991
(8 y, 9 m, 10 d) |
|---|
| 29 | 24 |
Paul John Keating
(Australian Labor Party) |
20 Dec 1991 - 11 Mar 1996
(4 y, 2 m, 20 d) |
|---|
| 30 | 25 |
John Winston Howard
(Liberal Party of Australia) |
11 Mar 1996 - 3 Dec 2007
(11 y, 8 m, 22 d) |
|---|
| 31 | 26 |
Kevin Michael Rudd
(Australian Labor Party) |
3 Dec 2007 - 24 Jun 2010
(2 y, 6 m, 22 d) |
|---|
| 32 | 27 |
Julia Eileen Gillard
(Australian Labor Party) |
24 Jun 2010 - 26 Jun 2013
(3 y, 3 d) |
|---|
| 33 | 26 |
Kevin Michael Rudd
(Australian Labor Party) |
26 Jun 2013 - 18 Sep 2013
(2 m, 23 d) |
|---|
| 34 | 28 |
Anthony John Abbott
(Liberal Party of Australia) |
18 Sep 2013 - 15 Sep 2015
(1 y, 11 m, 27 d) |
|---|
| 35 | 29 |
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull
(Liberal Party of Australia) |
15 Sep 2015 -
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|---|
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