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Thirty people have served as Prime Minister of Australia since the office was created in 1901.

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

Political 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)	Portrait	Party	Term of office		Electoral mandate (Ministry)	Ref
1	Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920) MP for Hunter, NSW		Protectionist	1 January 1901	24 September 1903	Appointment 1901 election (Barton)
			Minister for External Affairs
2	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) MP for Ballaarat, Vic		Protectionist	24 September 1903	27 April 1904	1903	1st Deakin
3	Chris Watson (1867–1941) MP for Bland, NSW		Labour	27 April 1904	18 August 1904	—	Watson
4	George Reid (1845–1918) MP for East Sydney, NSW		Free Trade	18 August 1904	5 July 1905	—	Reid
(2)	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) Ballaarat, Vic		Protectionist	5 July 1905	13 November 1908	—	2nd Deakin
						1906	3rd Deakin
5	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) Wide Bay, Qld		Labour	13 November 1908	2 June 1909	—	1st Fisher
(2)	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) Ballaarat, Vic		Commonwealth Liberal	2 June 1909	29 April 1910	—	4th Deakin
(5)	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) Wide Bay, Qld		Labor	29 April 1910	24 June 1913	1910	2nd Fisher
6	Joseph Cook (1860–1947) Parramatta, NSW		Commonwealth Liberal	24 June 1913	17 September 1914	1913	Cook
(5)	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) Wide Bay, Qld		Labor	17 September 1914	27 October 1915	1914	3rd Fisher
	Billy Hughes (1862–1952) West Sydney, NSW (until 1917) Bendigo, Vic (1917–1922) North Sydney, NSW (from 1922)		Labor	27 October 1915	14 November 1916	—	1st Hughes
7			National Labor	14 November 1916	17 February 1917	—	2nd Hughes
			Nationalist	17 February 1917	9 February 1923	—	3rd Hughes
						1917	4th Hughes
						1919	5th Hughes
8	Stanley Bruce (1883–1967) Flinders, Vic		Nationalist (Coalition)	9 February 1923	22 October 1929	1922	1st Bruce
						1925	2nd Bruce
						1928	3rd Bruce
9	James Scullin (1876–1953) Yarra, Vic		Labor	22 October 1929	6 January 1932	1929	Scullin
10	Joseph Lyons (1879–1939) Wilmot, Tas		United Australia (Coalition post-1934)	6 January 1932	7 April 1939†	1931	1st Lyons
						1934	2nd Lyons
						—	3rd Lyons
						1937	4th Lyons
11	Sir Earle Page (1880–1961) Cowper, NSW		Country (Coalition)	7 April 1939	26 April 1939	—	Page
12	Robert Menzies (1894–1978) Kooyong, Vic		United Australia (Coalition post-1940)	26 April 1939	28 August 1941	—	1st Menzies
							2nd Menzies
						1940	3rd Menzies
13	Arthur Fadden (1894–1973) Darling Downs, Qld		Country (Coalition)	28 August 1941	7 October 1941	—	Fadden
14	John Curtin (1885–1945) Fremantle, WA		Labor	7 October 1941	5 July 1945†	—	1st Curtin
						1943	2nd Curtin
15	Frank Forde (1890–1983) Capricornia, Qld		Labor	6 July 1945	13 July 1945	—	Forde
16	Ben Chifley (1885–1951) Macquarie, NSW		Labor	13 July 1945	19 December 1949	—	1st Chifley
						1946	2nd Chifley
(12)	Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978) Kooyong, Vic		Liberal (Coalition)	19 December 1949	26 January 1966	1949	4th Menzies
						1951	5th Menzies
						1954	6th Menzies
						1955	7th Menzies
						1958	8th Menzies
						1961	9th Menzies
						1963	10th Menzies
17	Harold Holt (1908–1967) Higgins, Vic		Liberal (Coalition)	26 January 1966	19 December 1967†	—	1st Holt
						1966	2nd Holt
18	John McEwen (1900–1980) Murray, Vic		Country (Coalition)	19 December 1967	10 January 1968	—	McEwen
19	John Gorton (1911–2002) Senator (until February 1968) MP for Higgins, Vic (from February 1968)		Liberal (Coalition)	10 January 1968	10 March 1971	—	1st Gorton
						1969	2nd Gorton
20	William McMahon (1908–1988) Lowe, NSW		Liberal (Coalition)	10 March 1971	5 December 1972	—	McMahon
21	Gough Whitlam (1916–2014) Werriwa, NSW		Labor	5 December 1972	11 November 1975	1972	1st Whitlam
						—	2nd Whitlam
						1974	3rd Whitlam
22	Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015) Wannon, Vic		Liberal (Coalition)	11 November 1975	11 March 1983	—	1st Fraser
						1975	2nd Fraser
						1977	3rd Fraser
						1980	4th Fraser
23	Bob Hawke (1929–2019) Wills, Vic		Labor	11 March 1983	20 December 1991	1983	1st Hawke
						1984	2nd Hawke
						1987	3rd Hawke
						1990	4th Hawke
24	Paul Keating (1944–) Blaxland, NSW		Labor	20 December 1991	11 March 1996	—	1st Keating
						1993	2nd Keating
25	John Howard (1939–) Bennelong, NSW		Liberal (Coalition)	11 March 1996	3 December 2007	1996	1st Howard
						1998	2nd Howard
						2001	3rd Howard
						2004	4th Howard
26	Kevin Rudd (1957–) Griffith, Qld		Labor	3 December 2007	24 June 2010	2007	1st Rudd
27	Julia Gillard (1961–) Lalor, Vic		Labor	24 June 2010	27 June 2013	—	1st Gillard
						2010	2nd Gillard
(26)	Kevin Rudd (1957–) Griffith, Qld		Labor	27 June 2013	18 September 2013	—	2nd Rudd
28	Tony Abbott (1957–) Warringah, NSW		Liberal (Coalition)	18 September 2013	15 September 2015	2013	Abbott
29	Malcolm Turnbull (1954–) Wentworth, NSW		Liberal (Coalition)	15 September 2015	24 August 2018	—	1st Turnbull
						2016	2nd Turnbull
30	Scott Morrison (1968–) Cook, NSW		Liberal (Coalition)	24 August 2018	Incumbent	—	1st Morrison
						2019	2nd Morrison

Timeline

See also

• Politics of Australia
• History of Australia
• List of Prime Ministers of Australia by time in office
• List of Prime Ministers of Australia (graphical)
• Spouse of the Prime Minister of Australia

Notes

1. ^ The Electoral Division of Ballaarat was spelled with a double a until 1977.
2. 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.

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External links

• Official website of the Prime Minister of Australia
• Museum of Australian Democracy Prime Minister Information

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