List of Prime Ministers of Australia

This list includes all of Australia's Prime Ministers . Since 24. August 2018 clothed Scott Morrison this office.

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Protectionist Party
Australian Labor Party
Free Trade Party
Commonwealth Liberal Party
National Labor Party / Nationalist Party of Australia / United Australia Party
National Party of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia

List of Prime Ministers

No.	Name (life data)	image	Constituency (s), state	Political party	Term of office		elections	cabinet
1.	Sir Edmund Barton (1849-1920)		Hunter, New South Wales , 1901-1903	Protectionist Party	January 1, 1901	September 24, 1903	1901	Barton
2.	Alfred Deakin (1856-1919)		Ballarat, Victoria , 1901-1913	Protectionist Party	September 24, 1903	April 27, 1904	1903	Deakin I
3.	Chris Watson (1867-1941)		Bland, New South Wales, 1901-1906 South Sydney, New South Wales, 1906-1910	Australian Labor Party	April 27, 1904	August 18, 1904	-	Watson
4th	Sir George Reid (1845-1918)		East Sydney, New South Wales, 1901-1909	Free Trade Party	August 18, 1904	July 5, 1905	-	Reid
(2.)	Alfred Deakin (1856-1919)		Ballarat, Victoria, 1901-1913	Protectionist Party	July 5, 1905	November 13, 1908	-	Deakin II
							1906	Deakin III
5.	Andrew Fisher (1862-1928)		Wide Bay, Queensland , 1901-1915	Australian Labor Party	November 13, 1908	June 2, 1909	-	Fisher I.
(2.)	Alfred Deakin (1856-1919)		Ballarat, Victoria, 1901-1913	Commonwealth Liberal Party	June 2, 1909	April 29, 1910	-	Deakin IV
(5.)	Andrew Fisher (1862-1928)		Wide Bay, Queensland, 1901-1915	Australian Labor Party	April 29, 1910	June 24, 1913	1910	Fisher II
6th	Joseph Cook (1860-1947)		Parramatta, New South Wales, 1901-1921	Commonwealth Liberal Party	June 24, 1913	September 17, 1914	1913	cook
(5.)	Andrew Fisher (1862-1928)		Wide Bay, Queensland, 1901-1915	Australian Labor Party	September 17, 1914	October 27, 1915	1914	Fisher III
7th	Billy Hughes (1862-1952)		West Sydney, New South Wales, 1901-1917 Bendigo, Victoria, 1917-1922 North Sydney, New South Wales, 1922-1949 Bradfield, New South Wales, 1949-1952	Australian Labor Party	October 27, 1915	November 14, 1916	-	Hughes I
				National Labor Party	November 14, 1916	February 17, 1917	-	Hughes II
				Nationalist Party of Australia	February 17, 1917	February 9, 1923	-	Hughes III
							1917	Hughes IV
							1919	Hughes V
8th.	Stanley Bruce (1883-1967)		Flinders, Victoria, 1918-1929; 1931-1933	Nationalist Party of Australia ( coalition )	February 9, 1923	October 22, 1929	1922	Bruce I
							1925	Bruce II
							1928	Bruce III
9.	James Scullin (1876-1953)		Yarra, Victoria, 1910-1949	Australian Labor Party	October 22, 1929	January 6, 1932	1929	Scullin
10.	Joseph Lyons (1879-1939)		Wilmot, Tasmania, 1929-1939	United Australia Party ( Coalition )	January 6, 1932	April 7, 1939 †	1931	Lyons I
							1934	Lyons II
							-	Lyons III
							1937	Lyons IV
11.	Sir Earle Page (1880-1961)		Cowper, New South Wales 1919-1961	Country Party of Australia ( coalition )	April 7, 1939	April 26, 1939	-	page
12.	Robert Menzies (1894–1978)		Kooyong, Victoria, 1934-1966	United Australia Party ( Coalition )	April 26, 1939	August 28, 1941	-	Menzies I
								Menzies II
							1940	Menzies III
13.	Arthur Fadden (1894–1973)		Darling Downs , Queensland 1936-1949 McPherson, Queensland 1949-1958	Country Party of Australia ( coalition )	August 28, 1941	October 7, 1941	-	Fadden
14th	John Curtin (1885-1945)		Fremantle, Western Australia, 1928-1931; 1934-1945	Australian Labor Party	October 7, 1941	July 5, 1945 †	-	Curtin I
							1943	Curtin II
15th	Frank Forde (1890-1983)		Capricornia, Queensland, 1922-1946	Australian Labor Party	July 6, 1945	July 13, 1945	-	Forde
16.	Ben Chifley (1885-1951)		Macquarie, New South Wales, 1928-1931; 1940-1951	Australian Labor Party	July 13, 1945	December 19, 1949	-	Chifley I
							1946	Chifley II
(12.)	Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978)		Kooyong, Victoria, 1934-1966	Liberal Party of Australia ( coalition )	December 19, 1949	January 26, 1966	1949	Menzies IV
							1951	Menzies V
							1954	Menzies VI
							1955	Menzies VII
							1958	Menzies VIII
							1961	Menzies IX
							1963	Menzies X
17th	Harold Holt (1908-1967)		Fawkner, Victoria, 1935–1949 Higgins, Victoria, 1949–1967 †	Liberal Party of Australia ( coalition )	January 26, 1966	December 19, 1967 †	-	Get I.
							1966	Holt II
18th	John McEwen (1900-1980)		Echuca, Victoria, 1934-1937 Indi, Victoria, 1937-1949 Murray, Victoria, 1949-1971	Country Party of Australia ( coalition )	December 19, 1967	January 10, 1968	-	McEwen
19th	John Gorton (1911-2002)		Senator 1950–1968 Higgins, Victoria, 1968–1975	Liberal ( coalition )	10 January 1968	March 10, 1971	-	Gorton I.
							1969	Gorton II
20th	William McMahon (1908–1988)		Lowe, New South Wales, 1949-1982	Liberal Party of Australia ( coalition )	March 10, 1971	5th December 1972	-	McMahon
21st	Gough Whitlam (1916-2014)		Werriwa, New South Wales, 1952-1978	Australian Labor Party	5th December 1972	November 11, 1975	1972	Whitlam I
							-	Whitlam II
							1974	Whitlam III
22nd	Malcolm Fraser (1930-2015)		Wannon, Victoria, 1955-1983	Liberal Party of Australia ( coalition )	November 11, 1975	March 11, 1983	-	Fraser I
							1975	Fraser II
							1977	Fraser III
							1980	Fraser IV
23.	Bob Hawke (1929-2019)		Wills, Victoria, 1980-1992	Australian Labor Party	March 11, 1983	December 20, 1991	1983	Hawke I
							1984	Hawke II
							1987	Hawke III
							1990	Hawke IV
24.	Paul Keating (1944-)		Blaxland, New South Wales, 1969-1996	Australian Labor Party	December 20, 1991	March 11, 1996	-	Keating I.
							1993	Keating II
25th	John Howard (1939-)		Bennelong, New South Wales, 1974-2007	Liberal Party of Australia ( coalition )	March 11, 1996	December 3, 2007	1996	Howard I
							1998	Howard II
							2001	Howard III
							2004	Howard IV
26th	Kevin Rudd (1957-)		Griffith, Queensland, 1998-2013	Australian Labor Party	December 3, 2007	June 24, 2010	2007	Rudd I
27.	Julia Gillard (1961–)		Lalor, Victoria, 1998-2013	Australian Labor Party	June 24, 2010	June 26, 2013	-	Gillard I
							2010	Gillard II
(26.)	Kevin Rudd (1957-)		Griffith, Queensland, 1998-2013	Australian Labor Party	June 27, 2013	18th September 2013		Rudd II
28.	Tony Abbott (1957-)		Warringah, New South Wales, since 1994	Liberal Party of Australia	18th September 2013	15th September 2015	2013	Abbott
29	Malcolm Turnbull (1954-)		Wentworth, New South Wales, since 2004	Liberal Party of Australia	15th September 2015	August 24, 2018		Turnbull
30th	Scott Morrison (1968-)		Cook, New South Wales, since 2007	Liberal Party of Australia	August 24, 2018	officiating		Morrison I and II

Web links

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• Timeline with short biographies (English)
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