List of Prime Ministers of Australia
This list includes all of Australia's Prime Ministers . Since 24. August 2018 clothed Scott Morrison this office.
List of Prime Ministers
No. | Name (life data) |
image | Constituency (s), state | Political party | Term of office | elections | cabinet | |
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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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- The Prime Minister of Australia, together with summary of the terms of office (English)