List of Australian Prime Ministers by political affiliation

This article is intended to be a comprehensive list of all Prime Ministers, grouped by political party.

Contents 1 Prime Ministers by political affiliation 1.1 Labor 1.2 Liberal 1.3 Country 1.4 United Australia 1.5 Nationalist 1.6 Protectionist 1.7 Commonwealth Liberal 1.8 Free Trade 2 Graphical timeline

Prime Ministers by political affiliation

Labor

Eleven members of the Australian Labor Party have served as prime minister:

1. Chris Watson (27 April 1904 – 18 August 1904)
2. Andrew Fisher (13 November 1908 – 2 June 1909, 29 April 1910 – 24 June 1913, 17 September 1914 – 27 October 1915)
3. Billy Hughes (27 October 1915 – 14 November 1916)
4. James Scullin (22 October 1929 – 6 January 1932)
5. John Curtin (7 October 1941 – 5 July 1945)
6. Frank Forde (6 July 1945 – 13 July 1945)
7. Ben Chifley (13 July 1945 – 19 December 1949)
8. Gough Whitlam (5 December 1972 – 11 November 1975)
9. Bob Hawke (11 March 1983 – 20 December 1991)
10. Paul Keating (20 December 1991 – 11 March 1996)
11. Kevin Rudd (3 December 2007 – 24 June 2010)
12. Julia Gillard (24 June 2010 – present) [incumbent]

Liberal

Six members of the Liberal Party of Australia have served as prime minister:

1. Sir Robert Menzies (19 December 1949 – 26 January 1966)
2. Harold Holt (26 January 1966 – 19 December 1967)
3. John Gorton (10 January 1968 – 10 March 1971)
4. William McMahon (10 March 1971 – 5 December 1972)
5. Malcolm Fraser (11 November 1975 – 11 March 1983)
6. John Howard (11 March 1996 – 3 December 2007)

Country

1. Sir Earle Page (7 April 1939 – 26 April 1939)
2. Arthur Fadden (29 August 1941 – 7 October 1941)
3. John McEwen (19 December 1967 – 10 January 1968)

United Australia

1. Joseph Lyons (6 January 1932 – 7 April 1939)
2. Robert Menzies (26 April 1939 – 26 August 1941)

Nationalist

1. Billy Hughes (14 November 1916 – 9 February 1923)
2. Stanley Bruce (9 February 1923 – 22 October 1929)

Protectionist

1. Sir Edmund Barton (1 January 1901 – 24 September 1903)
2. Alfred Deakin (24 September 1903 – 27 April 1904, 5 July 1905 – 13 November 1908)

Commonwealth Liberal

1. Alfred Deakin (29 June 1909 – 29 April 1910)
2. Joseph Cook (24 June 1913 – 17 September 1914)

Free Trade

1. George Reid (18 August 1904 – 5 July 1905)

Graphical timeline

Lists of Prime Ministers of Australia By order Order of service · Statehood · Military service · Time in office · Age · Deaths in office By professional life Political affiliation Spouses Prime Minister's spouse