List of Prime Ministers of Australia by time in office

This is a list of Prime Ministers of Australia by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days from being sworn in until leaving office.

Rank by time in office

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

Rank: No: Prime Minister: Portrait: Party: District: Assumed
Office:		 Left
Office:		 TERM
Time in Office:		 TOTAL
Time in Office:		 Election
Wins:
  1. 12th Sir Robert Menzies
(1894–1978)		 United Australia Kooyong, VIC
(1934–1966)		 26 April 1939 29 August 1941 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000125000000125 days 18 years, 160 days 1940 1949 1951
1954 1955 1958
1961 1963
  Liberal 19 December 1949 26 January 1966 &1000000000000001600000016 years, &1000000000000003800000038 days
  2. 25th John Howard
(born 1939)		 Liberal Bennelong, NSW
(1974–2007)		 11 March 1996 3 December 2007 &1000000000000001100000011 years, &10000000000000267000000267 days 1996 1998 2001
2004
  3. 23rd Bob Hawke
(born 1929)		 Labor Wills, VIC
(1980–1992)		 11 March 1983 20 December 1991 &100000000000000080000008 years, &10000000000000284000000284 days 1983 1984 1987
1990
  4. 22nd Malcolm Fraser
(born 1930)		 Liberal Wannon, VIC
(1955–1983)		 11 November 1975 11 March 1983 &100000000000000070000007 years, &10000000000000120000000120 days 1975 1977 1980
  5. 7th Billy Hughes
(1862–1952)		 Labor West Sydney, NSW
(1901–1917)
Bendigo, VIC
(1917–1922)
North Sydney, NSW
(1922–1949)		 27 October 1915 9 February 1923 &100000000000000070000007 years, &10000000000000105000000105 days 1917 1919
  National Labor
  Nationalist
  6. 10th Joseph Lyons
(1879–1939)
 United Australia Wilmot, TAS
(1929–1939)		 6 January 1932 7 April 1939 &100000000000000070000007 years, &1000000000000009100000091 days 1931 1934 1937
  7. 8th Stanley Bruce
(1883–1967)		 Nationalist Flinders, VIC
(1918–1929)		 9 February 1923 22 October 1929 &100000000000000060000006 years, &10000000000000255000000255 days 1925 1928
  8. 2nd Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)		 Protectionist Ballaarat, VIC
(1901–1913)		 24 September 1903 27 April 1904 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000216000000216 days 4 years, 313 days 1903 1906
5 July 1905 13 November 1908 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000131000000131 days
  Commonwealth Liberal 2 June 1909 29 April 1910 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000331000000331 days
  9. 5th Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)		 Labor Wide Bay, QLD
(1901–1915)		 13 November 1908 2 June 1909 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000201000000201 days 4 years, 297 days 1910 1914
29 April 1910 24 June 1913 &100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000005600000056 days
17 September 1914 27 October 1915 &100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000004000000040 days
  10. 16th Ben Chifley
(1885–1951)		 Labor Macquarie, NSW
(1940–1951)		 13 July 1945 19 December 1949 &100000000000000040000004 years, &10000000000000159000000159 days 1946
  11. 24th Paul Keating
(born 1944)		 Labor Blaxland, NSW
(1969–1996)		 20 December 1991 11 March 1996 &100000000000000040000004 years, &1000000000000008200000082 days 1993
  12. 14th John Curtin
(1885–1945)		 Labor Fremantle, WA
(1934–1945)		 7 October 1941 5 July 1945 &100000000000000030000003 years, &10000000000000271000000271 days 1943
  13. 19th John Gorton
(1911–2002)		 Liberal 10.1.1968 – 1.2.1968: Senate (Vic)
1.2.1968 – 24.2.1968: Not in Parliament
24.2.1968 – 10.3.1971: Higgins, VIC
(1968–1975)		 10 January 1968 10 March 1971 &100000000000000030000003 years, &1000000000000005900000059 days 1969
  14. 21st Gough Whitlam
(born 1916)		 Labor Werriwa, NSW
(1952–1978)		 5 December 1972 11 November 1975 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000341000000341 days 1972 1974
  15. 1st Sir Edmund Barton
(1849–1920)		 Protectionist Hunter, NSW
(1901–1903)		 1 January 1901 24 September 1903 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000266000000266 days 1901
  16. 26th Kevin Rudd
(born 1957)		 Labor Griffith, QLD
(1998–present)		 3 December 2007 24 June 2010 &100000000000000020000002 years, &10000000000000203000000203 days 2007
  17. 9th James Scullin
(1876–1953)		 Labor Yarra, VIC
(1922–1949)		 22 October 1929 6 January 1932 &100000000000000020000002 years, &1000000000000007600000076 days 1929
  18. 17th Harold Holt
(1908–1967)		 Liberal Higgins, VIC
(1949–1967)		 26 January 1966 19 December 1967 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000327000000327 days 1966
  19. 20th William McMahon
(1908–1988)		 Liberal Lowe, VIC
(1949–1982)		 10 March 1971 5 December 1972 &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000270000000270 days
  20. 27th Julia Gillard
(born 1961)		 Labor Lalor, VIC
(1998–present)		 24 June 2010 Incumbent &100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000259000000259 days [1] 2010
  21. 6th Joseph Cook
(1860–1947)		 Commonwealth Liberal Parramatta, NSW
(1901–1921)		 24 June 1913 17 September 1914 &100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000008500000085 days 1913
  22. 4th George Reid
(1845–1918)		 Free Trade East Sydney, NSW
(1901–1910)		 18 August 1904 5 July 1905 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000321000000321 days
  23. 3rd Chris Watson
(1867–1941)		 Labor Bland, NSW
(1901–1906)		 27 April 1904 18 August 1904 &100000000000000000000000 years, &10000000000000113000000113 days
  24. 13th Arthur Fadden
(1894–1973)		 Country Darling Downs, QLD
(1936–1949)		 29 August 1941 7 October 1941 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000003900000039 days
  25. 18th John McEwen
(1900–1980)		 Country Murray, VIC
(1949–1971)		 19 December 1967 10 January 1968 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000002200000022 days
  26. 11th Sir Earle Page
(1880–1961)		 Country Cowper, NSW
(1919–1961)		 7 April 1939 26 April 1939 &100000000000000000000000 years, &1000000000000001900000019 days
  27. 15th Frank Forde
(1890–1983)		 Labor Capricornia, QLD
(1922–1946)		 6 July 1945 13 July 1945 &100000000000000000000000 years, &100000000000000070000007 days
  1. ^ Julia Gillard's time in office as of 9 March 2012.

Parties by time in office

See also