List of Prime Ministers of Australia
Below is a list of Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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 as Prime Ministers.
List
Colour key (for political parties) |
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No. | Name (Birth–Death) |
Portrait | Party | Term of office | Electorate Served | Elections Won | Ministry | Ref | |
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1 | Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920) |
Protectionist | 1 January 1901 |
24 September 1903 |
MP for Hunter, NSW, 1901–1903 (resigned) |
1901 | Barton | [1] | |
2 | Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) |
Protectionist | 24 September 1903 |
27 April 1904 |
MP for Ballaarat, Vic,[Notes 1] 1901–1913 (retired) |
1903 | 1st Deakin | [2] | |
3 | Chris Watson (1867–1941) |
Labour | 27 April 1904 |
18 August 1904 |
MP for Bland, NSW, 1901–1906 MP for South Sydney, NSW, 1906–1910 (retired) |
— | Watson | [3] | |
4 | George Reid (1845–1918) |
Free Trade | 18 August 1904 |
5 July 1905 |
MP for East Sydney, NSW, 1901–1909 (resigned) |
— | Reid | [4] | |
(2) | Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) |
Protectionist | 5 July 1905 |
13 November 1908 |
MP for Ballaarat, Vic,[Notes 1] 1901–1913 (retired) |
— | 2nd Deakin | ||
1906 | 3rd Deakin | ||||||||
5 | Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) |
Labour | 13 November 1908 |
2 June 1909 |
MP for Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned) |
— | 1st Fisher | [5] | |
(2) | Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) |
Commonwealth Liberal | 2 June 1909 |
29 April 1910 |
MP for Ballaarat, Vic,[Notes 1] 1901–1913 (retired) |
— | 4th Deakin | ||
(5) | Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) |
Labor | 29 April 1910 |
24 June 1913 |
MP for Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned) |
1910 | 2nd Fisher | ||
6 | Joseph Cook (1860–1947) |
Commonwealth Liberal | 24 June 1913 |
17 September 1914 |
MP for Parramatta, NSW, 1901–1921 (resigned) |
1913 | Cook | [6] | |
(5) | Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) |
Labor | 17 September 1914 |
27 October 1915 |
MP for Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned) |
1914 | 3rd Fisher | ||
Billy Hughes (1862–1952) |
Labor | 27 October 1915 |
14 November 1916 |
MP for West Sydney, NSW, 1901–1917 MP for Bendigo, Vic, 1917–1922 MP for North Sydney, NSW, 1922–1949 MP for Bradfield, NSW, 1949–1952 (died) |
— | 1st Hughes | [7] | ||
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) |
Nationalist (Coalition) |
9 February 1923 |
22 October 1929 |
MP for Flinders, Vic, 1918–1929 (defeated) ; 1931–1933 (resigned) |
1922 | 1st Bruce | [8] | |
1925 | 2nd Bruce | ||||||||
1928 | 3rd Bruce | ||||||||
9 | James Scullin (1876–1953) |
Labor | 22 October 1929 |
6 January 1932 |
MP for Yarra, Vic, 1910–1949 (retired) |
1929 | Scullin | [9] | |
10 | Joseph Lyons (1879–1939) |
United Australia (Coalition) |
6 January 1932 |
7 April 1939† |
MP for Wilmot, Tas, 1929–1939 (died) |
1931 | 1st Lyons | [10] | |
1934 | 2nd Lyons | ||||||||
— | 3rd Lyons | ||||||||
1937 | 4th Lyons | ||||||||
11 | Sir Earle Page (1880–1961) |
Country (Coalition) |
7 April 1939 |
26 April 1939 |
MP for Cowper, NSW 1919–1961 (defeated) |
— | Page | [11] | |
12 | Robert Menzies (1894–1978) |
United Australia (Coalition) |
26 April 1939 |
28 August 1941 |
MP for Kooyong, Vic, 1934–1966 (resigned) |
— | 1st Menzies | [12] | |
2nd Menzies | |||||||||
1940 | 3rd Menzies | ||||||||
13 | Arthur Fadden (1894–1973) |
Country (Coalition) |
28 August 1941 |
7 October 1941 |
MP for Darling Downs, Qld 1936–1949 MP for McPherson, Qld 1949–1958 (retired) |
— | Fadden | [13] | |
14 | John Curtin (1885–1945) |
Labor | 7 October 1941 |
5 July 1945† |
MP for Fremantle, WA, 1928–1931 (defeated) ; 1934–1945 (died) |
— | 1st Curtin | ||
1943 | 2nd Curtin | ||||||||
15 | Frank Forde (1890–1983) |
Labor | 6 July 1945 |
13 July 1945 |
MP for Capricornia, Qld, 1922–1946 (defeated) |
— | Forde | ||
16 | Ben Chifley (1885–1951) |
Labor | 13 July 1945 |
19 December 1949 |
MP for Macquarie, NSW, 1928–1931 (defeated) ; 1940–1951 (died) |
— | 1st Chifley | ||
1946 | 2nd Chifley | ||||||||
(12) | Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978) |
Liberal (Coalition) |
19 December 1949 |
26 January 1966 |
MP for Kooyong, Vic, 1934–1966 (resigned) |
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) |
Liberal (Coalition) |
26 January 1966 |
19 December 1967† |
MP for Fawkner, Vic, 1935–1949 |
— | 1st Holt | ||
1966 | 2nd Holt | ||||||||
18 | John McEwen (1900–1980) |
Country (Coalition) |
19 December 1967 |
10 January 1968 |
MP for Echuca, Vic, 1934–1937 MP for Murray, Vic, 1949–1971 (resigned) |
— | McEwen | ||
19 | John Gorton (1911–2002) |
Liberal (Coalition) |
10 January 1968 |
10 March 1971 |
Senator 1950–1968 (resigned)[Notes 2] |
— | 1st Gorton | ||
1969 | 2nd Gorton | ||||||||
20 | William McMahon (1908–1988) |
Liberal (Coalition) |
10 March 1971 |
5 December 1972 |
MP for Lowe, NSW, 1949–1982 (resigned) |
— | McMahon | ||
21 | Gough Whitlam (1916–2014) |
Labor | 5 December 1972 |
11 November 1975 |
MP for Werriwa, NSW, 1952–1978 (resigned) |
1972 | 1st Whitlam | ||
— | 2nd Whitlam | ||||||||
1974 | 3rd Whitlam | ||||||||
22 | Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015) |
Liberal (Coalition) |
11 November 1975 |
11 March 1983 |
MP for Wannon, Vic, 1955–1983 (resigned) |
— | 1st Fraser | ||
1975 | 2nd Fraser | ||||||||
1977 | 3rd Fraser | ||||||||
1980 | 4th Fraser | ||||||||
23 | Bob Hawke (1929– ) |
Labor | 11 March 1983 |
20 December 1991 |
MP for Wills, Vic, 1980–1992 (resigned) |
1983 | 1st Hawke | ||
1984 | 2nd Hawke | ||||||||
1987 | 3rd Hawke | ||||||||
1990 | 4th Hawke | ||||||||
24 | Paul Keating (1944– ) |
Labor | 20 December 1991 |
11 March 1996 |
MP for Blaxland, NSW, 1969–1996 (resigned) |
— | 1st Keating | ||
1993 | 2nd Keating | ||||||||
25 | John Howard (1939– ) |
Liberal (Coalition) |
11 March 1996 |
3 December 2007 |
MP for Bennelong, NSW, 1974–2007 (defeated) |
1996 | 1st Howard | ||
1998 | 2nd Howard | ||||||||
2001 | 3rd Howard | ||||||||
2004 | 4th Howard | ||||||||
26 | Kevin Rudd (1957– ) |
Labor | 3 December 2007 |
24 June 2010 |
MP for Griffith, Qld, 1998-2013 (resigned) |
2007 | 1st Rudd | ||
27 | Julia Gillard (1961– ) |
Labor | 24 June 2010 |
27 June 2013 |
MP for Lalor, Vic, 1998–2013 (retired) |
— | 1st Gillard | ||
2010 | 2nd Gillard | ||||||||
(26) | Kevin Rudd (1957– ) |
Labor | 27 June 2013 |
18 September 2013 |
MP for Griffith, Qld, 1998-2013 (resigned) |
— | 2nd Rudd | ||
28 | Tony Abbott (1957– ) |
Liberal (Coalition) |
18 September 2013 |
Incumbent | MP for Warringah, NSW, since 1994 |
2013 | Abbott |
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Electoral Division of Ballaarat was spelled with a double a until 1977.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gorton retired from the House of Representatives at the double dissolution of 11 November 1975, and stood for an Australian Capital Territory Senate seat as an independent at the general election of 13 December 1975, but was unsuccessful.
References
- ↑ Rutledge, Martha. "Barton, Sir Edmund (1849–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Norris, R. (1981). "Deakin, Alfred (1856–1919)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Nairn, Bede (1990). "Watson, John Christian (1867–1941)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ McMinn, W. G. "Reid, Sir George Houstoun (1845–1918)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Murphy, D. J. "Fisher, Andrew (1862–1928)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Crowley, F. K. "Cook, Sir Joseph (1860–1947)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Fitzhardinge, L. F. "Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862–1952)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Radi, Heather (1979). "Bruce, Stanley Melbourne [Viscount Bruce] (1883–1967)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Robertson, J. R. (1988). "Scullin, James Henry (1876–1953)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Hart, P. R. (1986). "Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (1879–1939)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Bridge, Carl. "Page, Sir Earle Christmas Grafton (1880–1961)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ↑ Martin, A. W. "Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894–1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
- ↑ Cribb, Margaret Bridson. "Fadden, Sir Arthur William (1894–1973)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2008-11-22.
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