Following is a list of Prime Ministers of Australia from Federation to the present.[1]
Prime Minister | Dates |
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Sir Edmund Barton, PC, GCMG, KC (Protectionist Party) |
1 January 1901—24 September 1903 (2 years, 8 months, 24 days) |
Alfred Deakin (Protectionist Party) |
24 September 1903—27 April 1904 (7 months, 4 days) |
John Christian Watson (Australian Labor Party) |
27 April 1904—17 August 1904 (3 months, 21 days) |
George Houstoun Reid (later Sir George), PC, KC (Free Trade) |
18 August 1904—5 July 1905 (10 months, 18 days) |
Alfred Deakin (Protectionist Party) |
5 July 1905—13 November 1908 (3 years, 4 months, 9 days) |
Andrew Fisher (Australian Labor Party) |
13 November 1908—2 June 1909 (6 months, 21 days) |
Alfred Deakin (Protectionist Party) |
2 June 1909—29 April 1910 (10 months, 28 days) |
Andrew B. Fisher (Australian Labor Party) |
29 April 1910—24 June 1913 (3 years, 1 month, 26 days) |
Joseph Cook (later Sir Joseph) (Liberal Party of Australia) |
24 June 1913—17 September 1914 (1 year, 2 months, 25 days) |
Andrew B. Fisher (Australian Labor Party) |
17 September 1914—27 October 1915 (1 year, 1 month, 11 days) |
William Morris Hughes (Australian Labor Party; Nationalist Party from 1917) |
27 October 1915—9 February 1923 (7 years, 3 months, 14 days) |
Stanley Melbourne Bruce, PC, CH, MC (Nationalist Party) |
9 February 1923—22 October 1929 (6 years, 8 months, 14 days) |
James Henry Scullin, PC (Australian Labor Party) |
22 October 1929—6 January 1932 (2 years, 2 months, 16 days) |
Joseph Aloysius Lyons, PC, CH (United Australia Party) |
6 January 1932—7 April 1939 (7 years, 3 months, 2 days) |
Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, PC, GCMG (Australian Country Party) |
7 April 1939—26 April 1939 (20 days) |
Robert Gordon Menzies, PC, KC (United Australia Party) |
26 April 1939—29 August 1941 (2 years, 4 months, 4 days) |
Arthur William Fadden (later Sir Arthur) (Country Party) |
29 August 1941—7 October 1941 (1 month, 9 days) |
John Curtin, PC (Australian Labor Party) |
7 October 1941—5 July 1945 (3 years, 8 months, 29 days) |
Francis Michael Forde, PC (Australian Labor Party) |
6 July 1945—13 July 1945 (8 days) |
Joseph Benedict ("Ben") Chifley, PC (Australian Labor Party) |
13 July 1945—19 December 1949 (4 years, 5 months, 7 days) |
Robert Gordon Menzies (later Sir Robert), PC, KC (Liberal Party of Australia) |
19 December 1949—26 January 1966 (16 years, 1 month, 8 days) |
Harold Edward Holt, PC, CH (Liberal Party of Australia) |
26 January 1966—19 December 1967 (1 year, 10 months, 23 days) |
John McEwen (later Sir John), PC (Country Party) |
19 December 1967—10 January 1968 (23 days) |
John Grey Gorton, PC (Liberal Party of Australia) |
10 January 1968—10 March 1971 (3 years, 2 months) |
William McMahon (later Sir William), PC, CH (Liberal Party of Australia) |
10 March 1971—5 December 1972 (1 year, 8 months, 25 days) |
Edward Gough Whitlam, QC (Australian Labor Party) |
5 December 1972—11 November 1975 (2 years, 11 months, 7 days) |
John Malcolm Fraser, PC, CH (Liberal Party of Australia) |
11 November 1975—11 March 1983 (7 years, 4 months) |
Robert James Lee Hawke, AC (Australian Labor Party) |
11 March 1983—20 December 1991 (8 years, 9 months, 10 days) |
Paul John Keating (Australian Labor Party) |
20 December 1991—11 March 1996 (4 years, 2 months, 20 days) |
John Winston Howard (Liberal Party of Australia) |
11 March 1996—3 December 2007 (11 years, 8 months, 22 days) |
Kevin Michael Rudd (Australian Labor Party) |
3 December 2007—24 June 2010 (2 years, 5 months, 21 days) |
Julia Eileen Gillard (Australian Labor Party) |
24 June 2010—27 June 2013 (3 years, 0 months, 3 days) |
Kevin Michael Rudd (Australian Labor Party) |
27 June 2013—18 September 2013 (2 months, 22 days) |
Anthony John Abbott (Liberal Party of Australia) |
18 September 2013—15 September 2015 (1 year, 11 months, 27 days) |
Malcolm Bligh Turnbull (Liberal Party of Australia) |
15 September 2015— |