List of Prime Ministers of Australia
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Political 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

List of Prime Ministers of Australia

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: Political 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

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Party	Term of office	Electorate served	Elections	Ministry	Ref

1	Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920)	Edmund Barton crop.PNG	Protectionist	1 January 1901	24 September 1903	Hunter, NSW, 1901–1903 (resigned)	1901	Barton

2	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)	-	Protectionist	24 September 1903	27 April 1904	Ballaarat, Vic, 1901–1913 (retired)	1903	1st Deakin

3	Chris Watson (1867–1941)	-	Labour	27 April 1904	18 August 1904	Bland, NSW, 1901–1906 South Sydney, NSW, 1906–1910 (retired)	—	Watson

4	George Reid (1845–1918)	-	Free Trade	18 August 1904	5 July 1905	East Sydney, NSW, 1901–1909 (resigned)	—	Reid

(2)	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)	AlfredDeakin.jpeg	Protectionist	5 July 1905	13 November 1908	Ballaarat, Vic, 1901–1913 (retired)	—	2nd Deakin

1906	3rd Deakin

5	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)	-	Labour	13 November 1908	2 June 1909	Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned)	—	1st Fisher

(2)	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)	Rt. Hon. A. Deakin LCCN2014695989.tif	Commonwealth Liberal	2 June 1909	29 April 1910	Ballaarat, Vic, 1901–1913 (retired)	—	4th Deakin

(5)	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)	-	Labor	29 April 1910	24 June 1913	Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned)	1910	2nd Fisher

6	Joseph Cook (1860–1947)	-	Commonwealth Liberal	24 June 1913	17 September 1914	Parramatta, NSW, 1901–1921 (resigned)	1913	Cook

(5)	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)	-	Labor	17 September 1914	27 October 1915	Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned)	1914	3rd Fisher

Billy Hughes (1862–1952)	-	Labor	27 October 1915	14 November 1916	West Sydney, NSW, 1901–1917 Bendigo, Vic, 1917–1922 North Sydney, NSW, 1922–1949 Bradfield, NSW, 1949–1952 (died)	—	1st Hughes

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	Flinders, Vic, 1918–1929 (defeated) ; 1931–1933 (resigned)	1922	1st Bruce

1925	2nd Bruce

1928	3rd Bruce

9	James Scullin (1876–1953)	-	Labor	22 October 1929	6 January 1932	Corangamite, Vic, 1910–1913 (defeated) Yarra, Vic, 1922–1949 (retired)	1929	Scullin

10	Joseph Lyons (1879–1939)	-	United Australia (Coalition post-1934)	6 January 1932	7 April 1939†	Wilmot, Tas, 1929–1939 (died)	1931	1st Lyons

1934	2nd Lyons

—	3rd Lyons

1937	4th Lyons

11	Sir Earle Page (1880–1961)	-	Country (Coalition)	7 April 1939	26 April 1939	Cowper, NSW 1919–1961 (defeated)	—	Page

12	Robert Menzies (1894–1978)	-	United Australia (Coalition post-1940)	26 April 1939	28 August 1941	Kooyong, Vic, 1934–1966 (resigned)	—	1st Menzies

2nd Menzies

1940	3rd Menzies

13	Arthur Fadden (1894–1973)	-	Country (Coalition)	28 August 1941	7 October 1941	Darling Downs, Qld 1936–1949 McPherson, Qld 1949–1958 (retired)	—	Fadden

14	John Curtin (1885–1945)	-	Labor	7 October 1941	5 July 1945†	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	Capricornia, Qld, 1922–1946 (defeated)	—	Forde

16	Ben Chifley (1885–1951)	-	Labor	13 July 1945	19 December 1949	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	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†	Fawkner, Vic, 1935–1949 Higgins, Vic, 1949–1967 (died)	—	1st Holt

1966	2nd Holt

18	John McEwen (1900–1980)	-	Country (Coalition)	19 December 1967	10 January 1968	Echuca, Vic, 1934–1937 Indi, Vic, 1937–1949 Murray, Vic, 1949–1971 (resigned)	—	McEwen

19	John Gorton (1911–2002)	-	Liberal (Coalition)	10 January 1968	10 March 1971	Senator 1950–1968 (resigned) MP for Higgins, Vic, 1968–1975 (retired)	—	1st Gorton

1969	2nd Gorton

20	William McMahon (1908–1988)	-	Liberal (Coalition)	10 March 1971	5 December 1972	Lowe, NSW, 1949–1982 (resigned)	—	McMahon

21	Gough Whitlam (1916–2014)	-	Labor	5 December 1972	11 November 1975	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	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	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	Blaxland, NSW, 1969–1996 (resigned)	—	1st Keating

1993	2nd Keating

25	John Howard (1939–)	Image-Howard2003upr.JPG	Liberal (Coalition)	11 March 1996	3 December 2007	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	Griffith, Qld, 1998–2013 (resigned)	2007	1st Rudd

27	Julia Gillard (1961–)	-	Labor	24 June 2010	27 June 2013	Lalor, Vic, 1998–2013 (retired)	—	1st Gillard

2010	2nd Gillard

(26)	Kevin Rudd (1957–)	-	Labor	27 June 2013	18 September 2013	Griffith, Qld, 1998–2013 (resigned)	—	2nd Rudd

28	Tony Abbott (1957–)	-	Liberal (Coalition)	18 September 2013	15 September 2015	Warringah, NSW, since 1994	2013	Abbott

29	Malcolm Turnbull (1954–)	-	Liberal (Coalition)	15 September 2015	24 August 2018	Wentworth, NSW, 2004–2018 (resigned)	—	1st Turnbull

2016	2nd Turnbull

30	Scott Morrison (1968–)	-	Liberal (Coalition)	24 August 2018	Incumbent	Cook, NSW, since 2007	—	Morrison

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