List of Prime Ministers of Australia by time in office - wikipedia 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. Contents 1 Rank by time in office 1.1 Prime Ministers ' parties by time in office 2 See also 3 External links Rank by time in office Parties Labor Liberal Country ( National ) United Australia Nationalist National Labor Commonwealth Liberal Free Trade Protectionist Rank No Prime Minister Portrait Party Division 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 7002856000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 125 days 18 years, 163 days 1940 ( 1st ) 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 1958, 1961, 1963 Liberal 19 December 1949 26 January 1966 7003588200000000000 ♠ 16 years, 38 days 2. 25th John Howard ( born 1939 ) Liberal Bennelong, NSW ( 1974 -- 2007 ) 11 March 1996 3 December 2007 7003428400000000000 ♠ 11 years, 267 days 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 3. 23rd Bob Hawke ( born 1929 ) Labor Wills, VIC ( 1980 -- 1992 ) 11 March 1983 20 December 1991 7003320600000000000 ♠ 8 years, 284 days 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990 4. 22nd Malcolm Fraser ( 1930 -- 2015 ) Liberal Wannon, VIC ( 1955 -- 1983 ) 11 November 1975 11 March 1983 7003267700000000000 ♠ 7 years, 120 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 7003266200000000000 ♠ 7 years, 105 days 1917, 1919, 1922 National Labor Nationalist 6. 10th Joseph Lyons ( 1879 -- 1939 ) United Australia Wilmot, TAS ( 1929 -- 1939 ) 6 January 1932 7 April 1939 7003264800000000000 ♠ 7 years, 91 days 1931, 1934, 1937 7. 8th Stanley Bruce ( 1883 -- 1967 ) Nationalist Flinders, VIC ( 1918 -- 1929 ) 9 February 1923 22 October 1929 7003244700000000000 ♠ 6 years, 255 days 1925, 1928 8. 2nd Alfred Deakin ( 1856 -- 1919 ) Protectionist Ballaarat, VIC ( 1901 -- 1913 ) 24 September 1903 27 April 1904 7002216000000000000 ♠ 216 days 4 years, 313 days 1903, 1906 5 July 1905 13 November 1908 7003122700000000000 ♠ 3 years, 131 days Commonwealth Liberal 2 June 1909 29 April 1910 7002331000000000000 ♠ 331 days 9. 5th Andrew Fisher ( 1862 -- 1928 ) Labor Wide Bay, QLD ( 1901 -- 1915 ) 13 November 1908 2 June 1909 7002201000000000000 ♠ 201 days 4 years, 297 days 1910 1914 29 April 1910 24 June 1913 7003115200000000000 ♠ 3 years, 56 days 17 September 1914 27 October 1915 7002405000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 40 days 10. 16th Ben Chifley ( 1885 -- 1951 ) Labor Macquarie, NSW ( 1940 -- 1951 ) 13 July 1945 19 December 1949 7003162000000000000 ♠ 4 years, 159 days 1946 11. 24th Paul Keating ( born 1944 ) Labor Blaxland, NSW ( 1969 -- 1996 ) 20 December 1991 11 March 1996 7003154300000000000 ♠ 4 years, 82 days 12. 14th John Curtin ( 1885 -- 1945 ) Labor Fremantle, WA ( 1934 -- 1945 ) 7 October 1941 5 July 1945 7003136700000000000 ♠ 3 years, 271 days 1943 13. 19th John Gorton ( 1911 -- 2002 ) Liberal Senate ( VIC ) ( 1950 -- 1968 ) Higgins, VIC ( 1968 -- 1975 ) 10 January 1968 10 March 1971 7003115500000000000 ♠ 3 years, 59 days 1969 14. 27th Julia Gillard ( born 1961 ) Labor Lalor, VIC ( 1998 -- 2013 ) 24 June 2010 27 June 2013 7003109900000000000 ♠ 3 years, 3 days 15. 29th Malcolm Turnbull ( born 1954 ) Liberal Wentworth, NSW ( 2004 -- 2018 ) 15 September 2015 24 August 2018 7003107400000000000 ♠ 2 years, 343 days 2016 16. 21st Gough Whitlam ( 1916 -- 2014 ) Labor Werriwa, NSW ( 1952 -- 1978 ) 5 December 1972 11 November 1975 7003107100000000000 ♠ 2 years, 341 days 1972, 1974 17. 26th Kevin Rudd ( born 1957 ) Labor Griffith, QLD ( 1998 -- 2013 ) 3 December 2007 24 June 2010 7002934000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 203 days 2 years, 286 days 2007 27 June 2013 18 September 2013 7001830000000000000 ♠ 83 days 18. 1st Sir Edmund Barton ( 1849 -- 1920 ) Protectionist Hunter, NSW ( 1901 -- 1903 ) 1 January 1901 24 September 1903 7002996000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 266 days 1901 19. 9th James Scullin ( 1876 -- 1953 ) Labor Yarra, VIC ( 1922 -- 1949 ) 22 October 1929 6 January 1932 7002806000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 76 days 1929 20. 28th Tony Abbott ( born 1957 ) Liberal Warringah, NSW ( 1994 -- present ) 18 September 2013 15 September 2015 7002727000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 362 days 2013 21. 17th Harold Holt ( 1908 -- 1967 ) Liberal Higgins, VIC ( 1949 -- 1967 ) 26 January 1966 17 December 1967 7002690000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 325 days 1966 22. 20th William McMahon ( 1908 -- 1988 ) Liberal Lowe, NSW ( 1949 -- 1982 ) 10 March 1971 5 December 1972 7002636000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 270 days 23. 6th Joseph Cook ( 1860 -- 1947 ) Commonwealth Liberal Parramatta, NSW ( 1901 -- 1921 ) 24 June 1913 17 September 1914 7002450000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 85 days 1913 24. 4th George Reid ( 1845 -- 1918 ) Free Trade East Sydney, NSW ( 1901 -- 1910 ) 18 August 1904 5 July 1905 7002321000000000000 ♠ 321 days 25. 3rd Chris Watson ( 1867 -- 1941 ) Labor Bland, NSW ( 1901 -- 1906 ) 27 April 1904 18 August 1904 7002113000000000000 ♠ 113 days 26. 30th Scott Morrison ( born 1968 ) Liberal Cook, NSW ( 2007 -- present ) 24 August 2018 Incumbent 7001660000000000000 ♠ 66 days 27. 13th Arthur Fadden ( 1894 -- 1973 ) Country Darling Downs, QLD ( 1936 -- 1949 ) 29 August 1941 7 October 1941 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39 days 28. 18th John McEwen ( 1900 -- 1980 ) Country Murray, VIC ( 1949 -- 1971 ) 19 December 1967 10 January 1968 7001220000000000000 ♠ 22 days 29. 11th Sir Earle Page ( 1880 -- 1961 ) Country Cowper, NSW ( 1919 -- 1961 ) 7 April 1939 26 April 1939 7001190000000000000 ♠ 19 days 30. 15th Frank Forde ( 1890 -- 1983 ) Labor Capricornia, QLD ( 1922 -- 1946 ) 6 July 1945 13 July 1945 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7 days Prime Ministers ' parties by time in office Liberal Party of Australia -- 17201 days as of 29 October 2018. Australian Labor Party -- 13620 days Nationalist Party -- 5142 days United Australia Party -- 3505 days Protectionist Party -- 2442 days Commonwealth Liberal Party -- 783 days Free Trade Party -- 322 days Country Party -- 84 days See also Prime Minister of Australia List of Australian state premiers by time in office List of Prime Ministers of Canada by time in office List of Prime Ministers of New Zealand by time in office List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom by tenure External links From Menzies to Malcolm : the careers of Australia 's prime ministers visualised Prime Ministers of Australia ( list ) Barton Deakin Watson Reid Deakin Fisher Deakin Fisher Cook Fisher Hughes Bruce Scullin Lyons Page Menzies Fadden Curtin Forde Chifley Menzies Holt McEwen Gorton McMahon Whitlam Fraser Hawke Keating Howard Rudd Gillard Rudd Abbott Turnbull Morrison Lists of Prime Ministers of Australia Political life Order of service graphical Constituency Historical rankings Political affiliation Time in office Personal life Age Education Military service Spouse Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Australia_by_time_in_office&oldid=863380561 '' Categories : Lists of Australian Prime Ministers Lists of people by time in office Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2012 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 10 October 2018, at 12 : 20 ( UTC ). 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Question: who was the longest serving prime minister of australia
Answer: Sir Robert Menzies