List of Prime ministers of Australia - wikipedia List of Prime ministers of Australia This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 August 2018. Contents 1 List 2 Timeline 3 See also 4 Footnotes 5 References 6 External links Thirty people have served as Prime Minister of Australia since the office was created in 1901. 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 in office. List 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 Sir Edmund Barton ( 1849 -- 1920 ) Protectionist 1 January 1901 24 September 1903 Hunter, NSW, 1901 -- 1903 ( resigned ) 1901 Barton Alfred Deakin ( 1856 -- 1919 ) Protectionist 24 September 1903 27 April 1904 Ballaarat, Vic, 1901 -- 1913 ( retired ) 1903 1st Deakin Chris Watson ( 1867 -- 1941 ) Labour 27 April 1904 18 August 1904 Bland, NSW, 1901 -- 1906 South Sydney, NSW, 1906 -- 1910 ( retired ) -- Watson George Reid ( 1845 -- 1918 ) Free Trade 18 August 1904 5 July 1905 East Sydney, NSW, 1901 -- 1909 ( resigned ) -- Reid ( 2 ) Alfred Deakin ( 1856 -- 1919 ) 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 ) 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 ( disappeared ) -- 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 Werriwa, NSW, 1952 -- 1978 ( resigned ) 1972 1st Whitlam -- 2nd Whitlam 3rd Whitlam 22 Malcolm Fraser ( 1930 -- 2015 ) Liberal ( Coalition ) 11 November 11 March Wannon, Vic, 1955 -- 1983 ( resigned ) -- 1st Fraser 2nd Fraser 1977 3rd Fraser 1980 4th Fraser 23 Bob Hawke ( 1929 -- ) Labor 11 March 20 December 1991 Wills, Vic, 1980 -- 1992 ( resigned ) 1st Hawke 1984 2nd Hawke 3rd Hawke 4th Hawke 24 Paul Keating ( 1944 -- ) Labor 20 December 1991 11 March Blaxland, NSW, 1969 -- 1996 ( resigned ) -- 1st Keating 2nd Keating 25 John Howard ( 1939 -- ) Liberal ( Coalition ) 11 March 3 December 2007 Bennelong, NSW, 1974 -- 2007 ( defeated ) 1st Howard 1998 2nd Howard 3rd Howard 4th Howard 26 Kevin Rudd ( 1957 -- ) Labor 3 December 2007 24 June Griffith, Qld, 1998 -- 2013 ( resigned ) 2007 1st Rudd 27 Julia Gillard ( 1961 -- ) Labor 24 June 27 June 2013 Lalor, Vic, 1998 -- 2013 ( retired ) -- 1st Gillard 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, since 2004 -- 1st Turnbull 2016 2nd Turnbull 30 Scott Morrison ( 1968 -- ) Liberal ( Coalition ) 24 August 2018 Incumbent Cook, NSW, since 2007 -- Morrison Timeline Prime Ministers of Australia ( 1901 -- today ) See also Australia portal Politics portal Politics of Australia History of Australia List of Prime Ministers of Australia by time in office List of Prime Ministers of Australia ( graphical ) Footnotes ^ Jump up to : The Electoral Division of Ballaarat was spelled with a double a until 1977. Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ 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 Jump up ^ `` Prime Minister ''. Parliamentary Education Office. Retrieved 15 April 2016. Jump up ^ Rutledge, Martha. `` Barton, Sir Edmund ( 1849 -- 1920 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ Norris, R. ( 1981 ). `` Deakin, Alfred ( 1856 -- 1919 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra : Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ Nairn, Bede ( 1990 ). `` Watson, John Christian ( 1867 -- 1941 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra : Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ McMinn, W.G. `` Reid, Sir George Houstoun ( 1845 -- 1918 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ Murphy, D.J. `` Fisher, Andrew ( 1862 -- 1928 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ Crowley, F.K. `` Cook, Sir Joseph ( 1860 -- 1947 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ Fitzhardinge, L.F. `` Hughes, William Morris ( Billy ) ( 1862 -- 1952 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ Radi, Heather ( 1979 ). `` Bruce, Stanley Melbourne ( Viscount Bruce ) ( 1883 -- 1967 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra : Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ Robertson, J.R. ( 1988 ). `` Scullin, James Henry ( 1876 -- 1953 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra : Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ Hart, P.R. ( 1986 ). `` Lyons, Joseph Aloysius ( 1879 -- 1939 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra : Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ Bridge, Carl. `` Page, Sir Earle Christmas Grafton ( 1880 -- 1961 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra : Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 10 - 21. Jump up ^ Martin, A.W. `` Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon ( Bob ) ( 1894 -- 1978 ) ''. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra : Australian National University. Retrieved 2008 - 11 - 22. Jump up ^ 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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Question: who was prime minister of australia in 1969
Answer: John Gorton