Prime Minister of Australia

Table columns:
No.
Name (birth–death)
Portrait
Party
Term of office
Term of office.1
Electorate served
Elections won
Ministry
Ref

Table rows:
cells: 1
Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920)
Protectionist
1 January 1901
24 September 1903
Hunter, NSW, 1901–1903 (resigned)
1901
Barton
[32]
cells: 2
Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)
Protectionist
24 September 1903
27 April 1904
Ballaarat, Vic,[Note 1] 1901–1913 (retired)
1903
1st Deakin
[33]
cells: 3
Chris Watson (1867–1941)
Labour
27 April 1904
18 August 1904
Bland, NSW, 1901–1906 South Sydney, NSW, 1906–1910 (retired)
—
Watson
[26]
cells: 4
George Reid (1845–1918)
Free Trade
18 August 1904
5 July 1905
East Sydney, NSW, 1901–1909 (resigned)
—
Reid
[34]
cells: (2)
Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)
Protectionist
5 July 1905
13 November 1908
Ballaarat, Vic,[Note 1] 1901–1913 (retired)
—
2nd Deakin
cells: (2)
1906
3rd Deakin
cells: 5
Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)
Labour
13 November 1908
2 June 1909
Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned)
—
1st Fisher
[35]
cells: (2)
Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)
Commonwealth Liberal
2 June 1909
29 April 1910
Ballaarat, Vic,[Note 1] 1901–1913 (retired)
—
4th Deakin
cells: (5)
Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)
Labor
29 April 1910
24 June 1913
Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned)
1910
2nd Fisher
cells: 6
Joseph Cook (1860–1947)
Commonwealth Liberal
24 June 1913
17 September 1914
Parramatta, NSW, 1901–1921 (resigned)
1913
Cook
[36]
cells: (5)
Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)
Labor
17 September 1914
27 October 1915
Wide Bay, Qld, 1901–1915 (resigned)
1914
3rd Fisher
cells: 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
[37]
cells: 7
National Labor
14 November 1916
17 February 1917
—
2nd Hughes
cells: Nationalist
17 February 1917
9 February 1923
—
3rd Hughes
cells: 1917
4th Hughes
cells: 1919
5th Hughes
cells: 8
Stanley Bruce (1883–1967)
Nationalist (Coalition)
9 February 1923
22 October 1929
Flinders, Vic, 1918–1929 (defeated) ; 1931–1933 (resigned)
1922
1st Bruce
[27]
cells: 8
1925
2nd Bruce
cells: 8
1928
3rd Bruce
cells: 9
James Scullin (1876–1953)
Labor
22 October 1929
6 January 1932
Corangamite, Vic, 1910–1913 (defeated) Yarra, Vic, 1922–1949 (retired)
1929
Scullin
[38]
cells: 10
Joseph Lyons (1879–1939)
United Australia (Coalition)
6 January 1932
7 April 1939†
Wilmot, Tas, 1929–1939 (died)
1931
1st Lyons
[39]
cells: 10
1934
2nd Lyons
cells: 10
—
3rd Lyons
cells: 10
1937
4th Lyons
cells: 11
Sir Earle Page (1880–1961)
Country (Coalition)
7 April 1939
26 April 1939
Cowper, NSW 1919–1961 (defeated)
—
Page
[40]
cells: 12
Robert Menzies (1894–1978)
United Australia (Coalition)
26 April 1939
28 August 1941
Kooyong, Vic, 1934–1966 (resigned)
—
1st Menzies
[28]
cells: 12
2nd Menzies
cells: 12
1940
3rd Menzies
cells: 13
Arthur Fadden (1894–1973)
Country (Coalition)
28 August 1941
7 October 1941
Darling Downs, Qld 1936–1949 McPherson, Qld 1949–1958 (retired)
—
Fadden
[31]
cells: 14
John Curtin (1885–1945)
Labor
7 October 1941
5 July 1945†
Fremantle, WA, 1928–1931 (defeated) ; 1934–1945 (died)
—
1st Curtin
cells: 14
1943
2nd Curtin
cells: 15
Frank Forde (1890–1983)
Labor
6 July 1945
13 July 1945
Capricornia, Qld, 1922–1946 (defeated)
—
Forde
cells: 16
Ben Chifley (1885–1951)
Labor
13 July 1945
19 December 1949
Macquarie, NSW, 1928–1931 (defeated) ; 1940–1951 (died)
—
1st Chifley
cells: 16
1946
2nd Chifley
cells: (12)
Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978)
Liberal (Coalition)
19 December 1949
26 January 1966
Kooyong, Vic, 1934–1966 (resigned)
1949
4th Menzies
cells: (12)
1951
5th Menzies
cells: (12)
1954
6th Menzies
cells: (12)
1955
7th Menzies
cells: (12)
1958
8th Menzies
cells: (12)
1961
9th Menzies
cells: (12)
1963
10th Menzies
cells: 17
Harold Holt (1908–1967)
Liberal (Coalition)
26 January 1966
19 December 1967†
Fawkner, Vic, 1935–1949 Higgins, Vic, 1949–1967 (disappeared)
—
1st Holt
cells: 17
1966
2nd Holt
cells: 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
cells: 19
John Gorton (1911–2002)
Liberal (Coalition)
10 January 1968
10 March 1971
Senator 1950–1968 (resigned)[Note 2] MP for Higgins, Vic, 1968–1975 (retired)[Note 3]
—
1st Gorton
cells: 19
1969
2nd Gorton
cells: 20
William McMahon (1908–1988)
Liberal (Coalition)
10 March 1971
5 December 1972
Lowe, NSW, 1949–1982 (resigned)
—
McMahon
cells: 21
Gough Whitlam (1916–2014)
Labor
5 December 1972
11 November 1975
Werriwa, NSW, 1952–1978 (resigned)
1972
1st Whitlam
cells: 21
—
2nd Whitlam
cells: 21
1974
3rd Whitlam
cells: 22
Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015)
Liberal (Coalition)
11 November 1975
11 March 1983
Wannon, Vic, 1955–1983 (resigned)
—
1st Fraser
cells: 22
1975
2nd Fraser
cells: 22
1977
3rd Fraser
cells: 22
1980
4th Fraser
cells: 23
Bob Hawke (1929–)
Labor
11 March 1983
20 December 1991
Wills, Vic, 1980–1992 (resigned)
1983
1st Hawke
cells: 23
1984
2nd Hawke
cells: 23
1987
3rd Hawke
cells: 23
1990
4th Hawke
cells: 24
Paul Keating (1944–)
Labor
20 December 1991
11 March 1996
Blaxland, NSW, 1969–1996 (resigned)
—
1st Keating
cells: 24
1993
2nd Keating
cells: 25
John Howard (1939–)
Liberal (Coalition)
11 March 1996
3 December 2007
Bennelong, NSW, 1974–2007 (defeated)
1996
1st Howard
cells: 25
1998
2nd Howard
cells: 25
2001
3rd Howard
cells: 25
2004
4th Howard
cells: 26
Kevin Rudd (1957–)
Labor
3 December 2007
24 June 2010
Griffith, Qld, 1998–2013 (resigned)
2007
1st Rudd
cells: 27
Julia Gillard (1961–)
Labor
24 June 2010
27 June 2013
Lalor, Vic, 1998–2013 (retired)
—
1st Gillard
cells: 27
2010
2nd Gillard
cells: (26)
Kevin Rudd (1957–)
Labor
27 June 2013
18 September 2013
Griffith, Qld, 1998–2013 (resigned)
—
2nd Rudd
cells: 28
Tony Abbott (1957–)
Liberal (Coalition)
18 September 2013
15 September 2015
Warringah, NSW, since 1994
2013
Abbott
cells: 29
Malcolm Turnbull (1954–)
Liberal (Coalition)
15 September 2015
Incumbent
Wentworth, NSW, since 2004
—
1st Turnbull
cells: 29
2016
2nd Turnbull

Questions about this table:
originalText: when was the first australian prime minister elected
answer: answerTexts: Sir Edmund Barton
alternativeAnswers: answerTexts: 1901