List of Prime Ministers of Australia by time in office
Rank by time in office
Columns: Rank: | Prime Minister: | Party: | Assumed Office: | Left Office: | TOTAL Time in Office:
1 | Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978) | United Australia | 26 April 1939 | 29 August 1941 | 18 years, 160 days | 1 | Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978) | Liberal | 19 December 1949 | 26 January 1966 | 18 years, 160 days | 2 | John Howard (born 1939) | Liberal | 11 March 1996 | 3 December 2007 | 11years, 267days | 3 | Bob Hawke (born 1929) | Labor | 11 March 1983 | 20 December 1991 | 8years, 284days | 4 | Malcolm Fraser (born 1930) | Liberal | 11 November 1975 | 11 March 1983 | 7years, 120days | 5 | Billy Hughes (1862–1952) | Labor | 27 October 1915 | 9 February 1923 | 7years, 105days | 5 | Billy Hughes (1862–1952) | National Labor | 27 October 1915 | 9 February 1923 | 7years, 105days | 5 | Billy Hughes (1862–1952) | Nationalist | 27 October 1915 | 9 February 1923 | 7years, 105days | 6 | Joseph Lyons (1879–1939) | United Australia | 6 January 1932 | 7 April 1939 | 7years, 91days | 7 | Stanley Bruce (1883–1967) | Nationalist | 9 February 1923 | 22 October 1929 | 6years, 255days | 8 | Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) | Protectionist | 24 September 1903 | 27 April 1904 | 4 years, 313 days | 8 | Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) | Protectionist | 5 July 1905 | 13 November 1908 | 4 years, 313 days | 8 | Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) | Commonwealth Liberal | 2 June 1909 | 29 April 1910 | 4 years, 313 days | 9 | Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) | Labor | 13 November 1908 | 2 June 1909 | 4 years, 297 days | 9 | Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) | Labor | 29 April 1910 | 24 June 1913 | 4 years, 297 days | 9 | Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) | Labor | 17 September 1914 | 27 October 1915 | 4 years, 297 days | 10 | Ben Chifley (1885–1951) | Labor | 13 July 1945 | 19 December 1949 | 4years, 159days | 11 | Paul Keating (born 1944) | Labor | 20 December 1991 | 11 March 1996 | 4years, 82days | 12 | John Curtin (1885–1945) | Labor | 7 October 1941 | 5 July 1945 | 3years, 271days | 13 | John Gorton (1911–2002) | Liberal | 10 January 1968 | 10 March 1971 | 3years, 59days | 14 | Julia Gillard (born 1961) | Labor | 24 June 2010 | 27 June 2013 | 3years, 3days | 15 | Gough Whitlam (born 1916) | Labor | 5 December 1972 | 11 November 1975 | 2years, 341days | 16 | Kevin Rudd (born 1957) | Labor | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | 2 years, 286 days | 16 | Kevin Rudd (born 1957) | Labor | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | 2 years, 286 days | 17 | Sir Edmund Barton (1849–1920) | Protectionist | 1 January 1901 | 24 September 1903 | 2years, 266days | 18 | James Scullin (1876–1953) | Labor | 22 October 1929 | 6 January 1932 | 2years, 76days | 19 | Harold Holt (1908–1967) | Liberal | 26 January 1966 | 19 December 1967 | 1year, 327days | 20 | William McMahon (1908–1988) | Liberal | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | 1year, 270days | 21 | Joseph Cook (1860–1947) | Commonwealth Liberal | 24 June 1913 | 17 September 1914 | 1year, 85days | 22 | George Reid (1845–1918) | Free Trade | 18 August 1904 | 5 July 1905 | 0years, 321days | 23 | Chris Watson (1867–1941) | Labor | 27 April 1904 | 18 August 1904 | 0years, 113days | 25 | Tony Abbott (born 1957) | Liberal | 18 September 2013 | Incumbent | 0years, 136days | 24 | Arthur Fadden (1894–1973) | Country | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | 0years, 39days | 26 | John McEwen (1900–1980) | Country | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | 0years, 22days | 27 | Sir Earle Page (1880–1961) | Country | 7 April 1939 | 26 April 1939 | 0years, 19days | 28 | Frank Forde (1890–1983) | Labor | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | 0years, 7days