List of Prime Ministers of Australia 1901 - Present

A list of Prime Minister's of the Commonwealth of Australia 1901 - Present
# 	Prime Minister 	Political Party 	Deputy Prime Minister	Term 	Ministry 	Seat Status
1 	Sir Edmund Barton
MP for Hunter NSW 	Protectionist 	 	 	 	
1901-1903	Barton 	Resigned 	 	 	 	
2 	Alfred Deakin
MP for Ballarat VIC 	Protectionist
-
Commonwealth Liberal 	 	 	 	
1903-1904	First Deakin 1903-1904
Second Deakin
1905-1906
Third Deakin
1906-1908
Fourth Deakin
1909-1910	Retired 	 	 	 	
3 	Chris Watson
MP For Bland NSW
MP For South Sydney NSW	Australian Labour Party 	 	 	 	
1904 	Watson 	Retired 	 	 	 	
4 	George Reid
MP For East Sydney NSW 	Free Trade Party 	 	 	 	
1904-1905	Reid 	Resigned 	 	 	 	
5 	Andrew Fischer
MP For Wide Bay QLD 	Australian Labor Party 	 	 	 	
1908-1909	First Fischer
1908-1909
Second Fischer
1910-1913
Third Fischer
1914-1915	Resigned 	 	 	 	
6 	Joseph Cook
MP For Parramatta 	Commonwealth Liberal Party 	 	 	 	
1913-1914	Cook 	Resigned in 1921 	 	 	 	
7 	William Hughes
MP for West Sydney NSW 1901-1917
MP For Bendigo VIC 1917-1922
MP For North Sydney NSW 1922-1949
MP For Bradfield NSW	Australian Labor Party
National Labor Party
Nationalist Party	 	 	 	
1915-1923	First Hughes
-
Second Hughes
-
Third Hughes
-
Fourth Hughes
1917
Fifth Hughes
1919	Died in Office as MP For Bradfield in 1952 	 	 	 	
8 	Stanley Bruce
MP for Flinders VIC 1918–1929
MP for Flinders VIC 1931-1933	Nationalist Party of Australia 	 	 	 	
1923-1929	First Bruce
1923-1925
Second Bruce
1925-1928
Third Bruce
1928-1929	Defeated 1929
Resigned 1933 	 	 	 	
9 	James Scullin
MP For Corangamite VIC
1910-1913
MP For Yarra VIC
1922-1949	Australian Labor Party 	 	 	 	
1929-1931	Scullin
1929-1931 	Defeated 1913
Retired 1949 	 	 	 	
10 	Joseph Lyons
MP For Wilmot TAS
1929-1939 	United Australia Party/Country Coalition 	 	 	 	
1931-1939	First Lyons
1931-1934
Second Lyons
1934
Third Lyons
1934-1937
Fourth Lyons
1937-1939	Died in Office 	 	 	 	
11 	Sir Earle Page
MP for Cowper NSW
1919-1961 	Country Party of Australia 	 	 	 	
1939 	Page 	Died a Few Weeks After Conceding Defeat 	 	 	 	
12 	Sir Robert Menzies MP For Kooyong VIC
1934-1966	United Australia Party/Country Coalition 	 	 	 	
1939-1941
1949-1966	First Menzies
Second Menzies
Third Menzies
1940
Fourth Menzies
1949-1951
Fifth Menzies
1951-1954
Sixth Menzies
1954-1955
Seventh Menzies
1955-1958
Eighth Menzies
1958-1961
Ninth Menzies
1961-1963
Tenth Menzies
1963-1966	Resigned 	 	 	 	
13 	Arthur Fadden
MP For Darling Downs QLD
1936–1949
MP For McPherson QLD
1949–1958	Country Party of Australia 	 	 	 	
1941 	Fadden 	Retired 	 	 	 	
14 	John Curtin
MP For Fremantle WA
1928–1931
MP For Fremantle WA
1934–1945	Australian Labor Party 	 	 	 	
1941-1945	First Curtin
1941-1943
Second Curtin
1943-1945	Died in Office 	 	 	 	
15 	Frank Forde
MP For Capricornia QLD
1922–1946 	Australian Labor Party 	 	 	 	
1945 	Forde 	Defeated in the 1946 Australian Federal Election	 	 	 	
16 	Benedict Joseph Chifley
MP For Macquarie NSW 
1928–1931
MP For Macquarie NSW 
1940–1951	Australian Labor Party 	 	 	 	
1945-1949	First Chifley
1945-1946
Second Chifley
1946-1949	Defeated in the 1931 Australian Federal Election
Died in Office as Labor Leader	 	 	 	
17 	Harold Holt
MP For Fawkner VIC
1935–1949
MP For Higgins VIC
1949–1967	Liberal/Country Coalition 	 	 	 	
1966-1967	First Holt
1966
Second Holt
1966-1967 	Died in Office 	 	 	 	
18 	John McEwen
MP For Echuca VIC
1934–1937
MP For Indi VIC
1937–1949
MP For Murray VIC
1949–1971	Country Party of Australia 	 	 	 	
1967-1968	McEwen 	Resigned 	 	 	 	
19 	John Gorton
MP For Higgins
1968-1975 	Liberal/Country Coalition 	John McEwen
1968-1971
Douglas John Anthony
1971	1968-1971	First Gorton
1968-1969
Second Gorton
1969-1971	Retired
20 	William McMahon
MP For Lowe NSW
1949–1982 	Liberal/Country
Coalition 	Douglas John Anthony 	1971-1972	McMahon 	Resigned
21 	Gough Edward Whitlam
MP For Werriwa NSW
1952–1978	Australian Labor Party 	Lance Barnard
1972-1974
James Forde Cairns
1974-1975
Frank Crean 1975	1972-1975	First Whitlam
1972
Second Whitlam
1972-1974
Third Whitlam
1974-1975	Resigned
22 	Malcolm John Fraser
MP For Wannon VIC
1955-1983	Liberal/National Coalition 	Douglas Anthony
1975-1983	1975-1983	First Fraser
1975
Second Fraser
1975-1977
Third Fraser
1977-1980
Fourth Fraser
1980-1983	Resigned
23 	Robert Hawke
MP For Wills VIC
1980–1992 	Australian Labor Party 	Lionel Bowen
1983-1990
Paul Keating
1990-1991
Brian Howe
1991	1983-1991	First Hawke
1983-1984
Second Hawke
1984-1987
Third Hawke
1987-1990
Fourth Hawke
1990-1991	Resigned
24 	Paul Keating
MP For Blaxland
1969-1996 	Australian Labor Party 	Brian Howe
1991-1995
Kim Beazley 1995-1996	1991-1996	First Keating
1991-1993
Second Keating
1993-1996	Resigned
25 	John Howard
MP For Bennelong NSW
1974-2007 	Liberal/National Coalition 	Timothy Fischer
1996-1999
John Anderson
1999-2006
Mark Vaile
2005-2007	1996-2007	First Howard
1996-1998
Second Howard
1998-2001
Third Howard
2001-2004
Fourth Howard
2004-2007	Lost Seat (Defeated)
26 	Kevin Rudd
MP For Griffith QLD
1998-2014 	Australian Labor Party 	Julia Gillard
2007-2010
Anthony Albanese
2013	2007-2010
2013	First Rudd
2007-2010
Second Rudd
2013	Retired
27 	Julia Gillard
MP For Lalor
1998-2013 	Australian Labor Party 	Wayne Swan
2010-2013	2010-2013	First Gillard
2010
Second Gillard
2010-2013	Retired
28 	Anthony Abbott
MP For Warringah
1994-2018 	Liberal/National Coalition 	Warren Truss
2013-2015	2013 	Abbott 	Lost Seat
(Defeated)
29 	Malcolm Turnbull
MP For Wentworth
2004-2018 	Liberal/National Coalition 	Barnaby Joyce
2016-2018
Michael McCormack
2018	2016 	First Turnbull
2015-2016
Second Turnbull
2016-2018	Resigned
30 	Scott Morrison
MP For Cook
2007-2028 	Liberal/National Coalition 	Michael McCormack
2018-2019	 	 	
Morrison
2018-2019	Retired at the 2028 Australian Federal Election	 	 	 	 	
31 	Bill Shorten
MP For Maribyrnong VIC
2007-2052	Australian Labor Party 	Tanya Plibersek
2019-2028	2019-2028	First Shorten
2019-2022
Second Shorten
2022-2025
Third Shorten
2025-2028	Retired
at 85 Years of age
at the 2052 Australian Federal Election
32 	Barnaby Joyce
MP For New England
2013-2036 	Liberal/National Coalition 	Katie Allen
2028-2036	2028-2036	First Joyce
2028-2032
Second Joyce
2032-2036	Defeated
(Lost Seat)
33 	Joseph Brosnahan
MP For Breakwater
2028-2052 	Australian Labor Party 	Bill Shorten
2036-2044	2036-2044	First Brosnahan
2036-2040
Second Brosnahan
2040-2044	Retired
34 	Seth Cotterell
MP For Corangamite
2032-2056 	Australian Labor Party 	Ryley Kelly
2044-2045
Alex Hoornweg
2045-2048	2044-2048	First Cotterell
2044-2045
Second Cotterell
2045-2048	Retired
35 	Christopher Pyne
MP For Sturt
1993-2040
MP For Sturt
2044-2052	Liberal/National Coalition 	Tony Smith
2048-2052 	2048-2052	First Pyne
2048-2050
Second Pyne
2050-2052	Defeated
(Lost Seat)
36 	Felicity Brosnahan
MP For Breakwater
2052-2072	Australian Labor Party 	James Chalmers
2052-2056
Terri Butler
2056-2060
Tanya Plibersek
2060-2064
Chris Bowen
2064-2068	2052-2068	First Brosnahan
2052-2056
Second Brosnahan
2056-2060
Third Brosnahan 2060-2062
Fourth Brosnahan
2062-2064
Fifth Brosnahan 2064-2068	Retired at the 2072 Australian Federal Election
37 	Malcolm Turnbull II
MP For Greater Wentworth NSW
2054-2071	Liberal/National Coalition 	Abbey Morrison
2068-2071	2068-2071	Turnbull II 	Died in Office by Assassination
38 	Michael Johnson
MP For Collingwood VIC
2056-2076	Liberal/National Coalition 	Abbey Morrison
2071-2072	2071-2072	Johnson 	Retired
39 	Ian Smith II
MP For Corangamite
2069-2076
MP For Cox
2076-2095	Australian Labor Party
2069-2095 	Patrick Gorman
2072-2076
Wyatt Roy
2076-2088	2072-2088	First Smith II
2072-2076
Second Smith II
2076-2080
Third Smith II
2080-2084
Fourth Smith II
2084-2088	Retired
40 	John Howard II
MP For North Bennelong NSW
2068-2084
MP For North Bennelong NSW
2088-2096
MP For North Bennelong NSW
2096-2099	Liberal/National Coalition
2068-2096
Australian Conservatives
2096-2099	Joseph Rudd
2088-2092	2088-2092	Howard II 	Defeated
(Lost Seat)
41 	Alex Hoornweg II
MP For Eden-Monaro NSW 2088-2102
MP For Andrews NSW 2102-2109	Australian Labor Party 	Jordon Steele-John
2092-2095
Samuel McGowan
2095-2107	2092-2107	First Hoornweg II
2092-2095
Second Hoornweg II
2095-2096
Third Hoornweg II
2096-2099
Fourth Hoornweg II
2101-2103
Fifth Hoornweg II
2103-2107	Defeated
(Lost Seat)
42 	Alexandria Davidson
MP For Southern Corangamite
2107-	Reunited Australia 	No Deputy 	2107- 	First Davidson 2107-	Incumbent
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