Australia has had a total of 26 different Prime
Ministers since federation in 1901. Sir Edmund
Barton was Australia's first Prime Minister,
assuming office on 1st January 1901.
There are no restrictions on the length of time
an Australian Prime Minister can hold office, unlike the Presidential system in
the United States of America where the President can only hold office for two
terms.
|
No. |
Name |
Born |
Party |
Assumed office |
Left
office |
|
1 |
Sir Edmund Barton |
18/01/1849 |
Protectionist |
01/01/1901 |
24/09/1903 |
|
2 |
Alfred Deakin |
03/08/1856 |
Protectionist |
24/09/1903 |
27/04/1904 |
|
3 |
Chris Watson |
09/04/1867 |
Labor |
27/04/1904 |
18/08/1904 |
|
4 |
Sir George Reid |
25/02/1845 |
Free Trade |
18/08/1904 |
05/07/1905 |
|
-2 |
Alfred Deakin |
(see above) |
(see above) |
05/07/1905 |
13/11/1908 |
|
5 |
Andrew Fisher |
29/08/1862 |
Labor |
13/11/1908 |
02/06/1909 |
|
-2 |
Alfred Deakin |
(see above) |
Commonwealth Liberal |
02/06/1909 |
29/04/1910 |
|
-5 |
Andrew Fisher |
(see above) |
(see above) |
29/04/1910 |
24/06/1913 |
|
6 |
Joseph Cook |
07/12/1860 |
Commonwealth Liberal |
24/06/1913 |
17/09/1914 |
|
-5 |
Andrew Fisher |
(see above) |
(see above) |
17/09/1914 |
27/10/1915 |
|
7 |
Billy Hughes |
25/09/1862 |
Labor |
27/10/1915 |
14/11/1916 |
|
-7 |
Billy Hughes |
(see above) |
National Labor |
14/11/1916 |
17/02/1917 |
|
-7 |
Billy Hughes |
(see above) |
Nationalist |
17/02/1917 |
09/02/1923 |
|
8 |
Stanley Bruce |
15/04/1883 |
Nationalist |
09/02/1923 |
22/10/1929 |
|
9 |
James Scullin |
18/09/1876 |
Labor |
22/10/1929 |
06/01/1932 |
|
10 |
Joseph Lyons |
15/09/1879 |
United Australia |
06/01/1932 |
07/04/1939 |
|
11 |
Sir Earle Page |
08/08/1880 |
Country |
07/04/1939 |
26/04/1939 |
|
12 |
Robert Gordon Menzies |
20/12/1894 |
United Australia |
26/04/1939 |
28/08/1941 |
|
13 |
Arthur William Fadden |
13/04/1895 |
Country |
28/08/1941 |
07/10/1941 |
|
14 |
John Joseph Curtin |
08/01/1885 |
Labor |
07/10/1941 |
05/07/1945 |
|
15 |
Francis Michael Forde |
18/07/1890 |
Labor |
06/07/1945 |
13/07/1945 |
|
16 |
Joseph Benedict Chifley |
22/09/1885 |
Labor |
13/07/1945 |
19/12/1949 |
|
-12 |
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies |
(see above) |
Liberal |
19/12/1949 |
26/01/1966 |
|
17 |
Harold Edward Holt |
05/08/1908 |
Liberal |
26/01/1966 |
19/12/1967 |
|
18 |
John McEwen |
29/03/1900 |
Country |
19/12/1967 |
10/01/1968 |
|
19 |
John Grey Gorton |
09/09/1911 |
Liberal |
10/01/1968 |
10/03/1971 |
|
20 |
William McMahon |
23/02/1908 |
Liberal |
10/03/1971 |
05/12/1972 |
|
21 |
Edward Gough Whitlam |
11/07/1916 |
Labor |
05/12/1972 |
11/11/1975 |
|
22 |
John Malcolm Fraser |
21/05/1930 |
Liberal |
11/11/1975 |
11/03/1983 |
|
23 |
Robert James Lee Hawke |
09/12/1929 |
Labor |
11/03/1983 |
20/12/1991 |
|
24 |
Paul John Keating |
18/01/1944 |
Labor |
20/12/1991 |
11/03/1996 |
|
25 |
John Winston Howard |
26/07/1939 |
Liberal |
11/03/1996 |
03/12/2007 |
|
26 |
Kevin Michael Rudd |
21/09/1957 |
Labor |
03/12/2007 |
Incumbent |
