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Ministries

The following lists show each ministry and its term of office since 1901. The termination date of each ministry coincides with the date on which the Prime Minister submitted his resignation and that of each of his ministers to the Governor-General.

In a number of instances, however, such resignations have been the occasion for the Prime Minister of the day to request the Governor-General for a commission to form a new ministry and thus remain in office. WM Hughes was the first Australian Prime Minister to follow this procedure, which he did on three separate occasions between 1915 and 1923.

Ministry Period Party
1. Barton 1.1.1901 – 24.9.1903 PROTECTIONIST
2. Deakin 24.9.1903 – 27.4.1904 PROTECTIONIST
3. Watson 27.4.1904 – 17.8.1904 ALP
4. Reid–McLean 18.8.1904 – 5.7.1905 FREE TRADE–PROTECTIONIST
5. Deakin 5.7.1905 – 13.11.1908 PROTECTIONIST
6. Fisher 13.11.1908 – 2.6.1909 ALP
7. Deakin 2.6.1909 – 29.4.1910 PROTECTIONIST–FREE
TRADE–TARIFF REFORM
8. Fisher 29.4.1910 – 24.6.1913 ALP
9. Cook 24.6.1913 – 17.9.1914 LIB
10. Fisher 17.9.1914 – 27.10.1915 ALP
11. Hughes 27.10.1915 – 14.11.1916 ALP
12. Hughes 14.11.1916 – 17.2.1917 NATIONAL LABOUR
13. Hughes 17.2.1917 – 8.1.1918 NATIONALIST
14. Hughes 10.1.1918 – 9.2.1923 NATIONALIST
15. Bruce–Page 9.2.1923 – 22.10.1929 NATIONALIST–CP
16. Scullin 22.10.1929 – 6.1.1932 ALP
17. Lyons 6.1.1932 – 9.11.1934 UAP
9.11.1934 – 7.11.1938 UAP–CP
18. Lyons 7.11.1938 – 7.4.1939 UAP–CP
19. Page 7.4.1939 – 26.4.1939 CP–UAP
20. Menzies 26.4.1939 – 14.3.1940 UAP
21. Menzies 14.3.1940 – 28.10.1940 UAP–CP
22. Menzies 28.10.1940 – 29.8.1941 UAP–CP
23. Fadden 29.8.1941 – 7.10.1941 CP–UAP
24. Curtin 7.10.1941 – 21.9.1943 ALP
25. Curtin 21.9.1943 – 6.7.1945 ALP
26. Forde 6.7.1945 – 13.7.1945 ALP
27. Chifley 13.7.1945 – 1.11.1946 ALP
28. Chifley 1.11.1946 – 19.12.1949 ALP
29. Menzies 19.12.1949 – 11.5.1951 LIB–CP
30. Menzies 11.5.1951 – 11.1.1956 LIB–CP
31. Menzies 11.1.1956 – 10.12.1958 LIB–CP
32. Menzies 10.12.1958 – 18.12.1963 LIB–CP
33. Menzies 18.12.1963 – 26.1.1966 LIB–CP
34. Holt 26.1.1966 – 14.12.1966 LIB–CP
35. Holt 14.12.1966 – 19.12.1967 LIB–CP
36. McEwen 19.12.1967 – 10.1.1968 LIB–CP
37. Gorton 10.1.1968 – 28.2.1968 LIB–CP
38. Gorton 28.2.1968 – 12.11.1969 LIB–CP
39. Gorton 12.11.1969 – 10.3.1971 LIB–CP
40. McMahon 10.3.1971 – 5.12.1972 LIB–CP
41. Whitlam 5.12.1972 – 19.12.1972 ALP
42. Whitlam 19.12.1972 – 12.6.1974 ALP
43. Whitlam 12.6.1974 – 11.11.1975 ALP
44. Fraser 11.11.1975 – 22.12.1975 LIB–NCP
45. Fraser 22.12.1975 – 20.12.1977 LIB–NCP
46. Fraser 20.12.1977 – 3.11.1980 LIB–NCP
47. Fraser 3.11.1980 – 7.5.1982 LIB–NCP
48. Fraser 7.5.1982 – 11.3.1983 LIB–NCP
49. Hawke 11.3.1983 – 13.12.1984 ALP
50. Hawke 13.12.1984 – 24.7.1987 ALP
51. Hawke 24.7.1987 – 4.4.1990 ALP
52. Hawke 4.4.1990 – 20.12.1991 ALP
53. Keating 20.12.1991 – 27.12.1991 ALP
54. Keating 27.12.1991 – 24.3.1993 ALP
55. Keating 24.3.1993 – 11.3.1996 ALP
56. Howard 11.3.1996 – 21.10.1998 LIB–NPA
57. Howard 21.10.1998 – 26.11.2001 LIB–NPA
58. Howard 26.11.2001 – 26.10.2004 LIB–NPA
59. Howard 26.10.2004 - 3.12.2007 LIB–NP
60. Rudd 3.12.2007 - ALP

 

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