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Prime Ministers

Name Party Period of service Years/ months/ days
Barton, the Rt Hon. Sir Edmund, GCMG, KC PROT 1.1.1901 – 24.9.1903 2 8 24
Deakin, the Hon. Alfred PROT 24.9.1903 – 27.4.1904 – 7 4
Watson, the Hon. John Christian ALP 27.4.1904 – 17.8.1904 – 3 21
Reid, the Rt Hon. George Houstoun, KC (later Sir George, GCB, GCMG) FT* 18.8.1904 – 5.7.1905 – 10 18
Deakin, the Hon. Alfred PROT* 5.7.1905 – 13.11.1908 3 4 9
Fisher, the Rt Hon. Andrew ALP 13.11.1908 – 2.6.1909 – 6 21
Deakin, the Hon. Alfred PROT 2.6.1909 – 29.4.1910 – 10 28
Fisher, the Rt Hon. Andrew ALP 29.4.1910 – 24.6.1913 3 1 26
Cook, the Rt Hon. Joseph (later Sir Joseph, GCMG) LIB 24.6.1913 – 17.9.1914 1 2 25
Fisher, the Rt Hon. Andrew ALP 17.9.1914 – 27.10.1915 1 1 11
Hughes, the Rt Hon. William Morris, CH, KC ALP 27.10.1915 – 14.11.1916 7 3 14
  NAT LAB 14.11.1916 – 17.2.1917      
  NAT 17.2.1917 – 9.2.1923      
Bruce, the Rt Hon. Stanley Melbourne, CH, MC (later 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne) NAT* 9.2.1923 – 22.10.1929 6 8 14
Scullin, the Rt Hon. James Henry ALP 22.10.1929 – 6.1.1932 2 2 16
Lyons, the Rt Hon. Joseph Aloysius, CH UAP 6.1.1932 – 9.11.1934      
  UAP* 9.11.1934 – 7.4.1939 7 3 2
Page, the Rt Hon. Sir Earle Christmas Grafton, GCMG, CH CP* 7.4.1939 – 26.4.1939 – – 20
Menzies, the Rt Hon. Robert Gordon, KC UAP 26.4.1939 – 14.3.1940 2 4 4
  UAP* 14.3.1940 – 29.8.1941      
Fadden, the Rt Hon. Arthur William (later Sir Arthur, GCMG) CP* 29.8.1941 – 7.10.1941 – 1 9
Curtin, the Rt Hon. John Joseph Ambrose ALP 7.10.1941 – 5.7.1945 3 8 29
Forde, the Rt Hon. Francis Michael ALP 6.7.1945 – 13.7.1945 – – 8
Chifley, the Rt Hon. Joseph Benedict ALP 13.7.1945 – 19.12.1949 4 5 7
Menzies, the Rt Hon. Robert Gordon, KC (later Sir Robert, KT, CH, QC) LIB* 19.12.1949 – 26.1.1966 16 1 8
Holt, the Rt Hon. Harold Edward, CH LIB* 26.1.1966 – 19.12.1967 1 10 23
McEwen, the Rt Hon. John (later Sir John, GCMG, CH) CP* 19.12.1967 – 10.1.1968 – – 23
Gorton, the Rt Hon. John Grey, CH (later Sir John, GCMG, AC) LIB* 10.1.1968 – 10.3.1971 3 2 –
McMahon, the Rt Hon. William, CH (later Sir William, GCMG) LIB* 10.3.1971 – 5.12.1972 1 8 25
Whitlam, the Hon. Edward Gough, AC, QC ALP 5.12.1972 – 11.11.1975 2 11 7
Fraser, the Rt Hon. John Malcolm, AC, CH LIB* 11.11.1975 – 11.3.1983 7 4 –
Hawke, the Hon. Robert James Lee, AC ALP 11.3.1983 – 20.12.1991 8 9 10
Keating, the Hon. Paul John ALP 20.12.1991 – 11.3.1996 4 2 20
Howard, the Hon. John Winston LIB* 11.3.1996 – 3.12.2007 11 8 22
Rudd, the Hon. Kevin Michael ALP 3.12.2007–      
* Coalition government.

 

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