Appendix 7—Chronological list of ministries

The following list shows 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 their resignation and that of each of their 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. W. M. Hughes was the first Australian Prime Minister to follow this procedure, which he did on three separate occasions between 1915 and 1923.

Ministry Period of office Ministry Period of office

1 Barton

1.1.1901 to 24.9.1903

35 Holt

14.12.1966 to 19.12.1967

2 Deakin

24.9.1903 to 27.4.1904

36 McEwen

19.12.1967 to 10.1.1968

3 Watson

27.4.1904 to 17.8.1904

37 Gorton

10.1.1968 to 28.2.1968

4 Reid–McLean

18.8.1904 to 5.7.1905

38 Gorton

28.2.1968 to 12.11.1969

5 Deakin

5.7.1905 to 13.11.1908

39 Gorton

12.11.1969 to 10.3.1971

6 Fisher

13.11.1908 to 2.6.1909

40 McMahon

10.3.1971 to 5.12.1972

7 Deakin

2.6.1909 to 29.4.1910

41 Whitlam

5.12.1972 to 19.12.1972

8 Fisher

29.4.1910 to 24.6.1913

42 Whitlam

19.12.1972 to 12.6.1974

9 Cook

24.6.1913 to 17.9.1914

43 Whitlam

12.6.1974 to 11.11.1975

10 Fisher

17.9.1914 to 27.10.1915

44 Fraser

11.11.1975 to 22.12.1975

11 Hughes

27.10.1915 to 14.11.1916

45 Fraser

22.12.1975 to 20.12.1977

12 Hughes

14.11.1916 to 17.2.1917

46 Fraser

20.12.1977 to 3.11.1980

13 Hughes

17.2.1917 to 8.1.1918

47 Fraser

3.11.1980 to 7.5.1982

14 Hughes

10.1.1918 to 9.2.1923

48 Fraser

7.5.1982 to 11.3.1983

15 Bruce–Page

9.2.1923 to 22.10.1929

49 Hawke

11.3.1983 to 13.12.1984

16 Scullin

22.10.1929 to 6.1.1932

50 Hawke

13.12.1984 to 24.7.1987

17 Lyons

6.1.1932 to 7.11.1938

51 Hawke

24.7.1987 to 4.4.1990

18 Lyons

7.11.1938 to7.4.1939

52 Hawke

4.4.1990 to 20.12.1991

19 Page

7.4.1939 to 26.4.1939

53 Keating

20.12.1991 to 27.12.1991

20 Menzies

26.4.1939 to 14.3.1940

54 Keating

27.12.1991 to 24.3.1993

21 Menzies

14.3.1940 to 28.10.1940

55 Keating

24.3.1993 to 11.3.1996

22 Menzies

28.10.1940 to 29.8.1941

56 Howard

11.3.1996 to 21.10.1998

23 Fadden

29.8.1941 to 7.10.1941

57 Howard

21.10.1998 to 26.11.2001

24 Curtin

7.10.1941 to 21.9.1943

58  Howard

26.11.2001 to 26.10.2004

25 Curtin

21.9.1943 to 6.7.1945

59  Howard

26.10.2004 to 3.12.2007

26 Forde

6.7.1945 to 13.7.1945

60 Rudd

3.12.2007 to 24.6.2010

27 Chifley

13.7.1945 to 1.11.1946

61 Gillard

24.6.2010 to 28.6.2010

28 Chifley

1.11.1946 to 19.12.1949

62 Gillard

28.6.2010 to 14.9.2010

29 Menzies

19.12.1949 to 11.5.1951

63 Gillard

14.9.2010 to 27.6.2013

30 Menzies

11.5.1951 to 11.1.1956

64 Rudd

27.6.2013 to 1.7.2013

31 Menzies

11.1.1956 to 10.12.1958

65 Rudd

1.7.2013 to 18.9.2013

32 Menzies

10.12.1958 to 18.12.1963

66 Abbott

18.9.2013 to 15.9.2015

33 Menzies

18.12.1963 to 26.1.1966

67 Turnbull

15.9.2015 to 19.7.2016

34 Holt

26.1.1966 to 14.12.1966

68 Turnbull

19.7.2016 –

Source: Parliamentary Library, Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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