List of prime ministers of Australia

The Lodge, the official residence of the prime minister

The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The role of prime minister is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but the prime minister is still appointed by the governor-general who under Section 64 of the constitution has the executive power to appoint ministers of state. The governor-general is appointed by the monarch of Australia based on the advice of the incumbent prime minister.<ref name=":1" /> Governors-general do not have fixed terms, but usually serve for five years.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Federal elections must be held every three years, although prime ministers may call elections early.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref> Prime ministers do not have fixed terms, and generally serve the full length of their term unless they lose the majority of the House or are replaced as the leader of their party. Three former prime ministers lost a majority in the House (Alfred Deakin on two occasions, George Reid and Andrew Fisher), six resigned following leadership spills (John Gorton, Bob Hawke, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull) and three died in office (Joseph Lyons, John Curtin and Harold Holt, who disappeared and is presumed to have died).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Two prime ministers also lost their role in a double dissolution election, a snap election where the entire Senate stands for re-election rather than the typical half to resolve deadlocks between the two houses. These were Joseph Cook in 1914 and Malcolm Fraser in 1983. One prime minister, Gough Whitlam, was dismissed by the governor-general during a constitutional crisis.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Since the office was established in 1901, thirty men and one woman have been prime minister. Robert Menzies and Kevin Rudd served two non-consecutive terms in office while Alfred Deakin and Andrew Fisher served three non-consecutive terms.<ref name="naa220801">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The prime ministership of Frank Forde, who was prime minister for seven days in 1945, was the shortest in Australian history.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Menzies served the longest, with eighteen years over two non-consecutive periods.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The current prime minister is Anthony Albanese, who assumed office on 23 May 2022.<ref name="naa220801"/> There are currently seven living former prime ministers. The most recent former prime minister to die was Bob Hawke, on 16 May 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of prime ministers

The parties shown are those to which the prime ministers belonged at the time they held office, and the electoral divisions shown are those they represented while in office. Several prime ministers belonged to parties other than those given and represented other electorates before and after their time in office.

Political parties

Template:Sronly

Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Election	Template:Small	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Monarch	Template:Abbr
					Took office	Left office	Tenure
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |1		Edmund Barton Template:Small Template:Small	1901	(1st)	1 January 1901	24 September 1903	Template:Ayd	Protectionist	Barton	VictoriaTemplate:Efn r. 1837–1901	<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
Edward VIITemplate:Efn r. 1901–1910
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |2		Alfred Deakin Template:Small Template:Small		—	24 September 1903	27 April 1904		Template:Ayd	Deakin I	<ref name="Deakin">Template:AuDB</ref>
	1903			(2nd)
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |3	File:J. C. Watson - T. Humphrey & Co (cropped).jpg	Chris Watson Template:Small Template:Small		—	27 April 1904	18 August 1904	Template:Ayd	Labor	Watson	<ref>Template:AuDB</ref>
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black" | 4	File:George Reid crop.jpg	George Reid Template:Small Template:Small		—	18 August 1904	5 July 1905	Template:Ayd	Free Trade	Reid	<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |(2)	File:AlfredDeakin.jpeg	Alfred Deakin Template:Small Template:Small		—	5 July 1905	13 November 1908	Template:Ayd	Protectionist	Deakin II	<ref name="Deakin"/>
	1906			(3rd)
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |5	File:Andrewfisher.JPG	Andrew Fisher Template:Small Template:Small		—	13 November 1908	2 June 1909	Template:Ayd	Labor	Fisher I	<ref name="Fisher">Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black" |(2)	File:Alfred Deakin - Elliott & Fry (cropped).jpg	Alfred Deakin Template:Small Template:Small		—	2 June 1909	29 April 1910	Template:Ayd	Liberal	Deakin III	<ref name="Deakin"/>
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |(5)	File:Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg	Andrew Fisher Template:Small Template:Small	1910	(4th)	29 April 1910	24 June 1913	Template:Ayd	Labor	Fisher II	<ref name="Fisher"/>
George VTemplate:Efn r. 1910–1936
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black" |6	File:Sir Joseph Cook (cropped).jpg	Joseph Cook (1860–1947) Template:Small	1913	(5th)	24 June 1913	17 September 1914	Template:Ayd	Liberal	Cook	<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |(5)	File:Andrew Fisher 1914.jpg	Andrew Fisher Template:Small Template:Small	1914	(6th)	17 September 1914	27 October 1915	Template:Ayd	Labor	Fisher III	<ref name="Fisher"/>
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |	File:Billy Hughes 1919.jpg	Billy Hughes Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small Template:Small	—		27 October 1915	9 February 1923	Template:Ayd		Hughes I	<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black" |								National Labor	Hughes II
	style="background:Template:Party color; border-style: none; color:black" |7								Nationalist	Hughes III
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; border-style: none; color:black" |			1917	(7th)					Hughes IV
	1919			(8th)	Hughes V
	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color; color:black" |8	File:Stanley Melbourne Bruce.jpg	Stanley Bruce Template:Small Template:Small	1922	(9th)	9 February 1923	22 October 1929	Template:Ayd	Nationalist (Coalition)	Bruce I	<ref>Template:AuDB</ref>
	1925			(10th)	Bruce II
	1928			(11th)	Bruce III
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |9	File:Portrait of James H. Scullin (cropped).jpg	James Scullin Template:Small Template:Small	1929	(12th)	22 October 1929	6 January 1932	Template:Ayd	Labor	Scullin	<ref>Template:AuDB</ref>
	rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |10	File:Joseph Aloysius Lyons (cropped).jpg	Joseph Lyons Template:Small Template:Small	1931	(13th)	6 January 1932	7 April 1939Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	United Australia	Lyons I	<ref>Template:AuDB</ref>
	1934			(14th)	Lyons II
—	United Australia (Coalition)				Lyons III				Edward VIIITemplate:Efn r. 1936
									George VITemplate:Efn r. 1936–1952
1937				(15th)	Lyons IV
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |11	File:Earle Page.jpg	Earle Page Template:Small Template:Small	—		7 April 1939	26 April 1939	Template:Ayd	Country (Coalition)		Page	<ref>Template:AuDB</ref>
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |12	File:Robert Menzies in 1939.jpg	Robert Menzies Template:Small Template:Small	—		26 April 1939	29 August 1941	Template:Ayd	United Australia		Menzies I	<ref name="Menzies">Template:AuDB</ref>
United Australia (Coalition)								Menzies II
			1940	(16th)				Menzies III
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |13	File:FaddenPEO.jpg	Arthur Fadden Template:Small Template:Small	—		29 August 1941	7 October 1941	Template:Ayd	Country (Coalition)		Fadden	<ref>Template:AuDB</ref>
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |14	File:JohnCurtin.jpg	John Curtin Template:Small Template:Small	—		7 October 1941	5 July 1945Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	Labor		Curtin I	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1943			(17th)	Curtin II
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |15	File:Frank Forde 1945.jpg	Frank Forde Template:Small Template:Small		—	5 July 1945	13 July 1945	Template:Ayd			Forde	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |16	File:Benchifley.jpg	Ben Chifley Template:Small Template:Small		—	13 July 1945	19 December 1949	Template:Ayd			Chifley I	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1946			(18th)	Chifley II
rowspan="8" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |(12)	File:Portrait Menzies 1950s.jpg	Robert Menzies Template:Small Template:Small	1949	(19th)	19 December 1949	26 January 1966	Template:Ayd	Liberal (Coalition)		Menzies IV	<ref name="Menzies" />
1951			(20th)	Menzies V
									Elizabeth IITemplate:Efn r. 1952–2022
1954			(21st)	Menzies VI
1955			(22nd)	Menzies VII
1958			(23rd)	Menzies VIII
1961			(24th)	Menzies IX
1963			(25th)	Menzies X
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |17	File:HaroldHolt.jpg	Harold Holt Template:Small Template:Small		—	26 January 1966	17 December 1967Template:Efn	Template:Ayd			Holt I	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1966			(26th)	Holt II
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |18	File:Sir John McEwen.jpg	John McEwen Template:Small Template:Small		—	19 December 1967	10 January 1968	Template:Ayd	Country (Coalition)		McEwen	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |19	File:Gorton.jpg	John Gorton Template:Small Template:SmallTemplate:Efn		—	10 January 1968	10 March 1971	Template:Ayd	Liberal (Coalition)		Gorton I	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1969			(27th)	Gorton II
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |20	File:William McMahon 1972 b&w.jpg	William McMahon Template:Small Template:Small		—	10 March 1971	5 December 1972	Template:Ayd			McMahon	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |21	File:Gough Whitlam at the Lodge 1974.jpg	Gough Whitlam Template:Small Template:Small	1972	(28th)	5 December 1972	11 November 1975	Template:Ayd	Labor		Whitlam I	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
—			Whitlam II
1974			(29th)	Whitlam III
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |22	File:Malcolm Fraser 1974 (cropped).jpg	Malcolm Fraser Template:Small Template:Small		—	11 November 1975	11 March 1983	Template:Ayd	Liberal (Coalition)		Fraser I	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1975			(30th)	Fraser II
1977			(31st)	Fraser III
1980			(32nd)	Fraser IV
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |23	Hawke_Bob_BANNER	Bob Hawke Template:Small Template:Small	1983	(33rd)	11 March 1983	20 December 1991	Template:Ayd	Labor		Hawke I	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1984			(34th)	Hawke II
1987			(35th)	Hawke III
1990			(36th)	Hawke IV
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |24	File:Keating Paul Portrait.jpg	Paul Keating Template:Small Template:Small		—	20 December 1991	11 March 1996	Template:Ayd			Keating I	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1993			(37th)	Keating II
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |25	File:John Howard, Feb. 2003-2.jpg	John Howard Template:Small Template:Small	1996	(38th)	11 March 1996	3 December 2007	Template:Ayd	Liberal (Coalition)		Howard I	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1998			(39th)	Howard II
2001			(40th)	Howard III
2004			(41st)	Howard IV
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |26	File:Kevin Rudd official portrait.jpg	Kevin Rudd Template:Small Template:Small	2007	(42nd)	3 December 2007	24 June 2010	Template:Ayd	Labor		Rudd I	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |27	File:Julia-gillard-official-portrait-pmc.jpg	Julia Gillard Template:Small Template:Small	—		24 June 2010	27 June 2013	Template:Ayd			Gillard I	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2010			(43rd)	Gillard II
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |(26)	File:The Hon. Kevin Rudd.jpg	Kevin Rudd Template:Small Template:Small		—	27 June 2013	18 September 2013	Template:Ayd			Rudd II	<ref name="Rudd"/>
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |28	Tony_Abbott_-_2010	Tony Abbott Template:Small Template:Small	2013	(44th)	18 September 2013	15 September 2015	Template:Ayd	Liberal (Coalition)		Abbott	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |29	Malcolm_Turnbull_PEO_(cropped)	Malcolm Turnbull Template:Small Template:Small	—		15 September 2015	24 August 2018	Template:Ayd			Turnbull I	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016			(45th)	Turnbull II
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |30	Scott_Morrison_portrait	Scott Morrison Template:Small Template:Small		—	24 August 2018	23 May 2022	Template:Ayd			Morrison I	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019			(46th)	Morrison II
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" |31	Anthony_Albanese_election_infobox	Anthony Albanese Template:Small Template:Small	2022	(47th)	23 May 2022	Incumbent	Template:AydTemplate:Efn	Labor		Albanese I	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2025			(48th)	Albanese II					Charles IIITemplate:Efn r. 2022–present

Timeline

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Career-based timeline

This timeline below shows most of the early life, the political career and death of each prime minister from 1901. The first prime minister was Edmund Barton in the early 20th century.<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>

Key

• Each dark coloured bar denotes the time spent as prime minister
• A light colour denotes time spent in Parliament before or after serving as prime minister
• A grey colour bar denotes the time the prime minister spent outside Parliament, either before or after their political career

Notable moments

• changed party: Cook (pre-office), Watson (post-office), Hughes (in office and post-office), Lyons (pre-office)
• died in office: Lyons, Curtin, Holt
• died shortly after leaving office: Chifley
• left Parliament on leaving office: Barton, Bruce, Menzies, Fraser, Hawke, Keating, Howard, Gillard, Turnbull
• long career after being prime minister: Cook, Hughes, Scullin, Page, Fadden, McMahon
• was prime minister after an interruption to their service in Parliament: Scullin, Curtin, Chifley
• lived for more than twenty years after leaving Parliament: Watson, Cook, Bruce, Forde, Gorton, Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating
• former prime minister still living: Keating, Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison

Timeline

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ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:10 start:01/01/1840 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:liteline unit:year increment:5 start:01/01/1845 </timeline>

See also

• History of Australia
• List of prime ministers of Australia by birthplace
• List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office
• Politics of Australia
• Spouse of the prime minister of Australia

External links

• Official website of the Prime Minister of Australia
• Museum of Australian Democracy Prime Minister Information