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Below is a '''list of Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth of Australia'''<!-- DELETED CONTENT:by name, birth date, birth place, date first elected to the ], political party, electoral constituency, date assumed office, date left office, date left parliament (where applicable) and date of death (where applicable) -->.
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], the official residence of the prime minister]]
The ] of ] is the leader of the ] and the ], with the support of the majority of the ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The Ministry |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/Practice7/HTML/Chapter2/The_Ministry |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=] |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Infosheet 20 - The Australian system of government |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/00_-_Infosheets/Infosheet_20_-_The_Australian_system_of_government |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Parliament of Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901.<ref>{{cite web |title = Prime Minister |url = http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/prime-minister.html |publisher = Parliamentary Education Office |access-date = 2016-04-15 }}</ref> The role of prime minister is not mentioned in the ],<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Infosheet 20 - The Australian system of government |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/00_-_Infosheets/Infosheet_20_-_The_Australian_system_of_government |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Parliament of Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> but the prime minister is still appointed by the ] who under Section 64 of the constitution has the executive power to appoint ministers of state. The governor-general is appointed by the ] 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>{{Cite web |title=Governor-General - Parliamentary Education Office |url=https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/parliament-and-its-people/people-in-parliament/governor-general/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=Parliamentary Education Office |language=en}}</ref>


] must be held every three years, although prime ministers may call elections early.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elections and voting in Australia |url=http://static.moadoph.gov.au/ophgovau/media/images/apmc/docs/62-Elections.pdf |access-date=1 August 2022 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</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 (] on two occasions, ] and ]), six resigned following ]s (], ], ], ], ] and ]) and three died in office (], ] and ], who ] and is presumed to have died).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Australia's PMs and how they left office |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australias-pms-and-how-they-left-office/urvf50kuv |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=SBS News |language=en}}</ref> Two prime ministers also lost their role in a ] election, a snap election where the entire ] stands for re-election rather than the typical half to resolve deadlocks between the two houses. These were ] in 1914 and ] in 1983. One prime minister, ], was dismissed by the governor-general during a ].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Infosheet 18 - Double dissolution |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/about_parliament/house_of_representatives/powers_practice_and_procedure/00_-_infosheets/infosheet_18_-_double_dissolution |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Parliament of Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref>
The parties shown are those to which the ] 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 prime ministerships.


Since the office was established in 1901, thirty men and one woman have been prime minister. ] and Kevin Rudd served two non-consecutive terms in office while Alfred Deakin and Andrew Fisher served three non-consecutive terms.<ref name="naa220801">{{Cite web |title=Australia's Prime Ministers |url=https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/australias-prime-ministers |access-date=1 August 2022 |website=National Archives of Australia}}</ref> The prime ministership of ], who was prime minister for seven days in 1945, was the shortest in Australian history.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-12-16 |title=Australia's five shortest prime ministerships (and how they ended) |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-17/australias-five-shortest-prime-ministerships/10581888 |access-date=2022-08-31}}</ref> Menzies served the longest, with eighteen years over two non-consecutive periods.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Menzies {{!}} MOAD |url=https://primeministers.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/robert-menzies |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref> The current prime minister is ], 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 Hawke, on 16 May 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-16 |title=Bob Hawke, former Australian prime minister, dies aged 89 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/may/16/bob-hawke-former-australian-prime-minister-dies-age-89 |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>
==List==

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== List of prime ministers ==
'''Colour key'''<br>(for political parties)
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.
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! width=20%|Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! width=100|Portrait
'''Status'''
! width=25%|Division

! width=10%|Party
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! colspan="2" width=25%|Term of office
|+ {{Sronly|List of prime ministers of Australia}}
! Election
! scope=col rowspan=2 | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! width=13%|Ministry
! scope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortable |Portrait
! Ref
! scope=col rowspan=2 | Name<br/>{{Small|(Birth–death)<br/>Constituency}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! scope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortable |Election<br/>{{Small|(Parliament)}}
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Protectionist Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |1
! scope=colgroup colspan=3 | Term of office
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1849–1920)}}
! scope=col rowspan=2 | Political<br/>party
| rowspan="2"|]
! scope=col rowspan=2 class=unsortable | Ministry
| MP for ], ],<br>{{small|]–1903 (resigned)}}
! rowspan="2" |Monarch
| ]
! rowspan="2" |Governor-General
| {{small|1 January}}<br>1901
! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
| {{small|24 September}}<br>1903
| ]
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web
| first=Martha
| last=Rutledge
| title =Barton, Sir Edmund (1849–1920)
| publisher=]
| work=]
| url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070202b.htm
| accessdate = 2008-10-21}}</ref>
|- |-
! scope=col class=unsortable | Took office
| colspan="6"|{{small|First Australian Prime Minister, appointed in lieu of ] after the ]. Elected ] (inaugural federal election). Introduced ] to limit non-European settlement of Australia (commonly known as the ]). Retired to pursue judicial career.}}
! scope=col class=unsortable | Left office
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! scope=col | Time in office
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Protectionist Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |2
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1856–1919)}}
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Protectionist Party}}; color:white" |1
| rowspan="2"|]
| rowspan="3" | ]
| MP for ], ],<ref name="Ballarat" group="Notes">The Electoral Division of Ballaarat was spelled with a double ''a'' until 1977.</ref><br>{{small|]–1913 (retired)}}
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" | ]<br/>{{Small|(1849–1920)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| ]
| rowspan="3" | ] (1st)
| {{small|24 September}}<br>1903
| {{small|27 April}}<br>1904 | rowspan="3" | 1 January<br/>1901
| rowspan="3" | 24 September<br/>1903
| ]
| rowspan="3" | {{Ayd|1901|1|1|1903|9|24}}
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography | rowspan="3" | ]
| rowspan="3" | ]
|last=Norris
|]
|first= R.
| rowspan="2" |]
|year=1981
| rowspan="3" | <ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Rutledge |first=Martha |title=Sir Edmund (Toby) Barton (1849–1920) |id2=barton-sir-edmund-toby-71 |year=1979 |volume=7 |access-date = 2008-10-21}}</ref>
|id=A080275b
|title= Deakin, Alfred (1856–1919)
|accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref>
|- |-
| rowspan="13" |]
| colspan="6"|{{small|Elected ]; three-way hung Parliament, with government reliant on ] support. Unable to pass any legislation; resigned.}}
|- |-
| rowspan="3" |]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |3
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Protectionist Party}}; color:white" |2
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1867–1941)}}
| rowspan="2"|] | rowspan="3" | ]
! rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br />{{Small|(1856–1919)}}<br />{{Small|MP for ]{{Efn|name=Ballaarat|Ballarat was spelt Ballaarat until the 1973 election.}}}}
| MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–]}}<br>MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–1910 (retired)}}
| — (1st)
| ]
| rowspan="3" | 24 September<br />1903
| {{small|27 April}}<br>1904
| {{small|18 August}}<br>1904 | rowspan="3" | 27 April<br />1904
| rowspan="3" | {{Ayd|1903|9|24|1904|4|27}}
| —
| rowspan="3" | ]
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="3" | ]
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Nairn |first= Bede |year= 1990 |id= A120450b |title= Watson, John Christian (1867–1941) |accessdate= 2008-10-21}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | <ref name="Deakin">{{AuDB |last=Norris |first= R. |year=1981 |id=A080275b |title= Deakin, Alfred (1856–1919) |access-date=2008-10-21}}</ref>
|- |-
| rowspan="2" | ] (2nd)
| colspan="6"|{{small|First ] Prime Minister in the world. Enacted tax reforms. Minority government; sought a ] to allow an election; refused by the ]; resigned.}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Free Trade Party/meta/color}};" |4
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1845–1918)}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–1909 (resigned)}}
| ] || {{small|18 August}}<br>1904 || {{small|5 July}}<br>1905 || — || {{small|]}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web
| first=W. G.
| last=McMinn
| title =Reid, Sir George Houstoun (1845–1918)
| publisher=]
| work=]
| url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110362b.htm
| accessdate = 2008-10-21}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="6"|{{small|] 1894–1899; first former state premier to become Prime Minister. Minority government; resigned when ] and ] formed an alliance.}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Protectionist Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |{{small|(2)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1856–1919)}}
| rowspan="3"|]
| rowspan="2"|MP for ], Vic,<ref name="Ballarat" group="Notes" /><br>{{small|]–1913 (retired)}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| rowspan="2"|{{small|5 July}}<br>1905
| rowspan="2"|{{small|13 November}}<br>1908
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="3"|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| rowspan="5" |]
| colspan="6"|{{small|Re-elected ]. Passed extensive legislation; Arranged for Australian control of ] and ]; expanded ] to five justices.}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE" |- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |5 ! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |3
| ]
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1862–1928)}}
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1867–1941)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| — (2nd)
| MP for ], ],<br>{{small|]–1915 (resigned)}}
| 27 April<br/>1904
| 18 August<br/>1904
| {{Ayd|1904|4|27|1904|8|18}}
| ] | ]
| ]
| {{small|13 November}}<br>1908
| <ref>{{AuDB |last=Nairn |first = Bede |year = 1990 |id = A120450b |title = Watson, John Christian (1867–1941) |access-date = 2008-10-21 }}</ref>
| {{small|2 June}}<br>1909

| —
|- style="height:1em"
| {{small|]}}
! style="background:{{Party color|Free Trade Party}}; color:black" | 4
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web
| ]
| first= D. J.
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1845–1918)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| last=Murphy
| — (2nd)
| title =Fisher, Andrew (1862–1928)
| 18 August<br/>1904
| publisher=]
| 5 July<br/>1905
| work=]
| {{Ayd|1904|8|18|1905|7|5}}
| url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080529b.htm
| ]
| accessdate = 2008-10-21}}</ref>
| ]
| <ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= McMinn | first = W. G. | title = Sir George Houstoun Reid (1845–1918) | id2 = reid-sir-george-houstoun-8173 | year=1988 | volume=11 |access-date = 2008-10-21 }}</ref>

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Protectionist Party}}; color:white" |(2)
| rowspan="3" | ]
! rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1856–1919)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]{{Efn|name=Ballaarat}}}}
| — (2nd)
| rowspan="3" | 5 July<br/>1905
| rowspan="3" | 13 November<br/>1908
| rowspan="3" | {{Ayd|1905|7|5|1908|11|13}}
| rowspan="3" | ]
| rowspan="3" | ]
| rowspan="3" | <ref name="Deakin"/>
|- |-
| rowspan="2" | ] (3rd)
| colspan="6"|{{small|Seat of Government Act, providing for a federal capital at ]; Workers' wage reform; Prepared for establishment of the ]. Ousted by Parliamentary majority held by the newly merged ].}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Commonwealth Liberal/meta/color}}; color:white;" |{{small|(2)}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1856–1919)}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| MP for ], Vic,<ref name="Ballarat" group="Notes" /><br>{{small|]–1913 (retired)}}
| ]
| {{small|2 June}}<br>1909
| {{small|29 April}}<br>1910
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="2"|
|- |-
| rowspan="5" |]
| colspan="6"|{{small|Deakin's ] had merged with ]'s ], resulting in the first absolute majority government. Ordered the battle cruiser {{HMAS|Australia|1911|6}}; coordinated Financial Agreement of 1909, granting the states 25 shillings per head per annum. Defeated ].}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE" |- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |{{small|(5)}} ! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |5
| ]
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1862–1928)}}
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1862–1928)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| — (3rd)
| MP for ], Qld,<br>{{small|]–1915 (resigned)}}
| 13 November<br/>1908
| 2 June<br/>1909
| {{Ayd|1908|11|13|1909|6|2}}
| ] | ]
| ]
| {{small|29 April}}<br>1910
|<ref name="Fisher">{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last = Murphy | first = D. J. | title = Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) | id2 = fisher-andrew-378 | year=1981 | volume=8 | access-date = 2008-10-21}}</ref>
| {{small|24 June}}<br>1913

| ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{small|]}}
! style="background:{{Party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}}; color:black" |(2)
| rowspan="2"|
| ]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1856–1919)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]{{Efn|name=Ballaarat}}}}
| — (3rd)
| 2 June<br/>1909
| 29 April<br/>1910
| {{Ayd|1909|6|2|1910|4|29}}
| ]
| ]
| <ref name="Deakin"/>

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |(5)
| rowspan="3" | ]
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1862–1928)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="3" | ] (4th)
| rowspan="3" | 29 April<br/>1910
| rowspan="3" | 24 June<br/>1913
| rowspan="3" | {{Ayd|1910|4|29|1913|6|24}}
| rowspan="3" | ]
| rowspan="3" | ]
| rowspan="3" | <ref name="Fisher"/>
|-
| rowspan="20" |]
|- |-
| rowspan="2" |]
| colspan="6"|{{small|Elected ]; absolute majority. Instigated social and financial reform, including Australia's first paper currency. Defeated ].}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE" |- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Commonwealth Liberal/meta/color}}; color:white;" |6 ! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Commonwealth Liberal Party}}; color:black" |6
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1860–1947)}} | rowspan="2" | ]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center" |]<br /><small>(1860–1947)</small><br />{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–1921 (resigned)}} | rowspan="2" | ] (5th)
| rowspan="2" | 24 June<br />1913
| ]
| rowspan="2" | 17 September<br />1914
| {{small|24 June}}<br>1913
| rowspan="2" | {{Ayd|1913|6|24|1914|9|17}}
| {{small|17 September}}<br>1914
| rowspan="2" | ]
| ]
| {{small|]}} | rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Crowley | first=F. K. | title =Sir Joseph Cook (1860–1947) | id2=cook-sir-joseph-5763 | year=1981 | volume=8 |access-date = 2008-10-21 }}</ref>
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite web
| first=F. K.
| last=Crowley
| title =Cook, Sir Joseph (1860–1947)
| publisher=]
| work=]
| url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080108b.htm
| accessdate = 2008-10-21}}</ref>
|- |-
| rowspan="7" |]
| colspan="6"|{{small|Elected ] with a one-seat majority; ] retained a Senate majority. Outbreak of World War I. Brought about a ]; defeated ].}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE" |- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |{{small|(5)}} ! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |(5)
| ]
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1862–1928)}}
| rowspan="2"|] || MP for ], Qld,<br>{{small|]–1915 (resigned)}} ! scope=row style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1862–1928)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| ] (6th)
| 17 September<br/>1914
| 27 October<br/>1915
| {{Ayd|1914|9|17|1915|10|27}}
| ] | ]
| ]
| {{small|17 September}}<br>1914
| <ref name="Fisher"/>
| {{small|27 October}}<br>1915

| ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{small|]}}
! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="6" | ]
! rowspan="6" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1862–1952)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ] (until 1917)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ] (1917–22)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ] (from 1922)}}
| — (6th)
| 27 October<br/>1915
| 14 November<br/>1916
| rowspan="6" | {{Ayd|1915|10|27|1923|2|9}}
| ]
| ]
| rowspan="6" | <ref>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Fitzhardinge | first=L. F. | author-link=Laurie Fitzhardinge | title=William Morris (Billy) Hughes (1862–1952) | id2=hughes-william-morris-billy-6761 | year=1983 | volume=9 |access-date = 2008-10-21}}</ref>

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|National Labor Party}}; color:black" | 7
| – (6th)
| 14 November<br/>1916
| 17 February<br/>1917
| ]
| ]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{Party color|Nationalist Party (Australia)}}; color:black" |
| – (6th)
| rowspan="4" | 17 February<br/>1917
| rowspan="4" | 9 February<br/>1923
| rowspan="4" | ]
| ]
|- |-
| ] (7th)
| colspan="6"|{{small|Elected ]. Pledged absolute support to "the mother country" (the UK) in World War I. Enacted both peacetime and defence legislation. Oversaw heavy Australian losses in the ]; resigned.}}
| ]
|- |-
| rowspan="2" | ] (8th)
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="2" | ]
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |
| rowspan="6" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1862–1952)}}
| rowspan="6"|]
| rowspan="5"|MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–]}}<br>MP for ], Vic,<br>{{small|]–]}}<br>MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–]}}<br>MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–1952 (died)}}
| ] || {{small|27 October}}<br>1915 || {{small|14 November}}<br>1916 || — || {{small|]}}
| rowspan="6"|<ref>{{cite web
| first= L. F.
| last=Fitzhardinge
| title =Hughes, William Morris (Billy) (1862–1952)
| publisher=]
| work=]
| url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090395b.htm
| accessdate = 2008-10-21}}</ref>
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ] || {{small|14 November}}<br>1916 || {{small|17 February}}<br>1917 || — || {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="3"|] || rowspan="3"|{{small|17 February}}<br>1917 || rowspan="3"|{{small|9 February}}<br>1923 || — || {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="2" | 7
| ] || {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ] || {{small|]}}
|- |-
| rowspan="2" |]
! style="background:{{Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |
| colspan="6"|{{small|Advocated conscription during World War I, on which he lost a ]; expelled from the Labor Party. His new ] entered into an alliance with the ], later merging fully as the ], elected ] and ]. Introduced ]. Lost a second ] on conscription; resigned as PM, but immediately re-commissioned. The first Australian Prime Minister to sign an international treaty, the ]. Having lost its majority ], the Nationalists sought a ] with the ], who demanded that Hughes resign, to be replaced by ].}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |8
| rowspan="4" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1883–1967)}}
| rowspan="4"|]
| rowspan="3"|MP for ], Vic,<br>{{small|1918–] (defeated) ;<br>]–1933 (resigned)}}
| rowspan="3"|]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| rowspan="3"|{{small|9 February}}<br>1923
| rowspan="3"|{{small|22 October}}<br>1929
| ]
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="4"|<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Radi |first=Heather |year=1979 |id=A070460b |title=Bruce, Stanley Melbourne <nowiki></nowiki> (1883–1967)
|accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref>
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{Party color|Nationalist Party (Australia)}}; color:black" |8
| height=15 colspan="6"|{{small|Elected ], ]. Supported the ], the ], and the ]; Maritime Industries crisis. Defeated (and lost his own seat) ].}}
| rowspan="4" |]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="4" scope=row style="text-align:center"|]<br />{{Small|(1883–1967)}}<br />{{Small|MP for ]}}
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |9
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1876–1953)}} | rowspan="2" |] (9th)
| rowspan="4" |9 February<br />1923
| rowspan="2"|]
| rowspan="4" |22 October<br />1929
| MP for ], Vic,<br>{{small|]–1949 (retired)}}
| rowspan="4" |{{Ayd|1923|2|9|1929|10|22}}
| ]
| rowspan="4" |]<br />('']'')
| {{small|22 October}}<br>1929
| rowspan="2" |]
| {{small|6 January}}<br>1932
| rowspan="4" |<ref>{{AuDB |last=Radi |first=Heather |year=1979 |id=A070460b |title = Bruce, Stanley Melbourne <nowiki></nowiki> (1883–1967) |access-date=2008-10-21 }}</ref>
| ]
|- style="height:1em"
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="4" |]
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Robertson |first=J. R. |year=1988 |id=A110568b |title=Scullin, James Henry (1876–1953) |accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref>
|- |-
| ] (10th)
| height=15 colspan="6"|{{small|Elected ]. ] and ]. The government split on economic issues, forcing a ]; defeated ].}}
| ]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="5" style="background:{{Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |10
| rowspan="5" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1879–1939)}}
| rowspan="5"|]
| rowspan="4"|MP for ], ],<br>{{small|]–1939 (died)}}
| rowspan="4"|]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| rowspan="4"|{{small|6 January}}<br>1932
| rowspan="4"|{{small|7 April}}<br>1939{{small|†}}
| ]
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="5"|<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Hart |first= P. R. |coauthors=Lloyd, C. J. |year=1986 |id=A100181b |title= Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (1879–1939)
|accessdate=2008-10-21 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| —
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| ] (11th)
| colspan="6"|{{small|] 1923–28. Elected ], ], ]. Supported ], but expanded the armed forces. †Died in office (heart attack).}}
| ]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"

! rowspan="2" style="background:{{National Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |11
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1880–1961)}}
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |9
| rowspan="2"|]
| rowspan="2" | ]
| MP for ], NSW<br>{{small| ]–] (defeated)}}
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1876–1953)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| ]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| rowspan="2" | ] (12th)
| {{small|7 April}}<br>1939
| {{small|26 April}}<br>1939 | rowspan="2" | 22 October<br/>1929
| rowspan="2" | 6 January<br/>1932
| —
| rowspan="2" | {{Ayd|1929|10|22|1932|1|6}}
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Bridge |first=Carl |id=A110127b |title=Page, Sir Earle Christmas Grafton (1880–1961) |accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{AuDB |last=Robertson |first=J. R. |year=1988 |id = A110568b |title=Scullin, James Henry (1876–1953) |access-date=2008-10-21 }}</ref>
|- |-
| rowspan="5" |]
| colspan="6"|{{small|Leader of the ], junior member in the Lyons-Page Coalition Government. Appointed by the ] as interim Prime Minister on Lyons' death, until ] elected a leader; refused to serve under ]; overthrown as Country Party leader.}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE" |- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{Nationalist Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |12 ! rowspan="7" style="background:{{Party color|United Australia Party}}; color:white" |10
| rowspan="4" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1894–1978)}} | rowspan="7" | ]
! rowspan="7" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br />(1879–1939)<br />{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="4"|]
| rowspan="3"|MP for ], Vic,<br>{{small|]–1966 (resigned)}} | ] (13th)
| rowspan="7" | 6 January<br />1932
| rowspan="3"|]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| rowspan="3"|{{small|26 April}}<br>1939 | rowspan="7" | 7 April<br />1939{{efn|name="dio"|Died in office}}
| rowspan="3"|{{small|28 August}}<br>1941 | rowspan="7" | {{Ayd|1932|1|6|1939|4|7}}
| rowspan="2"| — | rowspan="2" | ]
| {{small|]}} | ]
| rowspan="4"|<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Martin |first=A. W. |id=A150416b |title=Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894–1978) |accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref> | rowspan="7" |<ref>{{AuDB |last=Hart |first= P. R. |last2=Lloyd |first2=C. J. |year=1986 |id=A100181b |title = Lyons, Joseph Aloysius (1879–1939) |access-date=2008-10-21 }}</ref>
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| ] (14th)
| colspan="6"|{{small|Minority government until the ] re-joined the government. ] produced a ]; remained in government only with independent support. Forced to resign. Established Australian Embassies in US and Japan. Outbreak of World War II: volunteer ] raised. Australia fights in ], halts Wermacht at Tobruk; Menzies spends time with Churchill's ], seeks British reinforcements for Singapore, tours US and lobbies Washington to assist.}}
| ]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{National Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |13
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1895–1973)}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| MP for ], Qld<br>{{small|1936–]}}<br>MP for ], Qld<br>{{small|]–1958 (retired)}}
| ]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| {{small|28 August}}<br>1941
| {{small|7 October}}<br>1941
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Cribb |first=Margaret Bridson |id=A140134b |title=Fadden, Sir Arthur William (1894–1973) |accessdate=2008-11-22}}</ref>
|- |-
| rowspan="4" | — (14th)
| colspan="6"|{{small|Leader of the ], junior member in the Coalition Government. Appointed on Menzies' resignation. World War Two continues: British Empire stands alone against Hitler. Fadden calls on Australians to join in "supreme task of defeating the forces of evil in the world". ALP refuses war cabinet. Hung Parliament reliant on support of Independent MPs (] and ]); they voted against Fadden's budget. Resigned.}}
| rowspan="5" | ]<br />('']'')
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" | ]
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |14
|-
| rowspan="3" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1885–1945)}}
| rowspan="3"|] | rowspan="2" |]
|-
| rowspan="2"|MP for ], ],<br>{{small|]–] (defeated) ;<br>]–1945 (died)}}
| rowspan="2"|] | rowspan="10" |]
|-
| rowspan="2"|{{small|7 October}}<br>1941
| rowspan="2"|{{small|5 July}}<br>1945{{small|†}} | rowspan="16" |]
|-
|] (15th)
|]
|-
! style="background:{{Party color|National Party of Australia}}; color:white" |11
| ]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" | ]<br/>{{Small|(1880–1961)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — (15th)
| 7 April<br/>1939
| 26 April<br/>1939
| {{Ayd|1939|4|7|1939|4|26}}
| ]<br/>('']'')
| ]
| <ref>{{AuDB |last=Bridge |first=Carl |id=A110127b |title=Page, Sir Earle Christmas Grafton (1880–1961) |access-date=2008-10-21}}</ref>

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=3 style="background:{{Party color|United Australia Party}}; color:white" |12
| rowspan=3 | ]
! scope=rowgroup rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1894–1978)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan=2 | — (15th)
| rowspan=3 | 26 April<br/>1939
| rowspan=3 | 29 August<br/>1941
| rowspan=3 | {{Ayd|1939|4|26|1941|8|29}}
| ]
| ]
| rowspan=3 | <ref name="Menzies">{{AuDB |last=Martin |first=A. W. |id = A150416b |title = Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894–1978) |access-date=2008-11-22 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2 | ]<br/>('']'')
| ]
|-
| ] (16th)
| ]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|National Party of Australia}}; color:white" |13
| ]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1894–1973)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — (16th)
| 29 August<br/>1941
| 7 October<br/>1941
| {{Ayd|1941|8|29|1941|10|7}}
| ]<br/>('']'')
| ]
| <ref>{{AuDB |last=Cribb |first=Margaret Bridson |id=A140134b |title=Fadden, Sir Arthur William (1894–1973) |access-date=2008-11-22 }}</ref>

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |14
| rowspan="3" | ]
! rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1885–1945)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — | —
| rowspan="3" | 7 October<br/>1941
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="3"| | rowspan="3" | 5 July<br/>1945{{efn|name="dio"}}
| rowspan="3" | {{Ayd|1941|10|7|1945|7|5}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ] | rowspan="3" | ]
| {{small|]}} | ]
| rowspan="3" | <ref>{{Citation |last=Serle |first=Geoffrey |title=Curtin, John (1885–1945) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/curtin-john-9885 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |access-date=2022-09-01}}</ref>
|- |-
| rowspan="2" | ] (17th)
| colspan="6"|{{small|Appointed by the ] on condition that Independent MPs ] and ] would support him, thereby ending government instability. Re-elected ]. Led Australia through World War II. ] begins: Fall of Singapore, Kokoda Campaign, Australia bombed by Japan. Curtin called Australia a "bastion of British institutions" but announced Australia "looks to America" for defence. US South West Pacific High Command based in Melbourne. Sends ] to represent Australia in discussions for formation of United Nations. †Died in office (heart attack).}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |15
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1890–1983)}} | rowspan="4" |]
|-
| rowspan="2"|]
! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |15
| MP for ], Qld,<br>{{small|]–] (defeated)}}
| ]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1890–1983)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — (17th)
| 5 July<br/>1945
| ]
| {{Ayd|1945|7|6|1945|7|13}}
| ] | ]
| ]
| {{small|6 July}}<br>1945
| <ref>{{Citation |last1=Lloyd |first1=Neil |title=Forde, Francis Michael (Frank) (1890–1983) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/forde-francis-michael-frank-12504 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |access-date=2022-09-01 |last2=Saunders |first2=Malcolm}}</ref>
| {{small|13 July}}<br>1945

| —
|- style="height:1em"
| {{small|]}}
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |16
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="3" | ]
! rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1885–1951)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — (17th)
| rowspan="3" | 13 July<br/>1945
| rowspan="3" | 19 December<br/>1949
| rowspan="3" | {{Ayd|1945|7|13|1949|12|19}}
| rowspan="3" | ]
| ]
| rowspan="3" | <ref>{{Citation |last=Waterson |first=D. B. |title=Chifley, Joseph Benedict (Ben) (1885–1951) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chifley-joseph-benedict-ben-9738 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |access-date=2022-09-01}}</ref>
|- |-
| rowspan="2" | ] (18th)
| colspan="6"|{{small|Deputy Party Leader under Curtin. On Curtin's death, served as interim Prime Minister until ] leadership election. Defeated by ] in leadership election; reappointed Deputy Party Leader and appointed ].}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |16
| rowspan="3" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1885–1951)}}
| rowspan="3"|]
| rowspan="2"|MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–] (defeated) ;<br>]–1951 (died)}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| rowspan="2"|{{small|13 July}}<br>1945
| rowspan="2"|{{small|19 December}}<br>1949
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="3"|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| rowspan="4" |]
| colspan="6"|{{small|Defeated ] in ] leadership election. Establishment of ]; ] to modify the ]; ]; foundation of airlines ] and ]; social security scheme for the unemployed; reorganisation of ]; foundation of ]; ]. Defeated ].}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE" |- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="8" style="background:{{Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |{{small|(12)}} ! rowspan="12" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |(12)
| rowspan="8" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1894–1978)}} | rowspan="12" |]
! rowspan="12" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" | ]<br />{{Small|(1894–1978)}}<br />{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="8"|]
| rowspan="7"|MP for ], Vic,<br>{{small|]–1966 (resigned)}} | ] (19th)
| rowspan="12" | 19 December<br />1949
| rowspan="7"|]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| rowspan="12" | ]
| rowspan="7"|{{small|19 December}}<br>1949
| rowspan="7"|{{small|26 January}}<br>1966 | rowspan="12" | {{Ayd|1949|12|19|1966|1|26}}
| rowspan="12" |]<br />('']'')
| ]
| {{small|]}} | ]
| rowspan="8"| | rowspan="12" | <ref name="Menzies" />
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| rowspan="3" |] (20th)
| colspan="6"|{{small|Cold War: ] formalised US Alliance, referendum to ban the ] during the ], Defection of ], Malayan Emergency, ], conscription. Voting rights extended to all indigenous Australians. Abolition of White Australia Policy's "Dictation Test", expanded immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe, ] for development in Asia, trade with Japan, ] Defence Treaty. Extended economic prosperity, booming wool trade. Introduction of television. Investment in universities, development of Canberra. First Royal Tour by reigning monarch. Melbourne Olympics.}}
| rowspan="3" |]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |17
| rowspan="3" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1908–1967)}}
| rowspan="3"|]
| rowspan="2"|MP for ], Vic, <br>{{small|1935–]}}<br>
MP for ], Vic, <br>{{small|]–1967 (died)}}
| rowspan="2"|]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| rowspan="2"|{{small|26 January}}<br>1966
| rowspan="2"|{{small|19 December}}<br>1967{{small|†}}
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="3"|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| rowspan="54" |]
| colspan="6"|{{small|Re-elected ]. ]; Expanded Australia's role in ]. Referendum on inclusion of indigenous Australians in census. Migration Act 1966 opened Australia to multiethnic immigration. Decimalisation of ].†Disappeared while swimming at ] 17 December 1967; presumed dead 19 December.}}<ref group="Notes">Holt went missing on 17 December 1967. On 19 December he was declared presumed dead and his commission as Prime Minister was terminated on that day. In 2005 the Victorian Coroner ruled that he had in fact drowned on 17&nbsp;December.
</ref>
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{National Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |18
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1900–1980)}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| MP for ], Vic,<br>{{small|]–]}}<br>], Vic,<br>{{small|]–1971 (resigned)}}
| ]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| {{small|19 December}}<br>1967
| {{small|10 January}}<br>1968
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="2"|
|- |-
| rowspan="4" |]
| colspan="6"|{{small|Leader of the ], junior member in the Menzies-Holt Coalition Government. Appointed by the ] on Holt's disappearance, as interim Prime Minister until the ] elected a leader; refused to serve under the obvious candidate ]. ] selected instead.}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |19
| rowspan="3" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1911–2002)}}
| rowspan="3"|]
| rowspan="2"|Senator {{small|]–1968 (resigned)}}<ref group="Notes">Gorton was elected to the Senate at the ], but his term did not commence until 22 February 1950. He was appointed Prime Minister on 10 January 1968; resigned from the Senate on 1 February; and was elected to the House of Representatives at a by-election on 24&nbsp;February.
</ref><br>
MP for ], Vic,<br>{{small|]–] (retired)}}<ref group="Notes">Gorton retired from the House of Representatives at the ] of 11 November 1975, and stood for an ] Senate seat as an independent at the ], but was unsuccessful.
</ref>
| rowspan="2"|]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| rowspan="2"|{{small|10 January}}<br>1968
| rowspan="2"|{{small|10 March}}<br>1971
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="3"|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| ] (21st)
| colspan="6"|{{small|The only Senator to serve as Prime Minister; resigned from the Senate and ] MP. Re-elected ]. Arts funding increased, ], the Australian Film Development Corporation & National Film and Television Training School established. Free health care for the poor. Continued involvement in ], conscripts removed, replacement of troops ended 1970. Resigned after a leadership ballot produced a tied vote.}}
| ]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |20
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1908–1988)}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–1982 (resigned)}}
| ]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| {{small|10 March}}<br>1971
| {{small|5 December}}<br>1972
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="2"|
|- |-
| ] (22nd)
| colspan="6"|{{small|Continued to support ] and involvement in ]. ] becomes first Aboriginal in Parliament. Defeated ].}}
| ]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |21
| rowspan="4" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1916– )}}
| rowspan="4"|]
| rowspan="3"|MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–1978 (resigned)}}
| rowspan="3"|]
| rowspan="3"|{{small|5 December}}<br>1972
| rowspan="3"|]
| ]
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="4"|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| —
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| rowspan="3" | ] (23rd)
| height=15 colspan="6"|{{small|Abolished conscription. Withdrew remaining troops from Vietnam. Negotiated diplomatic relationship with China. Established universal health scheme (Medibank). Abolished most university fees. Set up legal aid programs. Extended funding to arts and film industry. Cut import tariffs by 25% and abolished tax on contraceptive pill. Granted independence to Papua New Guinea. Initiated reforms for aboriginal land ownership. Removed final vestiges and fully abolished ]. Introduced Racial Discrimination Act. Legislated no-fault divorce. ], increasing unemployment, inflation. Large expansion of expenditure in 1974 Budget, Treasurer Crean replaced by ]. ] - Cairns misleads Parliament, resigns. Opposition ] in Senate. Whitlam becomes only Prime Minister to be dismissed (at climax of ]).}}
| rowspan="3" |]
|- |-
|]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="5" style="background:{{Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |22
| rowspan="5" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1930– )}}
| rowspan="5"|]
| rowspan="4"|MP for ], Vic,<br>{{small|]–1983 (resigned)}}
| rowspan="4"|]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| rowspan="4"|{{small|11 November}}<br>1975
| rowspan="4"|{{small|11 March}}<br>1983
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="5"|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| rowspan="3" |]
| height=15 colspan="6"|{{small|]. Historic landslide election victory. Reduced inflation levels. Multiculturalism, Vietnamese Refugees, SBS, ]. Opposed white minority rule in ] South Africa and ]. Opposed Soviet expansionism, sought good relations with post-Mao China. Recognition of Indonesia's annexation of East Timor. Commissioned ]. Early 1980s recession and drought.}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="5" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |23
| rowspan="5" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1929– )}}
| rowspan="5"|]
| rowspan="4"|MP for ], Vic,<br>{{small|]–1992 (resigned)}}
| rowspan="4"|]
| rowspan="4"|{{small|11 March}}<br>1983
| rowspan="4"|{{small|20 December}}<br>1991
| ]
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="5"|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| ] (24th)
| height=15 colspan="6"|{{small|Longest serving Labor PM. Franklin Dam case. Micro-economic & industrial relations reform: dismantled tariff system, privatised state assets (including ], reduced subsidisation of textile, clothing and motor vehicle industries. Prices and Incomes Accord with the trade unions. Floated ]. Pilot's strike 1989. Introduction of fringe benefits tax and a capital gains tax. ] re-established as ]. Introduction of occupational superannuation. Boost in school retention rates, a focus on young people’s job skills. Welfare & social security reform, doubling of subsidised home care services, 50% increase in public housing funds, increase in pension, development of a new youth support program, improved education retention rates, re-introduction of six-monthly indexation of single adult unemployment benefits. Australia's public health campaign. Celebration of ]. Establishment of ]. ], ]. Defeated in a leadership challenge by Paul Keating. Resigned.}}
|]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |24
| rowspan="3" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1944– )}}
| rowspan="3"|]
| rowspan="2"|MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–1996 (resigned)}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| rowspan="2"|{{small|20 December}}<br>1991
| rowspan="2"|{{small|11 March}}<br>1996
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="3"|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| rowspan="2" |] (25th)
| colspan="6"|{{small|Defeats Hawke in Leadership Spill. Re-elected ]. ], 11% unemployment. ] of asylum seekers; Reconciliation with ], including ] and ]; Established the ]; Relations with Asia, through ]. In 1992 introduced a compulsory "Superannuation Guarantee" system as part of a major reform package addressing Australia's retirement income policies. Defeated ].}}
| rowspan="2" |]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="5" style="background:{{Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |25
| rowspan="5" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1939– )}}
| rowspan="5"|]
| rowspan="4"|MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|]–2007 (defeated)}}
| rowspan="4"|]<br>{{small|('']'')}}
| rowspan="4"|{{small|11 March}}<br>1996
| rowspan="4"|{{small|3 December}}<br>2007
| ]
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="5"|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
| rowspan="5" |]
| colspan="6"|{{small|Defeated ]. Elected ], ], ], ]. Defeated (and lost his own seat) ]. 1996 Gun Control legislation, Wik legislation, waterfront reform. 1999 East Timor ] mission, Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ] mision to Solomon Islands, ] aid effort. ], expansion of overall immigration intake. ], 1999 ] & proposed amendment of ] to include recognition of ] (both proposals rejected in vote). 1999 ], 2007 ]. ] aid effort, repeated tax cuts, introduction of ], debt reduction, privatisation of ], ], expanded China and Asia trade. ] deregulation of industrial relations. Introduction of the ], superannuation reform for same-sex couples. Record $46.7 billion dollars in health funding in 2006-2007, extension of broadband internet and mobile phone connections to rural and regional areas.}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE" |- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |26 ! rowspan=2 style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |17
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1957– )}}
! scope=rowgroup rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1908–1967)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| — (25th)
| MP for ], Qld,<br>{{small|since ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 26 January<br/>1966
| ]
| rowspan=2 | ]{{efn|name="dio"}}
| {{small|3 December}}<br>2007
| rowspan=2 | {{Ayd|1966|1|26|1967|12|19}}
| {{small|24 June}}<br>2010
| rowspan=2 | ]<br/>('']'')
| ]
| {{small|]}} | ]
| rowspan=2 | <ref>{{Citation |last=Hancock |first=I. R. |title=Holt, Harold Edward (1908–1967) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/holt-harold-edward-10530 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |access-date=2022-09-01}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"|
|- |-
| ] (26th)
| colspan="6"|{{small|Elected ]. Signed ]; Issued apology to the ]; Withdrew troops from ]; Abolished ] ] industrial legislation; dismantled ]; Upheld Australian involvement in ]. Home Insulation Program issue. Resource Super Profit Tax issue. Emissions Trading Scheme proposals. Challenged for the leadership of the ] by ] ]; resigned.}}
| ]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |27
| rowspan="3" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1961– )}}
| rowspan="3"|]
| rowspan="2"|MP for ], Vic,<br>{{small|]–2013 (retired)}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| rowspan="2"|{{small|24 June}}<br>2010
| rowspan="2"|{{small|27 June}}<br>2013
| —
| {{small|]}}
| rowspan="3"|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| ]
| {{small|]}}
|- |-
! style="background:{{Party color|National Party of Australia}}; color:white" |18
| colspan="6"|{{small|Challenged ] as Leader of the ] in a ]. First female Australian Prime Minister. Subsequent election resulted in a hung parliament with a minority government formed with support by the Greens and Independents. Implemented ], ] and the Queensland Flood Levy (for ] damage). Overturned a ban on the sale of ] to ] despite the latter not being a signatory to the ]. Introduced ], Murray Darling Basin Plan and won seat on United Nations Security Council. Established the ] and apologised to the victims of ]. Re-established offshore processing of Asylum Seekers. Initiated ]. Initiated ]. Defeated Kevin Rudd again in ] leadership spill, and elected unopposed in ]. On 26 June 2013, Kevin Rudd defeated Julia Gillard in ] in the Labor Party.}}
| ]
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1900–1980)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Australian Labor Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" |{{small|(26)}}
| — (26th)
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1957– )}}
| 19 December<br/>1967
| rowspan="2"|]
| 10 January<br/>1968
| MP for ], Qld,<br>{{small|since ]}}
| {{Ayd|1967|12|19|1968|1|10}}
| ]<br/>('']'')
| ]
| <ref>{{Citation |last=Lloyd |first=C. J. |title=McEwen, Sir John (1900–1980) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcewen-sir-john-10948 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |access-date=2022-09-01}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |19
| rowspan="3" |]
! rowspan="3" scope=row style="text-align:center"|]<br/>{{Small|(1911–2002)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}{{Efn|Gorton was a Senator until he resigned from the Senate on 1 February 1968; he was elected to the House of Representatives at the ] on 24 February 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Evan |date=2020-03-11 |title=From the Archives, 1968: The day the PM became an MP |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/from-the-archives-1968-the-day-the-pm-became-an-mp-20200221-p5435q.html |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>}}
| rowspan="2" |— (26th)
| rowspan="3" |10 January<br />1968
| rowspan="3" |]
| rowspan="3" |{{Ayd|1968|1|10|1971|3|10}}
| rowspan="3" |]<br/>('']'')
| rowspan="2" |]
| rowspan="3" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Gorton {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/john-gorton |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|- style="height:1em"
| rowspan="6" |]
|-
| ] (27th)
| ]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |20
| ]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1908–1988)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — (27th)
| 10 March<br/>1971
| 5 December<br/>1972
| {{Ayd|1971|3|10|1972|12|5}}
| ]<br/>('']'')
| ]
| <ref>{{Citation |last=Leeser |first=Julian |title=McMahon, Sir William (Billy) (1908–1988) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcmahon-sir-william-billy-15043 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |access-date=2022-09-01}}</ref>

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |21
| rowspan="4" | ]
! rowspan="4" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(1916–2014)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| ] (28th)
| rowspan="4" | 5 December<br/>1972
| rowspan="4" | ]
| rowspan="4" | {{Ayd|1972|12|5|1975|11|11}}
| rowspan="4" | ]
| ]
| rowspan="4" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Gough Whitlam {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/gough-whitlam |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|-
| — (28th)
| ]
|-
| rowspan="2" | ] (29th)
| rowspan="2" | ]
|-
| rowspan="3" |]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="6" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |22
| rowspan="6" | ]
! rowspan="6" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br />{{Small|(1930–2015)}}<br />{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — (29th)
| rowspan="6" | 11 November<br />1975
| rowspan="6" | 11 March<br />1983
| rowspan="6" | {{Ayd|1975|11|11|1983|3|11}}
| rowspan="6" | ]<br />('']'')
| ]
| rowspan="6" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Malcolm Fraser {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/malcolm-fraser |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |] (30th)
| rowspan="2" |]
|-
| rowspan="3" |]
|-
| ] (31st)
| ]
|-
| rowspan="2" |] (32nd)
| rowspan="2" |]
|-
| rowspan="4" |]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="5" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |23
| rowspan="5" | ]
! rowspan="5" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br />{{Small|(1929–2019)}}<br />{{Small|MP for ]}}
| ] (33rd)
| rowspan="5" | 11 March<br />1983
| rowspan="5" | ]
| rowspan="5" | {{Ayd|1983|3|11|1991|12|20}}
| rowspan="5" | ]
| ]
| rowspan="5" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Hawke {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/bob-hawke |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|-
| ] (34th)
| ]
|-
| rowspan="2" | ] (35th)
| rowspan="2" | ]
|-
| rowspan="4" |]
|-
| ] (36th)
|]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |24
| rowspan="3" | ]
! rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br />{{Small|(b. 1944)}}<br />{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — (36th)
| rowspan="3" | 20 December<br />1991
| rowspan="3" | 11 March<br />1996
| rowspan="3" | {{Ayd|1991|12|20|1996|3|11}}
| rowspan="3" | ]
| ]
| rowspan="3" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul Keating {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/paul-keating |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | ] (37th)
| rowspan="2" | ]
|-
| rowspan="3" |]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="6" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |25
| rowspan="6" | ]
! rowspan="6" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br />{{Small|(b. 1939)}}<br />{{Small|MP for ]}}
| ] (38th)
| rowspan="6" | 11 March<br />1996
| rowspan="6" | 3 December<br />2007
| rowspan="6" | {{Ayd|1996|3|11|2007|12|3}}
| rowspan="6" | ]<br />('']'')
| ]
| rowspan="6" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=John Howard {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/john-howard |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |] (39th)
| rowspan="2" |]
|-
| rowspan="2" |]
|-
| rowspan="2" | ] (40th)
| rowspan="2" | ]
|-
| rowspan="3" |]
|-
|] (41st)
|]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |26
| rowspan="2" | ]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center" |]<br />{{Small|(b. 1957)}}<br />{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="2" | ] (42nd)
| rowspan="2" | 3 December<br />2007
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | {{Ayd|2007|12|3|2010|6|24}}
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | <ref name="Rudd">{{Cite web |title=Kevin Rudd {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/kevin-rudd |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" |]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan=2 style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |27
| rowspan=2 | ]
! scope=rowgroup rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(b. 1961)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — (42nd)
| rowspan=2 | 24 June<br/>2010
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan=2 | {{Ayd|2010|6|24|2013|6|27}}
| rowspan=2 | ]
| ]
| rowspan=2 | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Julia Gillard {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/julia-gillard |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|-
| ] (43rd)
| ]

|- style="height:1em"
! style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |(26)
| ]
! scope=row style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(b. 1957)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — (43rd)
| 27 June<br/>2013
| 18 September<br/>2013
| {{Ayd|2013|6|27|2013|9|18}}
| ] | ]
| ]
| {{small|27 June}}<br>2013
| <ref name="Rudd"/>
| {{small|18 September}}<br>2013

| —
|- style="height:1em"
| {{small|]}}
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |28
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2" | ]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(b. 1957)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="2" | ] (44th)
| rowspan="2" | 18 September<br/>2013
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | {{Ayd|2013|9|18|2015|9|15}}
| rowspan="2" | ]<br/>('']'')
| rowspan="2" | ]
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Tony Abbott {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/tony-abbott |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|- |-
| rowspan="5" |]
| colspan="6" |{{small|Won ]. Asylum seeker deal with the ] (]) and the ] (]). First Australian prime minister to publicly support ]. Served less than three months, as Labor lost the ].}}
|- style="background:#EEEEEE" |- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color}}; color:white;" |28 ! rowspan=2 style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |29
| rowspan=2 | ]
| rowspan="2" align="center"|]<br>{{small|(1957– )}}
! scope=rowgroup rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(b. 1954)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="2"|]
| — (])
| MP for ], NSW,<br>{{small|since ]}}
| rowspan=2 | 15 September<br/>2015
| ]<br>{{small|(])}}
| rowspan=2 | ]
| {{small|18 September}}<br>2013
| rowspan=2 | {{Ayd|2015|9|15|2018|8|24}}
| Incumbent
| rowspan=2 | ]<br/>('']'')
| ]
| {{small|]}} | ]
| rowspan=2 | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Malcolm Turnbull {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/malcolm-turnbull |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"|
|- |-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Elected ]. ] initiative to stop boats carrying asylum seekers.}} | ] (])
| ]

|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Liberal Party of Australia}}; color:white" |30
| rowspan="3" |{{CSS image crop|Image = Scott Morrison portrait.jpg|bSize = 130|cWidth = 100|cHeight = 146|oLeft = 17|Location = center}}
! rowspan="3" scope="rowgroup" style="text-align:center" |]<br/>{{Small|(b. 1968)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for ]}}
| — (])
| rowspan="3" | 24 August<br/>2018
| rowspan="3" | 23 May<br/>2022
| rowspan="3" | {{Ayd|2018|8|24|2022|5|23}}
| rowspan="3" | ]<br/>('']'')
| ]
| rowspan="3" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Morrison {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/scott-morrison |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | ] (])
| rowspan="2" | ]
|-
| rowspan="3" |]
|- style="height:1em"
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Party color|Australian Labor Party}}; color:white" |31
| rowspan="3" | ]
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center" |]<br />{{Small|(b. 1963)}}<br />{{Small|MP for ]}}
| rowspan="3" | ] (])
| rowspan="3" | 23 May<br />2022
| rowspan="3" | Incumbent
| rowspan="3" | {{Ayd|2022|5|23}}{{Efn|As of {{TODAY}}|name=as of}}
| rowspan="3" | ]
| rowspan="3" | ]
| rowspan="3" | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Albanese {{!}} MOAD |url=https://apm-origin.moadoph.gov.au/prime-ministers/anthony-albanese |access-date=2022-09-01 |website=Museum of Australian Democracy}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |]
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from:26/01/1966 till:19/12/1967 color:Liberal text:"]"
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from:19/12/1967 till:10/01/1968 color:Country text:"]"
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from:10/01/1968 till:10/03/1971 color:Liberal text:"]"
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from:10/03/1971 till:05/12/1972 color:Liberal text:"]"
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from:05/12/1972 till:11/11/1975 color:Labor text:"]"
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from:11/11/1975 till:11/03/1983 color:Liberal text:"]"
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from:11/03/1983 till:20/12/1991 color:Labor text:"]"
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from:20/12/1991 till:11/03/1996 color:Labor text:"]"
bar:JohnHoward
from:11/03/1996 till:03/12/2007 color:Liberal text:"]"
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from:27/06/2013 till:18/09/2013 color:Labor text:"]"
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from:18/09/2013 till:15/09/2015 color:Liberal text:"]"
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from:15/09/2015 till:24/08/2018 color:Liberal text:"]"
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from:24/08/2018 till:23/05/2022 color:Liberal text:"]"
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==Career-based timeline==
This timeline 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>{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography | first=Martha | last=Rutledge | title=Sir Edmund (Toby) Barton (1849–1920) | id2=barton-sir-edmund-toby-71 | year=1979 | volume=7 |access-date=2008-10-21}}</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: ] (pre-office), ] (post-office), ] (in office and post-office), ] (pre-office)
* died in office: ], ], ]
* died shortly after leaving office: ]
* left Parliament on leaving office: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
* long career after being prime minister: ], ], ], ], ], ]
* was prime minister after an interruption to their service in Parliament: ], ], ]
* lived for more than twenty years after leaving Parliament: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ]
* former prime minister still living: ], ], ], ], ], ], ]

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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. Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. The role of prime minister is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia, 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. Governors-general do not have fixed terms, but usually serve for five years.

Federal elections must be held every three years, although prime ministers may call elections early. 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). 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.

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. The prime ministership of Frank Forde, who was prime minister for seven days in 1945, was the shortest in Australian history. Menzies served the longest, with eighteen years over two non-consecutive periods. The current prime minister is Anthony Albanese, who assumed office on 23 May 2022. There are currently seven living former prime ministers. The most recent former prime minister to die was Hawke, on 16 May 2019.

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

  Australian Labor Party   Liberal Party of Australia   Australian Country Party   Nationalist Party   United Australia Party   Fusion Liberal Party   National Labor Party   Free Trade Party   Protectionist Party

Status

List of prime ministers of Australia
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–death)
Constituency 		Election
(Parliament) 		Term of office Political
party 		Ministry Monarch Governor-General Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Edmund Barton
(1849–1920)
MP for Hunter, NSW 		1901 (1st) 1 January
1901 		24 September
1903 		2 years, 266 days Protectionist Barton Victoria Lord Hopetoun
Edward VII
Lord Tennyson
2 Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)
MP for Ballaarat, Vic 		— (1st) 24 September
1903 		27 April
1904 		216 days Protectionist 1st Deakin
1903 (2nd)
Lord Northcote
3 Chris Watson
(1867–1941)
MP for Bland, NSW 		— (2nd) 27 April
1904 		18 August
1904 		113 days Labor Watson
4 George Reid
(1845–1918)
MP for East Sydney, NSW 		— (2nd) 18 August
1904 		5 July
1905 		321 days Free Trade Reid
(2) Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)
MP for Ballaarat, Vic 		— (2nd) 5 July
1905 		13 November
1908 		3 years, 131 days Protectionist 2nd Deakin
1906 (3rd)
Lord Dudley
5 Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)
MP for Wide Bay, Qld 		— (3rd) 13 November
1908 		2 June
1909 		201 days Labor 1st Fisher
(2) Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919)
MP for Ballaarat, Vic 		— (3rd) 2 June
1909 		29 April
1910 		331 days Liberal 3rd Deakin
(5) Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)
MP for Wide Bay, Qld 		1910 (4th) 29 April
1910 		24 June
1913 		3 years, 56 days Labor 2nd Fisher
George V
Lord Denman
6 Joseph Cook
(1860–1947)
MP for Parramatta, NSW 		1913 (5th) 24 June
1913 		17 September
1914 		1 year, 85 days Liberal Cook
Ronald Munro Ferguson
(5) Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928)
MP for Wide Bay, Qld 		1914 (6th) 17 September
1914 		27 October
1915 		1 year, 40 days Labor 3rd Fisher
Billy Hughes
(1862–1952)
MP for West Sydney, NSW (until 1917)
MP for Bendigo, Vic (1917–22)
MP for North Sydney, NSW (from 1922) 		— (6th) 27 October
1915 		14 November
1916 		7 years, 105 days Labor 1st Hughes
7 – (6th) 14 November
1916 		17 February
1917 		National Labor 2nd Hughes
– (6th) 17 February
1917 		9 February
1923 		Nationalist 3rd Hughes
1917 (7th) 4th Hughes
1919 (8th) 5th Hughes
Lord Forster
8 Stanley Bruce
(1883–1967)
MP for Flinders, Vic 		1922 (9th) 9 February
1923 		22 October
1929 		6 years, 255 days Nationalist
(Coalition) 		1st Bruce
Lord Stonehaven
1925 (10th) 2nd Bruce
1928 (11th) 3rd Bruce
9 James Scullin
(1876–1953)
MP for Yarra, Vic 		1929 (12th) 22 October
1929 		6 January
1932 		2 years, 76 days Labor Scullin
Sir Isaac Isaacs
10 Joseph Lyons
(1879–1939)
MP for Wilmot, Tas 		1931 (13th) 6 January
1932 		7 April
1939 		7 years, 91 days United Australia 1st Lyons
1934 (14th) 2nd Lyons
— (14th) United Australia
(Coalition) 		3rd Lyons
Edward VIII
Lord Gowrie
George VI
1937 (15th) 4th Lyons
11 Earle Page
(1880–1961)
MP for Cowper, NSW 		— (15th) 7 April
1939 		26 April
1939 		19 days Country
(Coalition) 		Page
12 Robert Menzies
(1894–1978)
MP for Kooyong, Vic 		— (15th) 26 April
1939 		29 August
1941 		2 years, 125 days United Australia 1st Menzies
United Australia
(Coalition) 		2nd Menzies
1940 (16th) 3rd Menzies
13 Arthur Fadden
(1894–1973)
MP for Darling Downs, Qld 		— (16th) 29 August
1941 		7 October
1941 		39 days Country
(Coalition) 		Fadden
14 John Curtin
(1885–1945)
MP for Fremantle, WA 		— 7 October
1941 		5 July
1945 		3 years, 271 days Labor 1st Curtin
1943 (17th) 2nd Curtin
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
15 Frank Forde
(1890–1983)
MP for Capricornia, Qld 		— (17th) 5 July
1945 		13 July
1945 		7 days Labor Forde
16 Ben Chifley
(1885–1951)
MP for Macquarie, NSW 		— (17th) 13 July
1945 		19 December
1949 		4 years, 159 days Labor 1st Chifley
1946 (18th) 2nd Chifley
Sir William McKell
(12) Robert Menzies
(1894–1978)
MP for Kooyong, Vic 		1949 (19th) 19 December
1949 		26 January
1966 		16 years, 38 days Liberal
(Coalition) 		4th Menzies
1951 (20th) 5th Menzies
Elizabeth II
Sir William Slim
1954 (21st) 6th Menzies
1955 (22nd) 7th Menzies
1958 (23rd) 8th Menzies
Lord Dunrossil
Lord De L'Isle
1961 (24th) 9th Menzies
1963 (25th) 10th Menzies
Lord Casey
17 Harold Holt
(1908–1967)
MP for Higgins, Vic 		— (25th) 26 January
1966 		17 December
1967 		1 year, 327 days Liberal
(Coalition) 		1st Holt
1966 (26th) 2nd Holt
18 John McEwen
(1900–1980)
MP for Murray, Vic 		— (26th) 19 December
1967 		10 January
1968 		22 days Country
(Coalition) 		McEwen
19 John Gorton
(1911–2002)
MP for Higgins, Vic 		— (26th) 10 January
1968 		10 March
1971 		3 years, 59 days Liberal
(Coalition) 		1st Gorton
Sir Paul Hasluck
1969 (27th) 2nd Gorton
20 William McMahon
(1908–1988)
MP for Lowe, NSW 		— (27th) 10 March
1971 		5 December
1972 		1 year, 270 days Liberal
(Coalition) 		McMahon
21 Gough Whitlam
(1916–2014)
MP for Werriwa, NSW 		1972 (28th) 5 December
1972 		11 November
1975 		2 years, 341 days Labor 1st Whitlam
— (28th) 2nd Whitlam
1974 (29th) 3rd Whitlam
Sir John Kerr
22 Malcolm Fraser
(1930–2015)
MP for Wannon, Vic 		— (29th) 11 November
1975 		11 March
1983 		7 years, 120 days Liberal
(Coalition) 		1st Fraser
1975 (30th) 2nd Fraser
Sir Zelman Cowen
1977 (31st) 3rd Fraser
1980 (32nd) 4th Fraser
Sir Ninian Stephen
23 Bob Hawke
(1929–2019)
MP for Wills, Vic 		1983 (33rd) 11 March
1983 		20 December
1991 		8 years, 284 days Labor 1st Hawke
1984 (34th) 2nd Hawke
1987 (35th) 3rd Hawke
Bill Hayden
1990 (36th) 4th Hawke
24 Paul Keating
(b. 1944)
MP for Blaxland, NSW 		— (36th) 20 December
1991 		11 March
1996 		4 years, 82 days Labor 1st Keating
1993 (37th) 2nd Keating
Sir William Deane
25 John Howard
(b. 1939)
MP for Bennelong, NSW 		1996 (38th) 11 March
1996 		3 December
2007 		11 years, 267 days Liberal
(Coalition) 		1st Howard
1998 (39th) 2nd Howard
Peter Hollingworth
2001 (40th) 3rd Howard
Michael Jeffery
2004 (41st) 4th Howard
26 Kevin Rudd
(b. 1957)
MP for Griffith, Qld 		2007 (42nd) 3 December
2007 		24 June
2010 		2 years, 203 days Labor 1st Rudd
Dame Quentin Bryce
27 Julia Gillard
(b. 1961)
MP for Lalor, Vic 		— (42nd) 24 June
2010 		27 June
2013 		3 years, 3 days Labor 1st Gillard
2010 (43rd) 2nd Gillard
(26) Kevin Rudd
(b. 1957)
MP for Griffith, Qld 		— (43rd) 27 June
2013 		18 September
2013 		83 days Labor 2nd Rudd
28 Tony Abbott
(b. 1957)
MP for Warringah, NSW 		2013 (44th) 18 September
2013 		15 September
2015 		1 year, 362 days Liberal
(Coalition) 		Abbott
Sir Peter Cosgrove
29 Malcolm Turnbull
(b. 1954)
MP for Wentworth, NSW 		— (44th) 15 September
2015 		24 August
2018 		2 years, 343 days Liberal
(Coalition) 		1st Turnbull
2016 (45th) 2nd Turnbull
30 Scott Morrison portrait.jpg Scott Morrison
(b. 1968)
MP for Cook, NSW 		— (45th) 24 August
2018 		23 May
2022 		3 years, 272 days Liberal
(Coalition) 		1st Morrison
2019 (46th) 2nd Morrison
David Hurley
31 Anthony Albanese
(b. 1963)
MP for Grayndler, NSW 		2022 (47th) 23 May
2022 		Incumbent 2 years, 232 days Labor Albanese
Charles III
Samantha Mostyn

Timeline

Anthony AlbaneseScott MorrisonMalcolm TurnbullTony AbbottJulia GillardKevin RuddJohn HowardPaul KeatingBob HawkeMalcolm FraserGough WhitlamWilliam McMahonJohn GortonJohn McEwenHarold HoltBen ChifleyFrank FordeJohn CurtinArthur FaddenRobert MenziesEarle PageJoseph LyonsJames ScullinStanley BruceBilly HughesJoseph CookAndrew FisherGeorge ReidChris WatsonAlfred DeakinEdmund Barton

Career-based timeline

This timeline 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.

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

Timeline

Anthony AlbaneseScott MorrisonMalcolm TurnbullTony AbbottJulia GillardKevin RuddJohn HowardPaul KeatingBob HawkeMalcolm FraserGough WhitlamWilliam McMahonJohn GortonJohn McEwenHarold HoltBen ChifleyFrank FordeJohn CurtinArthur FaddenRobert MenziesEarle PageJoseph LyonsJames ScullinStanley BruceBilly HughesJoseph CookAndrew FisherGeorge Reid (Australian politician)Chris WatsonAlfred DeakinEdmund Barton

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ballarat was spelt Ballaarat until the 1973 election.
  2. ^ Died in office
  3. Gorton was a Senator until he resigned from the Senate on 1 February 1968; he was elected to the House of Representatives at the Higgins by-election on 24 February 1968.
  4. As of 10 January 2025

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