<Dl> <Dt> Parties </Dt> </Dl> <P> Australian Labor Party Liberal Party of Australia Australian Country Party Nationalist Party of Australia United Australia Party Commonwealth Liberal Party National Labor Party Free Trade Party Protectionist Party </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Rank: </Th> <Th> No: </Th> <Th> Prime Minister: </Th> <Th> Portrait: </Th> <Th> Party: </Th> <Th> District: </Th> <Th> Assumed Office: </Th> <Th> Left Office: </Th> <Th> TERM Time in Office: </Th> <Th> TOTAL Time in Office: </Th> <Th> Election Wins: </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1 . </Td> <Td> 12th </Td> <Td> Sir Robert Menzies (1894--1978) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United Australia </Td> <Td> Kooyong, VIC (1934--1966) </Td> <Td> 26 April 1939 </Td> <Td> 29 August 1941 </Td> <Td> 7002856000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 125 days </Td> <Td> 18 years, 163 days </Td> <Td> 1940 1949 1951 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal </Td> <Td> 19 December 1949 </Td> <Td> 26 January 1966 </Td> <Td> 7003588200000000000 ♠ 16 years, 38 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2 . </Td> <Td> 25th </Td> <Td> John Howard (born 1939) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal </Td> <Td> Bennelong, NSW (1974--2007) </Td> <Td> 11 March 1996 </Td> <Td> 3 December 2007 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003428400000000000 ♠ 11 years, 267 days </Td> <Td> 1996 1998 2001 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3 . </Td> <Td> 23rd </Td> <Td> Bob Hawke (born 1929) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Wills, VIC (1980--1992) </Td> <Td> 11 March 1983 </Td> <Td> 20 December 1991 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003320600000000000 ♠ 8 years, 284 days </Td> <Td> 1983 1984 1987 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4 . </Td> <Td> 22nd </Td> <Td> Malcolm Fraser (1930--2015) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal </Td> <Td> Wannon, VIC (1955--1983) </Td> <Td> 11 November 1975 </Td> <Td> 11 March 1983 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003267700000000000 ♠ 7 years, 120 days </Td> <Td> 1975 1977 1980 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 5 . </Td> <Td> 7th </Td> <Td> Billy Hughes (1862--1952) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> West Sydney, NSW (1901--1917) Bendigo, VIC (1917--1922) North Sydney, NSW (1922--1949) </Td> <Td> 27 October 1915 </Td> <Td> 9 February 1923 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003266200000000000 ♠ 7 years, 105 days </Td> <Td> 1917 1919 1922 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> National Labor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nationalist </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 . </Td> <Td> 10th </Td> <Td> Joseph Lyons (1879--1939) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United Australia </Td> <Td> Wilmot, TAS (1929--1939) </Td> <Td> 6 January 1932 </Td> <Td> 7 April 1939 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003264800000000000 ♠ 7 years, 91 days </Td> <Td> 1931 1934 1937 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 7 . </Td> <Td> 8th </Td> <Td> Stanley Bruce (1883--1967) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nationalist </Td> <Td> Flinders, VIC (1918--1929) </Td> <Td> 9 February 1923 </Td> <Td> 22 October 1929 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003244700000000000 ♠ 6 years, 255 days </Td> <Td> 1925 1928 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 8 . </Td> <Td> 2nd </Td> <Td> Alfred Deakin (1856--1919) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Protectionist </Td> <Td> Ballaarat, VIC (1901--1913) </Td> <Td> 24 September 1903 </Td> <Td> 27 April 1904 </Td> <Td> 7002216000000000000 ♠ 216 days </Td> <Td> 4 years, 313 days </Td> <Td> 1903 1906 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 July 1905 </Td> <Td> 13 November 1908 </Td> <Td> 7003122700000000000 ♠ 3 years, 131 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Commonwealth Liberal </Td> <Td> 2 June 1909 </Td> <Td> 29 April 1910 </Td> <Td> 7002331000000000000 ♠ 331 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 9 . </Td> <Td> 5th </Td> <Td> Andrew Fisher (1862--1928) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Wide Bay, QLD (1901--1915) </Td> <Td> 13 November 1908 </Td> <Td> 2 June 1909 </Td> <Td> 7002201000000000000 ♠ 201 days </Td> <Td> 4 years, 297 days </Td> <Td> 1910 1914 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 April 1910 </Td> <Td> 24 June 1913 </Td> <Td> 7003115200000000000 ♠ 3 years, 56 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 September 1914 </Td> <Td> 27 October 1915 </Td> <Td> 7002405000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 40 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 10 . </Td> <Td> 16th </Td> <Td> Ben Chifley (1885--1951) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Macquarie, NSW (1940--1951) </Td> <Td> 13 July 1945 </Td> <Td> 19 December 1949 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003162000000000000 ♠ 4 years, 159 days </Td> <Td> 1946 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 . </Td> <Td> 24th </Td> <Td> Paul Keating (born 1944) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Blaxland, NSW (1969--1996) </Td> <Td> 20 December 1991 </Td> <Td> 11 March 1996 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003154300000000000 ♠ 4 years, 82 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 12 . </Td> <Td> 14th </Td> <Td> John Curtin (1885--1945) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Fremantle, WA (1934--1945) </Td> <Td> 7 October 1941 </Td> <Td> 5 July 1945 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003136700000000000 ♠ 3 years, 271 days </Td> <Td> 1943 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 13 . </Td> <Td> 19th </Td> <Td> John Gorton (1911--2002) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal </Td> <Td> 22.2. 1950--1.2. 1968: Senate (Vic) 2.2. 1968--23.2. 1968: Not in Parliament 24.2. 1968--11.11. 1975: Higgins, VIC (1968--1975) </Td> <Td> 10 January 1968 </Td> <Td> 10 March 1971 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003115500000000000 ♠ 3 years, 59 days </Td> <Td> 1969 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 14 . </Td> <Td> 27th </Td> <Td> Julia Gillard (born 1961) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Lalor, VIC (1998--2013) </Td> <Td> 24 June 2010 </Td> <Td> 27 June 2013 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003109900000000000 ♠ 3 years, 3 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 15 . </Td> <Td> 21st </Td> <Td> Gough Whitlam (1916--2014) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Werriwa, NSW (1952--1978) </Td> <Td> 5 December 1972 </Td> <Td> 11 November 1975 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7003107100000000000 ♠ 2 years, 341 days </Td> <Td> 1972 1974 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 16 . </Td> <Td> 26th </Td> <Td> Kevin Rudd (born 1957) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Griffith, QLD (1998--2013) </Td> <Td> 3 December 2007 </Td> <Td> 24 June 2010 </Td> <Td> 7002934000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 203 days </Td> <Td> 2 years, 286 days </Td> <Td> 2007 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 June 2013 </Td> <Td> 18 September 2013 </Td> <Td> 7001830000000000000 ♠ 83 days </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 17 . </Td> <Td> 1st </Td> <Td> Sir Edmund Barton (1849--1920) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Protectionist </Td> <Td> Hunter, NSW (1901--1903) </Td> <Td> 1 January 1901 </Td> <Td> 24 September 1903 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7002996000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 266 days </Td> <Td> 1901 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 18 . </Td> <Td> 29th </Td> <Td> Malcolm Turnbull (born 1954) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal </Td> <Td> Wentworth, NSW (2004--present) </Td> <Td> 15 September 2015 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7002934000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 203 days </Td> <Td> 2016 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 19 . </Td> <Td> 9th </Td> <Td> James Scullin (1876--1953) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Yarra, VIC (1922--1949) </Td> <Td> 22 October 1929 </Td> <Td> 6 January 1932 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7002806000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 76 days </Td> <Td> 1929 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 . </Td> <Td> 28th </Td> <Td> Tony Abbott (born 1957) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal </Td> <Td> Warringah, NSW (1994--present) </Td> <Td> 18 September 2013 </Td> <Td> 15 September 2015 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7002727000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 362 days </Td> <Td> 2013 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 21 . </Td> <Td> 17th </Td> <Td> Harold Holt (1908--1967) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal </Td> <Td> Higgins, VIC (1949--1967) </Td> <Td> 26 January 1966 </Td> <Td> 19 December 1967 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7002692000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 327 days </Td> <Td> 1966 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 22 . </Td> <Td> 20th </Td> <Td> William McMahon (1908--1988) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal </Td> <Td> Lowe, NSW (1949--1982) </Td> <Td> 10 March 1971 </Td> <Td> 5 December 1972 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7002636000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 270 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 23 . </Td> <Td> 6th </Td> <Td> Joseph Cook (1860--1947) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Commonwealth Liberal </Td> <Td> Parramatta, NSW (1901--1921) </Td> <Td> 24 June 1913 </Td> <Td> 17 September 1914 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7002450000000000000 ♠ 1 year, 85 days </Td> <Td> 1913 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 24 . </Td> <Td> 4th </Td> <Td> George Reid (1845--1918) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Free Trade </Td> <Td> East Sydney, NSW (1901--1910) </Td> <Td> 18 August 1904 </Td> <Td> 5 July 1905 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7002321000000000000 ♠ 321 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 25 . </Td> <Td> 3rd </Td> <Td> Chris Watson (1867--1941) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Bland, NSW (1901--1906) </Td> <Td> 27 April 1904 </Td> <Td> 18 August 1904 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7002113000000000000 ♠ 113 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 26 . </Td> <Td> 13th </Td> <Td> Arthur Fadden (1894--1973) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Country </Td> <Td> Darling Downs, QLD (1936--1949) </Td> <Td> 29 August 1941 </Td> <Td> 7 October 1941 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7001390000000000000 ♠ 39 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 27 . </Td> <Td> 18th </Td> <Td> John McEwen (1900--1980) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Country </Td> <Td> Murray, VIC (1949--1971) </Td> <Td> 19 December 1967 </Td> <Td> 10 January 1968 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7001220000000000000 ♠ 22 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 28 . </Td> <Td> 11th </Td> <Td> Sir Earle Page (1880--1961) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Country </Td> <Td> Cowper, NSW (1919--1961) </Td> <Td> 7 April 1939 </Td> <Td> 26 April 1939 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7001190000000000000 ♠ 19 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 29 . </Td> <Td> 15th </Td> <Td> Frank Forde (1890--1983) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> Capricornia, QLD (1922--1946) </Td> <Td> 6 July 1945 </Td> <Td> 13 July 1945 </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7 days </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Th> Rank: </Th> <Th> No: </Th> <Th> Prime Minister: </Th> <Th> Portrait: </Th> <Th> Party: </Th> <Th> District: </Th> <Th> Assumed Office: </Th> <Th> Left Office: </Th> <Th> TERM Time in Office: </Th> <Th> TOTAL Time in Office: </Th> <Th> Election Wins: </Th> </Tr>

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