<Dl> <Dt> Political 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> No . </Th> <Th> Name (Birth--Death) </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Term of office </Th> <Th> Electorate served </Th> <Th> Elections </Th> <Th> Ministry </Th> <Th> Ref </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Sir Edmund Barton (1849--1920) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Protectionist </Td> <Td> 1 January 1901 </Td> <Td> 24 September 1903 </Td> <Td> Hunter, NSW, 1901--1903 (resigned) </Td> <Td> 1901 </Td> <Td> Barton </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Alfred Deakin (1856--1919) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Protectionist </Td> <Td> 24 September 1903 </Td> <Td> 27 April 1904 </Td> <Td> Ballaarat, Vic, 1901--1913 (retired) </Td> <Td> 1903 </Td> <Td> 1st Deakin </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Chris Watson (1867--1941) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> 27 April 1904 </Td> <Td> 18 August 1904 </Td> <Td> Bland, NSW, 1901--1906 South Sydney, NSW, 1906--1910 (retired) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Watson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> George Reid (1845--1918) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Free Trade </Td> <Td> 18 August 1904 </Td> <Td> 5 July 1905 </Td> <Td> East Sydney, NSW, 1901--1909 (resigned) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Reid </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (2) </Th> <Td> Alfred Deakin (1856--1919) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Protectionist </Td> <Td> 5 July 1905 </Td> <Td> 13 November 1908 </Td> <Td> Ballaarat, Vic, 1901--1913 (retired) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 2nd Deakin </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1906 </Td> <Td> 3rd Deakin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> Andrew Fisher (1862--1928) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> 13 November 1908 </Td> <Td> 2 June 1909 </Td> <Td> Wide Bay, Qld, 1901--1915 (resigned) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Fisher </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (2) </Th> <Td> Alfred Deakin (1856--1919) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Commonwealth Liberal </Td> <Td> 2 June 1909 </Td> <Td> 29 April 1910 </Td> <Td> Ballaarat, Vic, 1901--1913 (retired) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 4th Deakin </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (5) </Th> <Td> Andrew Fisher (1862--1928) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 29 April 1910 </Td> <Td> 24 June 1913 </Td> <Td> Wide Bay, Qld, 1901--1915 (resigned) </Td> <Td> 1910 </Td> <Td> 2nd Fisher </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> Joseph Cook (1860--1947) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Commonwealth Liberal </Td> <Td> 24 June 1913 </Td> <Td> 17 September 1914 </Td> <Td> Parramatta, NSW, 1901--1921 (resigned) </Td> <Td> 1913 </Td> <Td> Cook </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (5) </Th> <Td> Andrew Fisher (1862--1928) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 17 September 1914 </Td> <Td> 27 October 1915 </Td> <Td> Wide Bay, Qld, 1901--1915 (resigned) </Td> <Td> 1914 </Td> <Td> 3rd Fisher </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Billy Hughes (1862--1952) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 27 October 1915 </Td> <Td> 14 November 1916 </Td> <Td> West Sydney, NSW, 1901--1917 Bendigo, Vic, 1917--1922 North Sydney, NSW, 1922--1949 Bradfield, NSW, 1949--1952 (died) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Hughes </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> National Labor </Td> <Td> 14 November 1916 </Td> <Td> 17 February 1917 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 2nd Hughes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Nationalist </Td> <Td> 17 February 1917 </Td> <Td> 9 February 1923 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 3rd Hughes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1917 </Td> <Td> 4th Hughes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1919 </Td> <Td> 5th Hughes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> Stanley Bruce (1883--1967) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nationalist (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 9 February 1923 </Td> <Td> 22 October 1929 </Td> <Td> Flinders, Vic, 1918--1929 (defeated); 1931--1933 (resigned) </Td> <Td> 1922 </Td> <Td> 1st Bruce </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1925 </Td> <Td> 2nd Bruce </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1928 </Td> <Td> 3rd Bruce </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> James Scullin (1876--1953) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 22 October 1929 </Td> <Td> 6 January 1932 </Td> <Td> Corangamite, Vic, 1910--1913 (defeated) Yarra, Vic, 1922--1949 (retired) </Td> <Td> 1929 </Td> <Td> Scullin </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> Joseph Lyons (1879--1939) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United Australia (Coalition post-1934) </Td> <Td> 6 January 1932 </Td> <Td> 7 April 1939 † </Td> <Td> Wilmot, Tas, 1929--1939 (died) </Td> <Td> 1931 </Td> <Td> 1st Lyons </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1934 </Td> <Td> 2nd Lyons </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 3rd Lyons </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1937 </Td> <Td> 4th Lyons </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 11 </Th> <Td> Sir Earle Page (1880--1961) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Country (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 7 April 1939 </Td> <Td> 26 April 1939 </Td> <Td> Cowper, NSW 1919--1961 (defeated) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Page </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> Robert Menzies (1894--1978) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> United Australia (Coalition post-1940) </Td> <Td> 26 April 1939 </Td> <Td> 28 August 1941 </Td> <Td> Kooyong, Vic, 1934--1966 (resigned) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Menzies </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2nd Menzies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1940 </Td> <Td> 3rd Menzies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 13 </Th> <Td> Arthur Fadden (1894--1973) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Country (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 28 August 1941 </Td> <Td> 7 October 1941 </Td> <Td> Darling Downs, Qld 1936--1949 McPherson, Qld 1949--1958 (retired) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Fadden </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 14 </Th> <Td> John Curtin (1885--1945) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 7 October 1941 </Td> <Td> 5 July 1945 † </Td> <Td> Fremantle, WA, 1928--1931 (defeated); 1934--1945 (died) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Curtin </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1943 </Td> <Td> 2nd Curtin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 15 </Th> <Td> Frank Forde (1890--1983) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 6 July 1945 </Td> <Td> 13 July 1945 </Td> <Td> Capricornia, Qld, 1922--1946 (defeated) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Forde </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 16 </Th> <Td> Ben Chifley (1885--1951) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 13 July 1945 </Td> <Td> 19 December 1949 </Td> <Td> Macquarie, NSW, 1928--1931 (defeated); 1940--1951 (died) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Chifley </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1946 </Td> <Td> 2nd Chifley </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (12) </Th> <Td> Sir Robert Menzies (1894--1978) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 19 December 1949 </Td> <Td> 26 January 1966 </Td> <Td> Kooyong, Vic, 1934--1966 (resigned) </Td> <Td> 1949 </Td> <Td> 4th Menzies </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1951 </Td> <Td> 5th Menzies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954 </Td> <Td> 6th Menzies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> 7th Menzies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 </Td> <Td> 8th Menzies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1961 </Td> <Td> 9th Menzies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1963 </Td> <Td> 10th Menzies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 17 </Th> <Td> Harold Holt (1908--1967) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 26 January 1966 </Td> <Td> 19 December 1967 † </Td> <Td> Fawkner, Vic, 1935--1949 Higgins, Vic, 1949--1967 (disappeared) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Holt </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> <Td> 2nd Holt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 18 </Th> <Td> John McEwen (1900--1980) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Country (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 19 December 1967 </Td> <Td> 10 January 1968 </Td> <Td> Echuca, Vic, 1934--1937 Indi, Vic, 1937--1949 Murray, Vic, 1949--1971 (resigned) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> McEwen </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 19 </Th> <Td> John Gorton (1911--2002) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 10 January 1968 </Td> <Td> 10 March 1971 </Td> <Td> Senator 1950--1968 (resigned) <P> MP for Higgins, Vic, 1968--1975 (retired) </P> </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Gorton </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1969 </Td> <Td> 2nd Gorton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 20 </Th> <Td> William McMahon (1908--1988) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 10 March 1971 </Td> <Td> 5 December 1972 </Td> <Td> Lowe, NSW, 1949--1982 (resigned) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> McMahon </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 21 </Th> <Td> Gough Whitlam (1916--2014) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 5 December 1972 </Td> <Td> 11 November </Td> <Td> Werriwa, NSW, 1952--1978 (resigned) </Td> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> 1st Whitlam </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 2nd Whitlam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3rd Whitlam </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 22 </Th> <Td> Malcolm Fraser (1930--2015) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 11 November </Td> <Td> 11 March </Td> <Td> Wannon, Vic, 1955--1983 (resigned) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Fraser </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2nd Fraser </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1977 </Td> <Td> 3rd Fraser </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1980 </Td> <Td> 4th Fraser </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 23 </Th> <Td> Bob Hawke (1929--) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 11 March </Td> <Td> 20 December 1991 </Td> <Td> Wills, Vic, 1980--1992 (resigned) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1st Hawke </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1984 </Td> <Td> 2nd Hawke </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3rd Hawke </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4th Hawke </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 24 </Th> <Td> Paul Keating (1944--) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 20 December 1991 </Td> <Td> 11 March </Td> <Td> Blaxland, NSW, 1969--1996 (resigned) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Keating </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2nd Keating </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 25 </Th> <Td> John Howard (1939--) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 11 March </Td> <Td> 3 December 2007 </Td> <Td> Bennelong, NSW, 1974--2007 (defeated) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 1st Howard </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> 2nd Howard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 3rd Howard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 4th Howard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 26 </Th> <Td> Kevin Rudd (1957--) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 3 December 2007 </Td> <Td> 24 June </Td> <Td> Griffith, Qld, 1998--2013 (resigned) </Td> <Td> 2007 </Td> <Td> 1st Rudd </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 27 </Th> <Td> Julia Gillard (1961--) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 24 June </Td> <Td> 27 June 2013 </Td> <Td> Lalor, Vic, 1998--2013 (retired) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Gillard </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2nd Gillard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> (26) </Th> <Td> Kevin Rudd (1957--) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 27 June 2013 </Td> <Td> 18 September 2013 </Td> <Td> Griffith, Qld, 1998--2013 (resigned) </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 2nd Rudd </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 28 </Th> <Td> Tony Abbott (1957--) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 18 September 2013 </Td> <Td> 15 September 2015 </Td> <Td> Warringah, NSW, since 1994 </Td> <Td> 2013 </Td> <Td> Abbott </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 29 </Th> <Td> Malcolm Turnbull (1954--) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 15 September 2015 </Td> <Td> 24 August 2018 </Td> <Td> Wentworth, NSW, since 2004 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> 1st Turnbull </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> 2nd Turnbull </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 30 </Th> <Td> Scott Morrison (1968--) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Liberal (Coalition) </Td> <Td> 24 August 2018 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> Cook, NSW, since 2007 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td> Morrison </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name (Birth--Death) </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Term of office </Th> <Th> Electorate served </Th> <Th> Elections </Th> <Th> Ministry </Th> <Th> Ref </Th> </Tr>

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