| # |
Name
(Birth–Death) |
Portrait |
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Party |
Term of office |
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| 1 |
Sir Edmund Barton
(1849–1920) |
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Protectionist |
1 January
1901 |
24 September
1903 |
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| 2 |
Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919) |
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|
Protectionist |
24 September
1903 |
27 April
1904 |
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| 3 |
Chris Watson
(1867–1941) |
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|
Labor |
27 April
1904 |
18 August
1904 |
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| 4 |
Sir George Reid
(1845–1918) |
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|
Free Trade |
18 August
1904 |
5 July
1905 |
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| (2) |
Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919) |
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Protectionist |
5 July
1905 |
13 November
1908 |
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| 5 |
Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928) |
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|
Labor |
13 November
1908 |
2 June
1909 |
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| (2) |
Alfred Deakin
(1856–1919) |
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|
Commonwealth Liberal |
2 June
1909 |
29 April
1910 |
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| (5) |
Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928) |
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|
Labor |
29 April
1910 |
24 June
1913 |
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| 6 |
Joseph Cook
(1860–1947) |
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|
Commonwealth Liberal |
24 June
1913 |
17 September
1914 |
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| (5) |
Andrew Fisher
(1862–1928) |
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|
Labor |
17 September
1914 |
27 October
1915 |
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Billy Hughes
(1862–1952) |
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|
Labor |
27 October
1915 |
14 November
1916 |
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|
| National Labor |
14 November
1916 |
17 February
1917 |
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| Nationalist |
17 February
1917 |
9 February
1923 |
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| 7 |
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| 8 |
Stanley Bruce, Viscount Bruce
(1883–1967) |
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|
Nationalist
(Coalition) |
9 February
1923 |
22 October
1929 |
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| 9 |
James Scullin
(1876–1953) |
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|
Labor |
22 October
1929 |
6 January
1932 |
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| 10 |
Joseph Lyons
(1879–1939) |
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|
United Australia
(Coalition) |
6 January
1932 |
7 April
1939† |
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| 11 |
Sir Earle Page
(1880–1961) |
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|
Country
|
7 April
1939 |
26 April
1939 |
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| 12 |
Robert Menzies
(1894–1978) |
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|
United Australia
|
26 April
1939 |
28 August
1941 |
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| 13 |
Arthur Fadden
(1895–1973) |
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|
Country
|
28 August
1941 |
7 October
1941 |
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| 14 |
John Curtin
(1885–1945) |
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|
Labor |
7 October
1941 |
5 July
1945† |
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| 15 |
Frank Forde
(1890–1983) |
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|
Labor |
6 July
1945 |
13 July
1945 |
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| 16 |
Ben Chifley
(1885–1951) |
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|
Labor |
13 July
1945 |
19 December
1949 |
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| (12) |
Robert Menzies
(1894–1978) |
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|
Liberal
|
19 December
1949 |
26 January
1966 |
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| 17 |
Harold Holt
(1908–1967) |
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|
Liberal
|
26 January
1966 |
19 December
1967† |
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| 18 |
John McEwen
(1900–1980) |
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|
Country
|
19 December
1967 |
10 January
1968 |
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| 19 |
John Gorton
(1911–2002) |
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|
Liberal
|
10 January
1968 |
10 March
1971 |
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| 20 |
William McMahon
(1908–1988) |
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|
Liberal
|
10 March
1971 |
5 December
1972 |
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| 21 |
Gough Whitlam
(1916– ) |
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|
Labor |
5 December
1972 |
11 November
1975 |
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| 22 |
Malcolm Fraser
(1930– ) |
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|
Liberal
|
11 November
1975 |
11 March
1983 |
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| 23 |
Bob Hawke
(1929– ) |
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|
Labor |
11 March
1983 |
20 December
1991 |
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| 24 |
Paul Keating
(1944– ) |
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|
Labor |
20 December
1991 |
11 March
1996 |
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| 25 |
John Howard
(1939– ) |
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|
Liberal
|
11 March
1996 |
3 December
2007 |
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| 26 |
Kevin Rudd
(1957– ) |
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|
Labor |
3 December
2007 |
24 June
2010 |
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| 27 |
Julia Gillard
(1961– ) |
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|
Labor
|
24 June
2010 |
Incumbent |
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