Prime ministers of Australia

name party or parties term

Edmund Barton (Barton, Sir Edmund) (from 1902, Sir Edmund Barton) 1901–03

Alfred Deakin (Deakin, Alfred) (1st time) Liberal-Labor 1903–04

John Christian Watson (Watson, John Christian) Labor 1904

George Houston Reid (Reid, Sir George Houston) (from 1909, Sir George Houston Reid) 1904–05

Alfred Deakin (Deakin, Alfred) (2nd time) Liberal-Labor 1905–08

Andrew Fisher (Fisher, Andrew) (1st time) Labor 1908–09

Alfred Deakin (Deakin, Alfred) (3rd time) Liberal-Conservative 1909–10

Andrew Fisher (Fisher, Andrew) (2nd time) Labor 1910–13

Joseph Cook (Cook, Sir Joseph) (from 1918, Sir Joseph Cook) Liberal 1913–14

Andrew Fisher (Fisher, Andrew) (3rd time) Labor 1914–15

William Morris Hughes (Hughes, William Morris) (1st time) Labor 1915–16

William Morris Hughes (Hughes, William Morris) (2nd time) Nationalist 1916–23

Stanley Melbourne Bruce (Bruce, Stanley Melbourne Bruce, Viscount) (from 1947, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne) Nationalist-Country 1923–29

James Henry Scullin (Scullin, James Henry) Labor 1929–32

Joseph Aloysius Lyons (Lyons, Joseph Aloysius) United Australia 1932–39

Earle Page (Page, Sir Earle) (from 1938, Sir Earle Page) Country-United Australia 1939

Robert Gordon Menzies (Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon) (1st time) United Australia 1939–40

Robert Gordon Menzies (Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon) (2nd time) United Australia-Country 1940–41

Arthur William Fadden (Fadden, Sir Arthur William) Country-United Australia 1941

John Curtin (Curtin, John) Labor 1941–45

Francis Michael Forde (Forde, Francis Michael) Labor 1945

Joseph Benedict Chifley (Chifley, Joseph Benedict) Labor 1945–49

Robert Gordon Menzies (Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon) (from 1963, Sir Robert Gordon Menzies) (3rd time) Liberal-Country 1949–66

Harold Holt (Holt, Harold) Liberal-Country 1966–67

John McEwen (McEwen, Sir John) (from 1971, Sir John McEwen) Liberal-Country 1967–68

John Grey Gorton (Gorton, Sir John Grey) (from 1977, Sir John Grey Gorton) Liberal-Country 1968–71

William McMahon (McMahon, Sir William) (from 1977, Sir William McMahon) Liberal-Country 1971–72

Gough Whitlam (Whitlam, Gough) Labor 1972–75

Malcolm Fraser (Fraser, Malcolm) Liberal-National Country 1975–83

Robert Hawke (Hawke, Robert) Labor 1983–91

Paul Keating (Keating, Paul) Labor 1991–96

John Howard (Howard, John Winston) Liberal 1996–2007

Kevin Rudd (Rudd, Kevin) Labor 2007–