List of prime ministers of Australia

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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.^[1]^[2] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901.^[3] The role of prime minister is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia,^[4] 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.^[2] Governors-general do not have fixed terms, but usually serve for five years.^[5]

Federal elections must be held every three years, although prime ministers may call elections early.^[6] 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).^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9] The prime ministership of Frank Forde, who was prime minister for seven days in 1945, was the shortest in Australian history.^[10] Menzies served the longest, with eighteen years over two non-consecutive periods.^[11] The current prime minister is Anthony Albanese, who assumed office on 23 May 2022.^[9] There are currently seven living former prime ministers. The most recent former prime minister to die was Bob Hawke, on 16 May 2019.^[12]

File:The Lodge Canberra renovated.jpg

The Lodge, the official residence of the prime minister

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

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) ConstituencyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	(Parliament)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Monarch	Ref.
No.	Portrait		Election	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Political party	Ministry		Monarch	Ref.
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|1	File:Edmund Barton - Swiss Studios (b&w).jpg	Edmund Barton (1849–1920)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Hunter, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1901	1 January 1901	24 September 1903	Template:Ayd	Protectionist	Barton	(1st)	Victoria Template:Efn r. 1837–1901	^[13]
Edward VII Template:Efn r. 1901–1910	File:Edmund Barton - Swiss Studios (b&w).jpg		1901	1 January 1901	24 September 1903	Template:Ayd		Barton			^[13]
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|2	File:Alfred Deakin 1900 (cropped).jpg	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Ballaarat, Vic Template:EfnScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	24 September 1903	27 April 1904		Template:Ayd		Deakin I	^[14]
	1903	File:Alfred Deakin 1900 (cropped).jpg		(2nd)	24 September 1903	27 April 1904		Template:Ayd		Deakin I	^[14]
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|3	File:J. C. Watson - T. Humphrey & Co (cropped).jpg	Chris Watson (1867–1941)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Bland, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		—	27 April 1904	18 August 1904	Template:Ayd	Labor	Watson	^[15]
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black" \| 4	File:George Reid crop.jpg	George Reid (1845–1918)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for East Sydney, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		—	18 August 1904	5 July 1905	Template:Ayd	Free Trade	Reid	^[16]
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|(2)	File:AlfredDeakin.jpeg	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Ballaarat, Vic Template:EfnScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		—	5 July 1905	13 November 1908	Template:Ayd	Protectionist	Deakin II	^[14]
	1906	File:AlfredDeakin.jpeg		(3rd)		5 July 1905	13 November 1908	Template:Ayd	Protectionist	Deakin II	^[14]
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|5	File:Andrewfisher.JPG	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Wide Bay, QldScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		—	13 November 1908	2 June 1909	Template:Ayd	Labor	Fisher I	^[17]
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black" \|(2)	File:Alfred Deakin - Elliott & Fry (cropped).jpg	Alfred Deakin (1856–1919)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Ballaarat, Vic Template:EfnScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		—	2 June 1909	29 April 1910	Template:Ayd	Liberal	Deakin III	^[14]
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|(5)	File:Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Wide Bay, QldScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1910	29 April 1910	24 June 1913	Template:Ayd	Labor	Fisher II	(4th)	^[17]
George V Template:Efn r. 1910–1936		File:Andrew Fisher 1912 (b&w).jpg		1910	29 April 1910	24 June 1913	Template:Ayd	Labor	Fisher II	(4th)	^[17]
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black" \|6	File:Sir Joseph Cook (cropped).jpg	Joseph Cook (1860–1947) MP for Parramatta, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1913	24 June 1913	17 September 1914	Template:Ayd	Liberal	Cook	(5th)	^[18]
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|(5)	File:Andrew Fisher 1914.jpg	Andrew Fisher (1862–1928)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Wide Bay, QldScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1914	17 September 1914	27 October 1915	Template:Ayd	Labor	Fisher III	(6th)	^[17]
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|	File:Billy Hughes 1919.jpg	Billy Hughes (1862–1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for West Sydney, NSW (until 1917)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Bendigo, Vic (1917–22)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for North Sydney, NSW (from 1922)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	27 October 1915	9 February 1923	Template:Ayd	Labor	Hughes I		^[19]
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:black" \|							National Labor	Hughes II
	style="background:Template:Party color; border-style: none; color:black" \|7							Nationalist	Hughes III
	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; border-style: none; color:black" \|			1917					Hughes IV	(7th)
	1919			Hughes V					(8th)
	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color; color:black" \|8	File:Stanley Melbourne Bruce.jpg	Stanley Bruce (1883–1967)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Flinders, VicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1922	9 February 1923	22 October 1929	Template:Ayd	Nationalist (Coalition)	Bruce I	(9th)	^[20]
	1925			Bruce II					(10th)
	1928			Bruce III					(11th)
	style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|9	File:Portrait of James H. Scullin (cropped).jpg	James Scullin (1876–1953)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Yarra, VicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1929	22 October 1929	6 January 1932	Template:Ayd	Labor	Scullin	(12th)	^[21]
	rowspan="5" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|10	File:Joseph Aloysius Lyons (cropped).jpg	Joseph Lyons (1879–1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Wilmot, TasScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1931	6 January 1932	7 April 1939Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	United Australia	Lyons I	(13th)	^[22]
	1934			Lyons II				United Australia	(14th)
—	United Australia (Coalition)			Lyons III				Edward VIII Template:Efn r. 1936
—				Lyons III				George VI Template:Efn r. 1936–1952
1937				Lyons IV					(15th)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|11	File:Earle Page.jpg	Earle Page (1880–1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Cowper, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	7 April 1939	26 April 1939	Template:Ayd	Country (Coalition)			Page	^[23]
rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|12	File:Robert Menzies in 1939.jpg	Robert Menzies (1894–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Kooyong, VicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	26 April 1939	29 August 1941	Template:Ayd	United Australia			Menzies I	^[24]
United Australia (Coalition)			—				Menzies II
United Australia (Coalition)			1940				Menzies III		(16th)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|13	File:FaddenPEO.jpg	Arthur Fadden (1894–1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Darling Downs, QldScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	29 August 1941	7 October 1941	Template:Ayd	Country (Coalition)			Fadden	^[25]
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|14	File:JohnCurtin.jpg	John Curtin (1885–1945)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Fremantle, WAScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	7 October 1941	5 July 1945Template:Efn	Template:Ayd	Labor			Curtin I	^[26]
1943	File:JohnCurtin.jpg		Curtin II	7 October 1941	5 July 1945Template:Efn	Template:Ayd			(17th)		^[26]
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|15	File:Frank Forde 1945.jpg	Frank Forde (1890–1983)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Capricornia, QldScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	5 July 1945	13 July 1945	Template:Ayd				Forde	^[27]
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|16	File:Benchifley.jpg	Ben Chifley (1885–1951)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Macquarie, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	13 July 1945	19 December 1949	Template:Ayd				Chifley I	^[28]
1946	File:Benchifley.jpg		Chifley II	13 July 1945	19 December 1949	Template:Ayd			(18th)		^[28]
rowspan="8" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|(12)	File:Portrait Menzies 1950s.jpg	Robert Menzies (1894–1978)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Kooyong, VicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1949	19 December 1949	26 January 1966	Template:Ayd	Liberal (Coalition)		Menzies IV	(19th)	^[24]
1951			Menzies V						(20th)
1951			Menzies V					Elizabeth II Template:Efn r. 1952–2022	(20th)
1954			Menzies VI						(21st)
1955			Menzies VII						(22nd)
1958			Menzies VIII						(23rd)
1961			Menzies IX						(24th)
1963			Menzies X						(25th)
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|17	File:HaroldHolt.jpg	Harold Holt (1908–1967)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Higgins, VicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	26 January 1966	17 December 1967 Template:Efn	Template:Ayd			(25th)	Holt I	^[29]
1966	File:HaroldHolt.jpg		Holt II	26 January 1966	17 December 1967 Template:Efn	Template:Ayd			(26th)		^[29]
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|18	File:Sir John McEwen.jpg	John McEwen (1900–1980)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Murray, VicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	19 December 1967	10 January 1968	Template:Ayd	Country (Coalition)			McEwen	^[30]
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|19	File:Gorton.jpg	John Gorton (1911–2002)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Higgins, VicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Efn	—	10 January 1968	10 March 1971	Template:Ayd	Liberal (Coalition)			Gorton I	^[31]
1969	File:Gorton.jpg		Gorton II	10 January 1968	10 March 1971	Template:Ayd			(27th)		^[31]
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|20	File:William McMahon 1972 b&w.jpg	William McMahon (1908–1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Lowe, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	10 March 1971	5 December 1972	Template:Ayd			(27th)	McMahon	^[32]
rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|21	File:Gough Whitlam at the Lodge 1974.jpg	Gough Whitlam (1916–2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Werriwa, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1972	5 December 1972	11 November 1975	Template:Ayd	Labor		Whitlam I	(28th)	^[33]
—			Whitlam II							(28th)
1974			Whitlam III						(29th)
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|22	File:Malcolm Fraser 1974 (cropped).jpg	Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Wannon, VicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	11 November 1975	11 March 1983	Template:Ayd	Liberal (Coalition)		(29th)	Fraser I	^[34]
1975			Fraser II						(30th)
1977			Fraser III						(31st)
1980			Fraser IV						(32nd)
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|23	Hawke_Bob_BANNER	Bob Hawke (1929–2019)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Wills, VicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1983	11 March 1983	20 December 1991	Template:Ayd	Labor		Hawke I	(33rd)	^[35]
1984			Hawke II						(34th)
1987			Hawke III						(35th)
1990			Hawke IV						(36th)
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|24	File:Keating Paul Portrait.jpg	Paul Keating (b. 1944)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Blaxland, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	20 December 1991	11 March 1996	Template:Ayd			(36th)	Keating I	^[36]
1993	File:Keating Paul Portrait.jpg		Keating II	20 December 1991	11 March 1996	Template:Ayd			(37th)		^[36]
rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|25	File:Howard John BANNER b.jpg	John Howard (b. 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Bennelong, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	1996	11 March 1996	3 December 2007	Template:Ayd	Liberal (Coalition)		Howard I	(38th)	^[37]
1998			Howard II						(39th)
2001			Howard III						(40th)
2004			Howard IV						(41st)
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|26	File:Kevin Rudd official portrait.jpg	Kevin Rudd (b. 1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Griffith, QldScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	2007	3 December 2007	24 June 2010	Template:Ayd	Labor		Rudd I	(42nd)	^[38]
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|27	File:Julia-gillard-official-portrait-pmc.jpg	Julia Gillard (b. 1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Lalor, VicScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	24 June 2010	27 June 2013	Template:Ayd			Gillard I	(42nd)	^[39]
2010	File:Julia-gillard-official-portrait-pmc.jpg		Gillard II	24 June 2010	27 June 2013	Template:Ayd			(43rd)		^[39]
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|(26)	File:The Hon. Kevin Rudd.jpg	Kevin Rudd (b. 1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Griffith, QldScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	27 June 2013	18 September 2013	Template:Ayd			(43rd)	Rudd II	^[38]
style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|28	Tony_Abbott_-_2010	Tony Abbott (b. 1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Warringah, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	2013	18 September 2013	15 September 2015	Template:Ayd	Liberal (Coalition)		Abbott	(44th)	^[40]
rowspan=2 style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|29	Malcolm_Turnbull_PEO_(cropped)	Malcolm Turnbull (b. 1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Wentworth, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	15 September 2015	24 August 2018	Template:Ayd			Turnbull I	(44th)	^[41]
2016	Malcolm_Turnbull_PEO_(cropped)		Turnbull II	15 September 2015	24 August 2018	Template:Ayd			(45th)		^[41]
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|30	Scott_Morrison_portrait	Scott Morrison (b. 1968)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Cook, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	—	24 August 2018	23 May 2022	Template:Ayd			(45th)	Morrison I	^[42]
2019	Scott_Morrison_portrait		Morrison II	24 August 2018	23 May 2022	Template:Ayd			(46th)		^[42]
rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color; color:white" \|31	Anthony_Albanese_election_infobox	Anthony Albanese (b. 1963)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". MP for Grayndler, NSWScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	2022	23 May 2022	Incumbent	Template:Ayd Template:Efn	Labor		Albanese I	(47th)	^[43]
2025	Anthony_Albanese_election_infobox		Albanese II	23 May 2022	Incumbent	Template:Ayd Template:Efn	Labor	(48th)	Charles III Template:Efn r. 2022–present		^[43]

Timeline

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DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1900 till:31/12/2027 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:01/01/1900 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:2 start:01/01/1900

Define $today = 14/05/2026

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 id:Nationalist         value:rgb(0.39,0.58,0.93)  legend:Nationalist_Party
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 bar:SirEarlePage
 bar:RobertMenzies
 bar:ArthurFadden
 bar:JohnCurtin
 bar:FrankForde
 bar:BenChifley
 bar:HaroldHolt
 bar:JohnMcEwen
 bar:JohnGorton
 bar:WilliamMcMahon
 bar:GoughWhitlam
 bar:MalcolmFraser
 bar:BobHawke
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 bar:KevinRudd
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 bar:TonyAbbott
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  from:24/09/1903 till:27/04/1904 color:Protectionist
  from:05/07/1905 till:13/11/1908 color:Protectionist
  from:02/06/1909 till:19/04/1910 color:CommonwealthLiberal text:"Alfred Deakin"
 bar:ChrisWatson
  from:27/04/1904 till:18/08/1904 color:Labor               text:"Chris Watson"
 bar:GeorgeReid
  from:18/08/1904 till:05/07/1905 color:FreeTrade           text:"George Reid"
 bar:AndrewFisher
  from:13/11/1908 till:02/06/1909 color:Labor
  from:19/04/1910 till:24/06/1913 color:Labor
  from:17/09/1914 till:27/10/1915 color:Labor               text:"Andrew Fisher"
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  from:24/06/1913 till:17/09/1914 color:CommonwealthLiberal text:"Joseph Cook"
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  from:27/10/1915 till:14/11/1916 color:Labor
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 bar:JamesScullin
  from:22/10/1929 till:06/01/1932 color:Labor               text:"James Scullin"
 bar:JosephLyons
  from:06/01/1932 till:07/04/1939 color:UnitedAustralia     text:"Joseph Lyons"
 bar:SirEarlePage
  from:07/04/1939 till:26/04/1939 color:Country             text:"Earle Page"
 bar:RobertMenzies
  from:26/04/1939 till:28/08/1941 color:UnitedAustralia
  from:19/12/1949 till:26/01/1966 color:Liberal             text:"Robert Menzies"
 bar:ArthurFadden
  from:28/08/1941 till:07/10/1941 color:Country             text:"Arthur Fadden"
 bar:JohnCurtin
  from:07/10/1941 till:05/07/1945 color:Labor               text:"John Curtin"
 bar:FrankForde
  from:06/07/1945 till:13/07/1945 color:Labor               text:"Frank Forde"
 bar:BenChifley
  from:13/07/1945 till:19/12/1949 color:Labor               text:"Ben Chifley"
 bar:HaroldHolt
  from:26/01/1966 till:19/12/1967 color:Liberal             text:"Harold Holt"
 bar:JohnMcEwen
  from:19/12/1967 till:10/01/1968 color:Country             text:"John McEwen"
 bar:JohnGorton
  from:10/01/1968 till:10/03/1971 color:Liberal             text:"John Gorton"
 bar:WilliamMcMahon
  from:10/03/1971 till:05/12/1972 color:Liberal             text:"William McMahon"
 bar:GoughWhitlam
  from:05/12/1972 till:11/11/1975 color:Labor               text:"Gough Whitlam"
 bar:MalcolmFraser
  from:11/11/1975 till:11/03/1983 color:Liberal             text:"Malcolm Fraser"
 bar:BobHawke
  from:11/03/1983 till:20/12/1991 color:Labor               text:"Bob Hawke"
 bar:PaulKeating
  from:20/12/1991 till:11/03/1996 color:Labor               text:"Paul Keating"
 bar:JohnHoward
  from:11/03/1996 till:03/12/2007 color:Liberal             text:"John Howard"
 bar:KevinRudd
  from:03/12/2007 till:24/06/2010 color:Labor
  from:27/06/2013 till:18/09/2013 color:Labor               text:"Kevin Rudd"
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  from:24/06/2010 till:27/06/2013 color:Labor               text:"Julia Gillard"
 bar:TonyAbbott
  from:18/09/2013 till:15/09/2015 color:Liberal             text:"Tony Abbott"
 bar:MalcolmTurnbull
  from:15/09/2015 till:24/08/2018 color:Liberal             text:"Malcolm Turnbull"
 bar:ScottMorrison
  from:24/08/2018 till:23/05/2022 color:Liberal             text:"Scott Morrison"
 bar:AnthonyAlbanese
  from:23/05/2022 till:$today     color:Labor               text:"Anthony Albanese"

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Career-based timeline

This timeline below 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.^[44]

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: Cook (pre-office), Watson (post-office), Hughes (in office and post-office), Lyons (pre-office)
died in office: Lyons, Curtin, Holt
died shortly after leaving office: Chifley
left Parliament on leaving office: Barton, Bruce, Menzies, Fraser, Hawke, Keating, Howard, Gillard, Turnbull
long career after being prime minister: Cook, Hughes, Scullin, Page, Fadden, McMahon
was prime minister after an interruption to their service in Parliament: Scullin, Curtin, Chifley
lived for more than twenty years after leaving Parliament: Watson, Cook, Bruce, Forde, Gorton, Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating
former prime minister still living: Keating, Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison

Timeline

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List of prime ministers of Australia

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