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Edmund Barton 1st Prime Minister
(1 Jan 1901- 9 Jan 1903)
Edmund Barton became the first Prime Minister in Australia . After making federation a reality, many people believed he deserved to be the first Prime Minister. He was a member from the protectionest party. -
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Former Australian Prime Ministers
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Alfred Deakin, 2nd PM
(24 Sep1903- 26 Apr 1904)
Alfred Deakin became the second Prime Minister of Australia. He was also from the Protectionest Party. When Edmund Barton resigned to become a judge of the High Court, his friend and deputy Prime Minister Alfred Deakin replaced him. -
Chris Watson 3rd PM
(27 Apr 1904- 17 Aug 1904)
Chris Watson became the frst Labor Prime Minister. He beacame Prime Minister when Labor wihdrew support for the Protectionest Party. -
George Reid 4th Prime Minister
(18 Aug 1904 - 24 May 1905)
George Reid is a member of the Free Trade Party which opposed the Protectionest Party and the Labor Party. He became the fourth Prime Minister in three years -
Alfred Deakin Strikes again
(6 Jul 1905 - 9 Sep 1908)
Alfred Deakin became Prime Minister for the second time. -
Andrew Fisher 5th Prime Minister
(13 Nov 1908- 9 Mar 1909)
Andrew Fisher was a memeber of the Australian Labor Party. He became the 5th Prime Minister of Australia. -
Alfred Deakin (3rd time)
(2 Jun 1909- 13 Apr 1910)
Alfred Deakin became Prime Minister for the third time. He was Australia's 6th Prime Minister. -
Andrew Fisher (2nd time)
(29 Apr 1910- 31 May 1913)
Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister for the second time. -
Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister
(24 Jun 1913 - 13 Sep 1914)
Joseph Cook was a member of the Commenwealth Labor Party. -
Andrew Fisher (Third Time)
(17 Sep, 1914- 12 Jul, 1915)
Andrew Fisher became Prime Minister for the third time. -
William Morris Hughes,7th PM
(27th Oct, 1915- 16th Dec, 1922)
William Morris Hughes was a member of the Nationalist Party. -
Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 8th PM
(9th Feb, 1923- 12th Oct, 1929)
Stanley Melbourne Bruce represented the National Labor Party. -
James Scullin, 9th PM
(22 Oct 1929- 19th Dec, 1931)
James Scullin was a member of the Labor Party -
Joseph Lyons,10th PM
(6 Jan 1932- 1 Dec 1938)
Joseph Lyons was a member of the United Australia Party. -
Earle Page, 11th PM
(7 Apr 1939- 26th Apr 1939)
Earle Page became the eleventh Prime Minister following the death of Joseph Lyons. He was a member for the Country/National Party.His term lasted nineteen days. -
Robert Menzies, 12th PM
(26 Apr 1939- 21 Sep 1940
Robert Menzies was a member of the United Australia Party. -
Arthur Fadden.13th PM
1941
Arthur Fadden was a member of the National/Country Party. He was the 13th Prime Minister for short amount of time. -
John Curtin,14th PM
(7 Oct 1941 - 8 May 1945)
John Curtin was a member from the Labor Party. He was the Prime Minister during the bombing of Darwin. -
Francis Forde, 15th PM
(6 Jul 1945- 14 Jul 1945)
Francis Forde was a member of the Labor Party and the shortest serving Prime Minister. He was Prime Minister for only 8 days -
Ben Chifley,16th PM
(13 Jul 1945 - 10 Dec 1949)
Ben Chifley was a member of the Labor Party. -
Robert Menzies (2nd Time)
(19 Dec 1949 - 1 Oct 1965)
Robert Menzies changed partys to the Liberal Party. He is the longest serving Prime Minister in Australia. -
Harold Holt, 17th PM
(26 Jan 1966 - 17 Nov 1967)
Harold Holt replaced Robert Menzies after serving for 16 years. He was also a member from the Liberal Party. -
John McEwen, 18th PM
(19 Dec 1967 -10 Jan 1968)
Member of the Country/Nation Party. -
John Gorton, 19th PM
(10 Jan 1968 - 18 Sep 1970)
John Gorton was a member of the Liberal Party. -
William McMahon,20th PM
10 Mar 1971 - 2 Dec 1972
William McMahon was a member of Liberal Party. -
Gough Whitlam, 21st PM
5 Dec 1972 - 16 Sep 1975
Gough Whitlam was a member of the Australian Labor Party -
Malcolm Fraser,22nd PM
(11 Nov 1975 - 5 Mar 1983)
Malcolm Fraser was a member of the Liberal Party -
Robert Hawke, 23rd PM
(11 Mar 1983 - 15 Apr 1991)
Robert Hawke is a member in the Labor Party. -
Paul Keating,24th PM
20 Dec 1991 - 2 Mar 1996
Paul Keating was a member of the Labor Party. -
John Howard, 25th PM
(11 Mar 1996 - 24 Nov 2007)
John Howard was a member of the Liberal Party and the second longest servin Prime Minister. -
Kevin Rudd
3 Dec 2007 - 1 Jan 2010
Kevin Rudd was a member of the Labor Party. -
Julia Gillard
(24 Jun 2010 - 26 Jun 2013)
Julia Gillard was a member of the Labor Party. -
Kevin Rudd (Sencond Time)
(28 Jun 2013 - 7 Sep 2013)
Kevin Rudd became the Prime Minister for the second time -
Tony Abbott
(18 Sep 2013- present)
Tony Abbott is our current Prime Minister. He is from the Liberal Party.
