from federation to know australias prime ministers

Edmond Barton

Jan 1, 1901

Edmond was prime minister for 2 years,8 months and 24 days In 1903 Edmond stepped down from his position as Prime Minister to become one of three judges that founded the Australian high court Edmond Barton devoted three years of work before he became prime minister to federation Edmund created the "white Australia" policy which was to restrict immagration

Prime ministers from 1901-2012

Period: Jan 1, 1901 to Mar 30, 2012

Alfred Deakin

Sep 24, 1903

-Alfred was prime minister for 7 months and 4 days -As prime minister Alfred was referred to as ' the consructor' because he helped build and astablish consitiutional foundations

• Alfred was a large contributer to the establishment of victorian reforms

John Watson

Apr 27, 1904

-Christian was prime minister for 3 months and 21 days -Christian was the first prime minister from the ladour party -As the first labor party prime minister Christian helped to greater labors vote rate

George Reid

Sep 18, 1904

• George was prime minister for 10 months and 18 days

-before becoming prime minister George was premier of New South Wales

• while prime minister George passed the arbitration and concilation act

Alfred Deakin

Jul 5, 1905

Andrew fisher

Nov 13, 1908

-Andrew was prime minister for 6 months and 21 days -Andrew was the founder of the statutory structure of the new nation -Fisher left his role as prime minister in 1909 because of a refusal to dissolve house

Alfred Deakin

Jun 6, 1909

Andrew Fisher

Apr 29, 1910

Joseph Cook

Jun 24, 1913

-Joseph was prime minister for 1 year 2 months and 25 days -He introduced a bill getting rid of preferencial employment for trade union members in the public service -On 4 June 1914 Joseph was aproved for his request for simultaneous dissolution of the senate and house of Representatives by Governor-General Ronald Munro Ferguson.

Andrew fisher

Sep 17, 1914

William Hughes

Oct 27, 1915

• William was prime minister for 7 years 3 months and 14 days
• in his time as prime minister william was expelled from the labor party over his support for the conscription

-After being expelled he formed the Nationalist Party

Stanley Bruce

Feb 9, 1923

-Stanley was Prime minister for 6 years, 8 months and 14 days -Stanley established a coalition with country party leader Earle Page -atanley left his role as prime minister in 1929 after he was defeated at a general election -

James Scullin

Oct 22, 1929

-James was prime minister for 2 years, 2 months and 16 days

• James was the first prime minister to choose the governer general
• James left his role as prime minister in 1932 because he was defeated at a general election after a party split

Joseph lyons

Jan 6, 1932

-Joseph was prime minister for 7 years, 3 months and 2 days -At a referendumwhen James was prime minister two proposals were rejected by voters. The first was to give the Commonwealth Parliament power with respect to air navigation and aircraft and the second related to Section 92 of the Constitution, trade within the Commonwealth to be free. -joseph died whilst in office in 1939

Earle Page

Apr 7, 1939

• Earle was prime minister for 20 days
• Earle left parlaiment becuase his position was relinquished due to a replacement UAP leader

Robert Menzies

Apr 26, 1939

-Robert was prime minister for 2 years, 4 months and 4 days -Whilst prime minister Robert inforced a communist party ban -Robert resigned from his role as prime minister 1941

Arthur Fadden

Aug 29, 1941

-Arthur was prime minister for 1 month and 9 days -Arthur left his role as prime minister after being defeated on the floor of house

John Curtin

Oct 7, 1941

-John was prime minister for 3 years, 8 months and 29 days -whilst prime minister John introduced the 'income tax' -John died whilst on the job in 1945

Francis Forde

Jul 6, 1945

-Francis was prime minister for 8 days -Francis left his position as prime minister because he was only really a stand in prime minister and a new leader was ready to take on the role of prime minister

Joseph chifley

Jul 13, 1945

• Joseph was prime minister for 4 years, 5 months and 7 days
• a referendum was approved whilst Joseph was prime minister that granted the Commonwealth power to provide maternity allowances, widows pensions, child endowment, unemployment, pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits, medical and dental services, and student and family allowances

-Joseph left his role as prime minister in 1949 after being defeated at a general election

Robert menzies

Dec 19, 1949

Harold Holt

Jan 26, 1966

-Harold was prime minister for 1 year, 10 months and 23 days -while Harold was prime minister our currency changed to pounds, shillings and pence -in 1967 Harold went missing presumed drowned

John McEwan

Dec 19, 1967

• John was prime minister for 23 days
• john was reliquished from his position on the 10th of january 1968

John Gorton

Jan 10, 1968

• John was prime minister for 3 years and 2 months

-whilst John was prime minister there was a rule inforced to make sure that aboriginal workers were paid full pay -John left his position after being desposed of as a leader

William McMahon

Mar 10, 1971

-William was prime minister for 1 year, 8 months and 25 days -while William was prime minister he encounetered the first ever aboriginal polition being given a seet in parliament -William left his role as prime minister in 1972 after being defeated at a general election

Edward Whitlam

Dec 5, 1972

-Edward was prime minister for 2 years, 11 months and 7 days -Whilst Edward was prime minister two proposals were rejected by voters. One was to give the Commonwealth Parliament power to make laws with respect to prices, and the second with respect to incomes. -Edward was fired from his role as prime minister in 1975

John Fraser

Nov 11, 1975

• John was prime minister for 7 years and 4 months

-four proposals were put to voters at the referendum, only three were carried. These related to Senate casual vacancies, giving residents of the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory the right to vote in constitutional elections, and retirement of federal judges. -John left his job as prime minister after being defeted at a general election

Robert Hawk

Mar 11, 1983

-Robeert was prime minister for 8 years, 9 months and 9 days -Voters rejected two proposals made by robert at the referendum, one related to the terms of senators and the other to the change of powers between the Commonwealth and states. -Robert left his position as prime minister in 1991 after being desposed as a leader

Paul Keating

Dec 20, 1991

-Paul was prime minister for 4 years, 2 months and 20 days -Australias first official wattle day was on whilst Paul was prime minister -Paul left his role as prime minister in 1996 after being defeated at a general election

John Howard

Sep 11, 1996

• John was prime minister for 11 years, 8 months and 22 days

-Australians rejected a proposal from john to establish the Commonwealth of Australia as a republic and the proposed adding of an additional preamble to the Constitution. -John left his role as prime minister and lost his seet in parliament at a general election in 2007

Kevin Rudd

Dec 3, 2007

• Kevin was prime minister for 2 years, 6 months and 21 days

-Crowds around Australia watched broadcasts from the House of Representatives when Kevin led a apology for the effect of past government policies on Indigenous people -Kevin left his role as prime minister after julia gillard desposed of him as a leader

Julia Gillard

Jun 24, 2010

• Julia Gillard is Australias current prime minister and has been prime minister for 2 and a half years so far

-Julia lied to Australia in one of her main election promises which was "my Australia will not have a carbon tax" and has done a very hipocritical thing by now inforcing a carbon tax -Kevin Rudd previously performed a 'Leadership challenge" against julia gillard and lost