Australian Prime Ministers Since 1901

Prime Ministers In Order Of Term In Office

Some interesting facts:

There have been 26 Prime Ministers and 42 elections up to 2007.
The 26 Prime Ministers have served 31 separate terms of office.
10 Prime Ministers have been defeated at a general election: Deakin, Fisher, Cook, Bruce, Scullin, Chifley, McMahon, Fraser, Keating, Howard.
There have been 20 changes of Prime Minister without an election. Reasons include
- vice-regal intervention: Whitlam
- voluntary departure: Barton, Fisher, Page, Forde, McEwen, Menzies
- party-room coups: Hughes, Menzies, Gorton, Hawke
- death: Lyons, Curtin, Holt
- defeat in Parliament: Deakin (2), Watson, Reid, Fisher, Fadden
There have been 7 Prime Ministers who never won an election: Watson, Reid, Page, Fadden, Forde, McEwen, McMahon.
There have been 10 Opposition Leaders who contested elections but never become Prime Minister: Tudor, Charlton, Evatt, Calwell, Snedden, Hayden, Peacock, Hewson, Beazley & Latham.

No.	Name	Party	Began	Left	Length	Method of Departure
1	Barton, Edmund	Prot	01-01-01	24-09-03	2 years 8 months 24 days	Appointed Justice of High Court
2	Deakin, Alfred	Prot	24-09-03	27-04-04	7 months 4 days	Resigned Following House Amendment of Conciliation and Arbitration Bill
3	Watson, John Christian	ALP	27-04-04	17-08-04	3 months 21 days	Resigned Following House Amendment of Conciliation and Arbitration Bill and Governor-General's Refusal To Dissolve House
4	Reid, George Houston	FT	18-08-04	05-07-05	10 months 18 days	Resigned Following House Amendment of Address-In-Reply and Governor-General's Refusal to Dissolve House
	Deakin, Alfred	Prot	05-07-05	13-11-08	3 years 4 months 9 days	Defeated on Floor of House
5	Fisher, Andrew	ALP	13-11-08	02-06-09	6 months 21 days	Resigned Following Defeat on Floor of House and Governor-General's Refusal to Dissolve House
	Deakin, Alfred	Lib	02-06-09	29-04-10	10 months 28 days	Defeated at General Election
	Fisher, Andrew	ALP	29-4-10	24-06-13	3 years 1 month 26 days	Defeated at General Election
6	Cook, Joseph	Lib	24-06-13	17-09-14	1 year 2 months 25 days	Defeated at General Election
	Fisher, Andrew	ALP	17-09-14	27-10-15	1 year 1 month 11 days	Resigned, Appointed High Commissioner to London
7	Hughes, William Morris	ALP Nat	27-10-15	09-02-23	7 years 3 months 14 days	Deposed as Leader
8	Bruce, Stanley Melbourne	Nat	09-02-23	22-10-29	6 years 8 months 14 days	Lost seat at General Election
9	Scullin, James Henry	ALP	22-10-29	06-01-32	2 years 2 months 16 days	Defeated at General Election Following Party Split
10	Lyons, Joseph Aloysius	UAP	06-01-32	07-04-39	7 years 3 months 2 days	Died in Office
11	Page, Earle Christmas Grafton	CP	07-04-39	26-04-39	20 days	Relinquished position to new UAP Leader
12	Menzies, Robert Gordon	UAP	26-04-39	29-08-41	2 years 4 months 4 days	Resigned
13	Fadden, Arthur William	CP	29-08-41	07-10-41	1 month 9 days	Defeated on Floor of House
14	Curtin, John	ALP	07-10-41	05-07-45	3 years 8 months 29 days	Died in Office
15	Forde, Francis Michael	ALP	06-07-45	13-07-45	8 days	Relinquished Position to New Leader
16	Chifley, Joseph Benedict	ALP	13-07-45	19-12-49	4 years 5 months 7 days	Defeated at General Election
	Menzies, Robert Gordon	Lib	19-12-49	26-01-66	16 years 1 month 8 days	Retired
17	Holt, Harold Edward	Lib	26-01-66	19-12-67	1 year 10 months 23 days	Missing, Presumed Drowned
18	McEwen, John	CP	19-12-67	10-01-68	23 days	Relinquished Position to New Liberal Leader
19	Gorton, John Grey	Lib	10-01-68	10-03-71	3 years 2 months	Deposed as Leader
20	McMahon, William	Lib	10-03-71	05-12-72	1 year 8 months 25 days	Defeated at General Election
21	Whitlam, Edward Gough	ALP	05-12-72	11-11-75	2 years 11 months 7 days	Commission Terminated by Governor-General
22	Fraser, John Malcolm	Lib	11-11-75	11-03-83	7 years 4 months	Defeated at General Election
23	Hawke, Robert James Lee	ALP	11-03-83	20-12-91	8 years 9 months 9 days	Deposed as Leader
24	Keating, Paul John	ALP	20-12-91	11-03-96	4 years 2 months 20 days	Defeated at General Election
25	Howard, John Winston	Lib	11-3-96	03-12-07	11 years 8 months 22 days	Defeated at General Election
26	Rudd, Kevin Michael	ALP	03-12-07	-	-	-

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