Edmund Barton (1901-1903)
He was the first prime minister of Australia, taking charge of this prestigious position on 1st January, 1901 in Sydney.
Alfred Deakin (1903-1904; 1905-1908; 1909-1910)
Edmund Barton Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
Not only was he Australia’s second prime minister, but he also had the honour of holding this position three times.
Chris Watson (1904)
Alfred Deakin Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
He was our first Labor prime minister but he stayed in office for only four months.
George Reid (1904-1905)
Chris Watson Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
The fourth prime minister of the country also held the office for a brief period and his term ended in less than a year.
Andrew Fisher (1908-09; 1910-1913; 1914-1915)
George Reid Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
He also held office of the prime minister three times, and is considered among the founding members of Labor party.
Joseph Cook (1913-1914)
Andrew Fisher Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
When he took the office, the sixth prime minister had more than three decades of experience in politics.
William Morris Hughes (1915-1923)
Joseph Cook Source: Wikipedia/ Public Domain
He served the country as its prime minister for seven years, and in total spent more than five decades as a member of House of Representatives.
Stanley Melbourne Bruce (1923-1929)
Billy Hugues Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
The second youngest prime minister of Australia stayed in office for six years.
James Scullin (1929-1932)
Stanley Bruce Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
The Labor prime minister witnessed the impacts of the Great Depression on our economy and termed his tenure a nightmare.
Joseph Lyons (1932-1939)
James Scullin Source: Wikipedia/A.R. Peters Public Domain
He was our prime minister for seven years and the first one to die in office.
Earle Page (1939)
Joseph Lyons Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
He was Australia’s prime minister for only 20 days.
Robert Menzies (1939-1941; 1949-1966)
Earl Page Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
The longest serving prime minister of Australia held this office twice. In total, he led the country for over 18 years.
Arthur Fadden (1941)
Robert Menzies Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
The Queenslander was prime minister for only 40 days.
John Curtin (1941-1945)
Arthur Fadden Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
Regarded as one of our greatest prime ministers, he was an instrumental figure during the World War II.
Francis Forde (1945)
John Curtin Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
He served as prime minister for only eight days after the death of his predecessor.
Ben Chifley (1945-1949)
Frank Forde Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
He took reins of the Labor party after Curtin’s death and later became the nation’s 16th prime minister.
Harold Holt (1966-1967)
Ben Chifley Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
He became our nation’s prime minister after Robert Menzies’ 16-year term came to an end. While in office Harold died after drowning at sea.
John McEwen (1967-1968)
Harold Holt Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
He took over the country’s command after the death of Harold Holt.
John Gorton (1968-1971)
John McEwen Source: Wikipedia/www.dfat.gov.au CC BY 3.0
He replaced Harold Holt as Liberal party’s leader and became Australia’s 19th prime minister.
William McMahon (1971-1972)
John Gorton Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
Another Liberal prime minister, he served Australian politics for more than three decades.
Gough Whitlam (1972-1975)
William McMahon Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain
His leadership brought the Labor party back in office after more than 20 years. His government was dismissed by the Governor-General.
Malcolm Fraser (1975-1983)
Gough Whitlam
He became caretaker prime minister after Gough Whitlam and returned in office again after the election.
Robert Hawke (1983-1991)
Australia’s longest serving Labor prime minister secured the top office after being the opposition leader for only on month.
Paul Keating (1991-1996)
Source: Wikimedia/Department of Defence/Robert Ward Public Domain
The 24th prime minister of Australia was first elected for a House of Representative seat at the age of 25.
John Howard (1996-2007)
The second longest serving prime minister of Australia made the decision to support Iraq war in 2003.
Kevin Rudd (2007-2010; 2013)
He was one of the few leaders to have been removed from party leadership while serving as prime minister. Later, he once again became prime minister after Labor party made him its leader again.
Julia Gillard (2010-2013)
The first woman prime minister of Australia took over Labor’s leadership from Kevin Rudd before being defeated in a leadership ballot by him.
Tony Abbott (2013-2015)
Julia Gillard
The 28th prime minister of Australia lost his leadership battle against Malcolm Turnbull after serving two years in office.
Malcolm Turnbull (2015-)
The Liberal party member is leading the party into the election to decide the country’s next prime minister.
Source: National Archives of Australia
