Term(s) in Office
|
No. of Ministries
|
Party
|
(Usually) Old Guy
|
1 Jan 1901 - 24 Sep 1903
|
1
|
Protectionist
|
Edmund Barton
|
24 Sep 1903 - 27 Apr 1904; 5 Jul 1905 - 13 Nov 1908; 2 Jun 1909 - 29 Apr 1910
|
3
|
Protectionist (2); Liberal
|
Alfred Deakin
|
27 Apr - 18 Aug 1904
|
1
|
Labor
|
Chris Watson
|
18 Aug 1904 - 5 Jul 1905
|
1
|
Free Trade
|
George Reid
|
13 Nov 1908 - 2 Jun 1909; 29 Apr 1910 - 24 Jun 1913; 17 Sep 1914 - 27 Oct 1915
|
3
|
Labor
|
Andrew Fisher
|
24 Jun 1913 - 17 Sep 1914
|
1
|
Liberal
|
Joseph Cook
|
27 Oct 1915 - 14 Nov 1916; 14 Nov 1916 - 17 Feb 1917; 17 Feb 1917 - 9 Feb 1923
|
5
|
Labor; National Labor; Nationalist
|
Billy Hughes
|
9 Feb 1923 - 22 Oct 1929
|
3
|
Nationalist (Coalition w/ Country)
|
Stanley Bruce
|
22 Oct 1929 - 6 Jan 1932
|
1
|
Labor
|
James Scullin
|
6 Jan 1932 - 7 Apr 1939 (Died: Heart Attack)
|
4
|
United Australia (Coalition w/ Country starting in1934)
|
Joseph Lyons
|
7 - 26 Apr 1939
|
1
|
Country (Coalition w/ United Australia)
|
Earle Page
|
26 Apr 1939 - 29 Aug 1941; 19 Dec 1949 - 26 Jan 1966
|
10
|
United Australia (Coalition w/ Country starting in late 1939); Liberal (Coalition w/ country)
|
Robert Menzies
|
29 Aug - 7 Oct 1941
|
1
|
Country (Coalition w/ Liberal)
|
Arthur Fadden
|
7 Oct 1941 - 5 Jul 1945 (Died: Heart Disease)
|
2
|
Labor
|
John Curtin
|
5 - 13 Jul 1945
|
1
|
Labor
|
Frank Forde
|
13 Jul 1945 - 19 Dec 1949
|
2
|
Labor
|
Ben Chifley
|
26 Jan 1966 - 19 Dec 1967 (Went swimming; didn't return)
|
2
|
Liberal (Coalition w/ Country)
|
Harold Holt
|
19 Dec 1967 - 10 Jan 1968
|
1
|
Country (Coalition w/ Liberal)
|
John McEwen
|
10 Jan 1968 - 10 Mar 1971
|
2
|
Liberal (Coalition w/ Country/Nationals)
|
John Gorton
|
10 Mar 1971 - 5 Dec 1972
|
1
|
Liberal (Coalition w/ Country/Nationals)
|
William McMahon
|
5 Dec 1972 - 11 Nov 1975
|
3
|
Labor
|
Gough Whitlam
|
11 Nov 1975 - 11 Mar 1983
|
4
|
Liberal (Coalition w/ Nationals)
|
Malcolm Fraser
|
11 Mar 1983 - 20 Dec 1991
|
4
|
Labor
|
Bob Hawke
|
20 Dec 1991 - 11 Mar 1996
|
2
|
Labor
|
Paul Keating
|
11 Mar 1996 - 3 Dec 2007
|
4
|
Liberal (Coalition w/ Nationals)
|
John Howard
|
3 Dec 2007 - 24 Jun 2010; 27 Jun - 18 Sep 2013
|
2
|
Labor
|
Kevin Rudd
|
24 Jun 2010 - 27 Jun 2013
|
2
|
Labor
|
Julia Gillard
|
18 Sep 2013 - 15 Sep 2015
|
1
|
Liberal (Coalition w/ Nationals)
|
Tony Abbott
|
15 Sep 2015 - 24 Aug 2018
|
2
|
Liberal (Coalition w/ Nationals)
|
Malcolm Turnbull
|
24 Aug 2018 - 23 May 2022
|
2
|
Liberal (Coalition w/ Nationals)
|
Scott Morrison
|
23 May 2022 - TBC
|
1
|
Labor
|
Anthony Albanese
|