Leader
|
Party
|
Dates in Office
|
Prime Minister
|
George Reid
|
Free Trade
|
|
Edmund Barton, Alfred Deakin, Chris Watson, Andrew Fisher
|
Chris Watson
|
Labor
|
1904-1905
|
George Reid
|
Joseph Cook
|
Free Trade
|
|
Andrew Fisher, Billy Hughes
|
Alfred Deakin
|
Liberal
|
|
Andrew Fisher
|
Andrew Fisher
|
Labor
|
|
Alfred Deakin, Joseph Cook
|
Frank Tudor
|
Labor
|
1917-1922
|
Billy Hughes
|
Matthew Charlton
|
Labor
|
1922-1928
|
Billy Hughes, Stanley Bruce
|
James Scullin
|
Labor
|
|
Stanley Bruce, Joseph Lyons
|
John Latham
|
Nationalist
|
1929-1931
|
James Scullin
|
Joseph Lyons
|
United Australia
|
1931-1932
|
James Scullin
|
John Curtin
|
Labor
|
1935-1941
|
Joseph Lyons, Earle Page, Robert Menzies, Arthur Fadden
|
Arthur Fadden
|
Country
|
1941-1943
|
John Curtin
|
Robert Menzies
|
|
1943-1949
|
John Curtin, Francis Forde, Ben Chifley
|
Ben Chifley
|
Labor
|
1949-1951
|
Robert Menzies
|
Herbert Evatt
|
Labor
|
1951-1960
|
Robert Menzies
|
Arthur Calwell
|
Labor
|
1960-1967
|
Robert Menzies Harold Holt
|
Gough Whitlam
|
Labor
|
|
Harold Holt, John McEwen, John Gorton, William McMahon, Malcolm Fraser
|
Billy Snedden
|
Liberal
|
1972-1975
|
Gough Whitlam
|
Malcolm Fraser
|
Liberal
|
1975
|
Gough Whitlam
|
Bill Hayden
|
Labor
|
1977-1983
|
Malcolm Fraser
|
Bob Hawke
|
Labor
|
1983
|
Malcolm Fraser
|
Andrew Peacock
|
Liberal
|
|
Bob Hawke
|
John Howard
|
Liberal
|
|
|
John Hewson
|
Liberal
|
1990-1994
|
|
Alexander Downer
|
Liberal
|
1994-1995
|
Paul Keating
|
Kim Beazley
|
Labor
|
|
John Howard
|
Simon Crean
|
Labor
|
2001-2003
|
John Howard
|
Mark Latham
|
Labor
|
2003-2005
|
John Howard
|
Kevin Rudd
|
Labor
|
2006-2007
|
John Howard
|
Brendan Nelson
|
Liberal
|
2007-2008
|
Kevin Rudd
|
Malcolm Turnbull
|
Liberal
|
2008-2009
|
Kevin Rudd
|
Tony Abbott
|
Liberal
|
2009-2013
|
|
Bill Shorten
|
Labor
|
2013-2019
|
Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull
|
Anthony Albanese
|
Labor
|
2019-2022
|
Scott Morrison
|
Peter Dutton
|
Liberal
|
2022-
|
Anthony Albanese
|
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