Prime Minister of Australia

The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of Australia. The prime minister is the leader of the federal government and is also accountable to federal parliament under the principles of responsible government. The incumbent prime minister is Anthony Albanese, who defeated Scott Morrison in the 2022 general election.

List

No.	Name	Term of Office	Political Party	Events
1	Sir Edmund Barton	1 January 1901 - 24 September 1903	Protectionist Party	Federation of Australia Adoption of the Constitution of Australia Formation of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Passage of the Immigration Restriction Act 1901 and the introduction of the White Australia Policy Passage of the Commonwealth Franchise Act 1902 and granting of women's suffrage
2	Alfred Deakin	24 September 1903 - 27 April 1904	Protectionist Party	Petriana affair
3	Chris Watson	27 April 1904 - 18 August 1905	Labor Party
4	Sir George Reid	18 August 1904 - 5 July 1905	Free Trade Party	Passage of the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904
2	Alfred Deakin	5 July 1905 - 13 November 1908	Protectionist Party
5	Andrew Fisher	13 November 1908 - 2 June 1909	Labor Party
2	Alfred Deakin	2 June 1909 - 29 April 1910	Commonwealth Liberal Party
5	Andrew Fisher	29 April 1910 - 24 June 1913	Labor Party	Passage of the Commonwealth Bank Act 1911 and creation of the Commonwealth Bank Beginning of construction on the Trans-Australian Railway
6	Sir Joseph Cook	24 June 1913 - 17 September 1914	Commonwealth Liberal Party	World War I
5	Andrew Fisher	17 September 1914 - 27 October 1915	Labor Party	World War I Passage of the War Precautions Act 1914
7	Billy Hughes	27 October 1915 - 9 February 1923	Labor Party Nationalist Labor Party Nationalist Party	World War I Raid on the Queensland Government Printing Office Spanish flu McDougall incident Red Flag riots
8	Stanley Bruce	9 February 1923 - 22 October 1929	Nationalist Party	Walsh–Johnson case
9	James Scullin	22 October 1929 - 6 January 1932	Labor Party	The Great Depression Australian Labor Party split of 1931
10	Joseph Lyons	6 January 1932 - 7 April 1939	United Australia Party	Emu War Kisch case Freer case Dalfram dispute
11	Earle Page	7 April 1939 - 26 April 1939	Country Party
12	Robert Menzies	26 April 1939 - 29 August 1941	United Australia Party	World War II
13	Sir Arthur Fadden	29 August 1941 - 7 October 1941	Country Party	World War II
14	John Curtin	7 October 1941 - 5 July 1945	Labor Party	World War II Brisbane Line affair
15	Frank Forde	5 July 1945 - 13 July 1945	Labor Party	World War II
16	Ben Chifley	13 July 1945 - 19 December 1949	Labor Party	1948 Queensland railway strike 1949 Australian coal strike
12	Robert Menzies	19 December 1949 - 26 January 1966	Liberal Party	Formation of ASIS Petrov Affair ALP split of 1955 Passage of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1962 Melbourne–Voyager collision
17	Harold Holt	26 January 1966 - 19 December 1967	Liberal Party	Melbourne–Voyager collision Vietnam War VIP affair
18	Sir John McEwen	19 December 1967 - 10 January 1968	Country Party	Disappearance of Harold Holt
19	Sir John Gorton	10 January 1968 - 10 March 1971	Liberal Party
20	Sir William McMahon	10 March 1971 - 5 December 1972	Liberal Party
21	Gough Whitlam	5 December 1972 - 11 November 1975	Labor Party	Gair Affair Morosi Affair Loans affair Favaro affair 1975 Australian constitutional crisis
22	Malcolm Fraser	11 November 1975 - 11 March 1983	Liberal Party	1975 Australian constitutional crisis Colour TV affair
23	Bob Hawke	11 March 1983 - 20 December 1991	Labor Party	Sheraton hotel incident Combe–Ivanov affair
24	Paul Keating	20 December 1991 - 11 March 1996	Labor Party	Marshall Islands affair Sandwich shop affair Sports rorts affair
25	John Howard	11 March 1996 - 3 December 2007	Liberal Party
26	Kevin Rudd	3 December 2007 - 24 June 2010	Labor Party
27	Julia Gillard	24 June 2010 - 27 June 2013	Labor Party	Australia–East Timor spying scandal
26	Kevin Rudd	27 June 2013 - 18 September 2013	Labor Party
28	Tony Abbott	18 September 2013 - 15 September 2013	Liberal Party
29	Malcolm Turnbull	15 September 2015 - 24 August 2018	Liberal Party	Passage of the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Act 2017 and the legalisation of same-sex marriage
30	Scott Morrison	24 August 2018 - 23 May 2022	Liberal Party	2019–20 Australian bushfire season COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Australian Parliament House sexual misconduct allegations George Floyd protests
31	Anthony Albanese	23 May 2022 - present	Labor Party	COVID-19 pandemic

Links

• Prime Minister of Australia on Wikipedia
• List of prime ministers of Australia on Wikipedia