Timeline of Australian Prime MinistersA timeline of elections of Australia's Prime Ministers, since Sir Edmund Barton in 1901

1 Jan 1901: Sir Edmund Barton
Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, PC, KC (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920) was an Australian politician and ...

24 Sep 1903: Alfred Deakin
Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was a leader of the movement for Australian federatio...

27 Apr 1904: Chris Watson
John Christian Watson (born John Christian Tanck; 9 April 1867 – 18 November 1941), commonly known a...

18 Aug 1904: George Reid
Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCB, GCMG, KC (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was a Scottish-born A...

5 Jul 1905: Alfred Deakin
Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was a leader of the movement for Australian federatio...

13 Nov 1908: Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher (29 August 1862 – 22 October 1928) was an Australian politician who served as Prime Mi...

2 Jun 1909: Alfred Deakin
Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was a leader of the movement for Australian federatio...

29 Apr 1910: Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher (29 August 1862 – 22 October 1928) was an Australian politician who served as Prime Mi...

24 Jun 1913: Joseph Cook
Sir Joseph Cook, GCMG (born Joseph Cooke, 7 December 1860 – 30 July 1947) was an Australian politici...

17 Sep 1914: Andrew Fisher
Andrew Fisher (29 August 1862 – 22 October 1928) was an Australian politician who served as Prime Mi...

27 Oct 1915: Billy Hughes
William Morris "Billy" Hughes, CH, QC (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was a British-born Austr...

9 Feb 1923: Stanley Bruce
Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne, CH, MC, PC, FRS (15 April 1883 – 25 August...

22 Oct 1929: James Scullin
James Henry "Jim" Scullin (18 September 1876 – 28 January 1953) was an Australian Labor Party politi...

6 Jan 1932: Joseph Lyons
Joseph Aloysius Lyons, CH (15 September 1879 – 7 April 1939) was the tenth Prime Minister of Austral...

7 Apr 1939: Sir Earle Page
Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, GCMG, CH (8 August 1880 – 20 December 1961) was an Australian poli...

28 Aug 1941: Arthur Fadden
Sir Arthur William Fadden, GCMG (13 April 1894 – 21 April 1973) was an Australian politician and the...

7 Oct 1941: John Curtin
John Joseph Ambrose Curtin (8 January 1885 – 5 July 1945) was the 14th Prime Minister of Australia, ...

6 Jul 1945: Frank Forde
Francis Michael Forde (18 July 1890 – 28 January 1983) was an Australian politician and the 15th Pri...

13 Jul 1945: Ben Chifley
Joseph Benedict "Ben" Chifley (22 September 1885 – 13 June 1951) was an Australian politician who wa...

19 Dec 1949: Sir Robert Menzies
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, PC, QC, FAA, FRS (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978), was the Pr...

26 Jan 1966: Harold Holt
Harold Edward Holt, CH (5 August 1908 – 17 December 1967), was an Australian politician and the 17th...

19 Dec 1967: John McEwan
Sir John McEwen, GCMG, CH (29 March 1900 – 20 November 1980) was an Australian politician and the 18...

10 Jan 1968: John Gorton
Sir John Grey Gorton GCMG, AC, CH (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002) was the 19th Prime Minister of Au...

10 Mar 1971: William McMahon
Sir William Daniel "Billy" McMahon, GCMG, CH PC (23 February 1908 – 31 March 1988), was an Australia...

5 Dec 1972: Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (11 July 1916 – 21 October 2014) was the 21st Prime Minister of Australia...

Timeline of Australian Prime Ministers