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Strangely enough the Liberal Party, who have ruled in Australia since 1996 are actually conservative, a paradox established since the years that Sir Robert Menzies was prime minister. Menzies helped found the Liberal Party in 1944 and was the Prime Minister from 1949 until 1966. <ref>[http://www.liberals.net/liberalpartyhistory.htm History of the Liberal Party in Australia]</ref>  Unlike in the USA there is no limit on the time a person can lead the country - it is the people's choice. The party that most Americans would recognize as "liberal" is the Labor Party whose leader is Kevin Rudd. The Labor Party are social democrats while the Liberals are liberal conservatives.
 
Strangely enough the Liberal Party, who have ruled in Australia since 1996 are actually conservative, a paradox established since the years that Sir Robert Menzies was prime minister. Menzies helped found the Liberal Party in 1944 and was the Prime Minister from 1949 until 1966. <ref>[http://www.liberals.net/liberalpartyhistory.htm History of the Liberal Party in Australia]</ref>  Unlike in the USA there is no limit on the time a person can lead the country - it is the people's choice. The party that most Americans would recognize as "liberal" is the Labor Party whose leader is Kevin Rudd. The Labor Party are social democrats while the Liberals are liberal conservatives.
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      <h2>Australian Prime Ministers<br>
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        <a name="content"></a> Prime Ministers of Australia</h2>
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      <table border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=2 width=90%>
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        <tr>
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          <th>
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            <h3>Prime Minister</h3>
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          </th>
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          <th>
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            <h3>Dates</h3>
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          </th>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Sir Edmund Barton, PC, GCMG, KC</b><br>
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              (Protectionist Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>1 January 1901 - 24 September 1903<br>
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              (2 years, 8 months, 24 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Alfred Deakin</b><br>
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              (Protectionist Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>24 September 1903 - 27 April 1904<br>
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              (7 months, 4 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>John Christian Watson</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>27 April 1904 - 17 August 1904<br>
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              (3 months, 21 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>George Houstoun Reid (later Sir George), PC,
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              KC</b><br>
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              (Free Trade)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>18 August 1904 - 5 July 1905<br>
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              (10 months, 18 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Alfred Deakin</b><br>
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              (Protectionist Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>5 July 1905 - 13 November 1908<br>
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              (3 years, 4 months, 9 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Andrew Fisher</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>13 November 1908 - 2 June 1909<br>
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              (6 months, 21 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Alfred Deakin</b><br>
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              (Protectionist Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>2 June 1909 - 29 April 1910<br>
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              (10 months, 28 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Andrew Fisher</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>29 April 1910 - 24 June 1913<br>
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              (3 years, 1 month, 26 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Joseph Cook (later Sir Joseph)</b><br>
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              (Liberal Party of Australia)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>24 June 1913 - 17 September 1914<br>
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              (1 year, 2 months, 25 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Andrew Fisher</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>17 September 1914 - 27 October 1915<br>
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              (1 year, 1 month, 11 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>William Morris Hughes</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party; Nationalist Party from 1917)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>27 October 1915 - 9 February 1923<br>
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              (7 years, 3 months, 14 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Stanley Melbourne Bruce, PC, CH, MC</b><br>
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              (Nationalist Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>9 February 1923 - 22 October 1929<br>
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              (6 years, 8 months, 14 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>James Henry Scullin, PC</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>22 October 1929 - 6 January 1932<br>
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              (2 years, 2 months, 16 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Joseph Aloysius Lyons, PC, CH</b><br>
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              (United Australia Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>6 January 1932 - 7 April 1939<br>
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              (7 years, 3 months, 2 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, PC, GCMG</b><br>
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              (Australian Country Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>7 April 1939 - 26 April 1939<br>
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              (20 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Robert Gordon Menzies, PC, KC</b><br>
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              (United Australia Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>26 April 1939 - 29 August 1941<br>
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              (2 years, 4 months, 4 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Arthur William Fadden (later Sir Arthur)</b><br>
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              (Country Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>29 August 1941 - 7 October 1941<br>
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              (1 month, 9 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>John Curtin, PC</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>7 October 1941 - 5 July 1945<br>
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              (3 years, 8 months, 29 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Francis Michael Forde, PC</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>6 July 1945 - 13 July 1945<br>
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              (8 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Joseph Benedict Chifley, PC</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>13 July 1945 - 19 December 1949<br>
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              (4 years, 5 months, 7 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Robert Gordon Menzies (later Sir Robert), PC,
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              KC</b><br>
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              (Liberal Party of Australia)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>19 December 1949 - 26 January 1966<br>
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              (16 years, 1 month, 8 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Harold Edward Holt, PC, CH</b><br>
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              (Liberal Party of Australia)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>26 January 1966 - 19 December 1967<br>
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              (1 year, 10 months, 23 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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            <p><b>John McEwen (later Sir John), PC</b><br>
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              (Country Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>19 December 1967 - 10 January 1968<br>
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              (23 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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          <td>
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            <p><b>John Grey Gorton, PC</b><br>
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              (Liberal Party of Australia)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>10 January 1968 - 10 March 1971<br>
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              (3 years, 2 months)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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          <td>
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            <p><b>William McMahon (later Sir William), PC, CH</b><br>
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              (Liberal Party of Australia)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>10 March 1971 - 5 December 1972<br>
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              (1 year, 8 months, 25 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Edward Gough Whitlam, QC</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>5 December 1972 - 11 November 1975<br>
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              (2 years, 11 months, 7 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>John Malcolm Fraser, PC, CH</b><br>
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              (Liberal Party of Australia)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>11 November 1975 - 11 March 1983<br>
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              (7 years, 4 months)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Robert James Lee Hawke, AC</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>11 March 1983 - 20 December 1991<br>
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              (8 years, 9 months, 10 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>Paul John Keating</b><br>
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              (Australian Labor Party)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>20 December 1991 - 11 March 1996<br>
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              (4 years, 2 months, 20 days)</p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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        <tr valign="top">
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          <td>
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            <p><b>John Winston Howard</b><br>
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              (Liberal Party of Australia)</p>
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          </td>
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          <td>
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            <p>11 March 1996 - </p>
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          </td>
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        </tr>
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      </table>
    
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