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| | == Prime Ministers of Australia == | | == Prime Ministers of Australia == |
| − | Following is a list of Prime Ministers of Australia from Federation to the present.<ref>[http://www.aph.gov.au/library/parl/hist/primmins.htm Prime Ministers of Australia]</ref>
| + | ''See also a [[list of Prime Ministers of Australia]].'' |
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| − | !<big>Prime Minister</big>||<big>Dates</big>
| + | The Prime Minister of Australia is the most senior elected person in the country. The role is normally filled by the parliamentary leader of the party which forms the government. |
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| − | |'''Sir [[Edmund Barton]], PC, GCMG, KC'''<br/>(Protectionist Party)
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| − | |[[1 January]] [[1901]]—[[24 September]] [[1903]]<br/>(2 years, 8 months, 24 days)
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| − | |'''[[Alfred Deakin]]'''<br>(Protectionist Party)
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| − | |[[24 September]] [[1903]]—[[27 April 1904]]<br/>(7 months, 4 days)
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| − | |'''[[John Christian Watson]]'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[27 April]] [[1904]]—[[17 August]] [[1904]]<br/>(3 months, 21 days)
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| − | |'''[[George Houstoun Reid]] (later Sir George), PC, KC'''<br/>(Free Trade)
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| − | |[[18 August]] [[1904]]—[[5 July]] [[1905]]<br/>(10 months, 18 days)
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| − | |'''Alfred Deakin'''<br/>(Protectionist Party)
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| − | |[[5 July]] [[1905]]—[[13 November]] [[1908]]<br/>(3 years, 4 months, 9 days)
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| − | |'''[[Andrew Fisher]]'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[13 November]] [[1908]]—[[2 June]] [[1909]]<br/>(6 months, 21 days)
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| − | |'''[[Alfred Deakin]]'''<br/>(Protectionist Party)
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| − | |[[2 June]] [[1909]]—[[29 April]] [[1910]]<br/>(10 months, 28 days)
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| − | |'''Andrew Fisher'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[29 April]] [[1910]]—[[24 June]] [[1913]]<br/>(3 years, 1 month, 26 days)
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| − | |'''[[Joseph Cook]] (later Sir Joseph)'''<br/>(Liberal Party of Australia)
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| − | |[[24 June]] [[1913]]—[[17 September]] [[1914]]<br/>(1 year, 2 months, 25 days)
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| − | |'''Andrew Fisher'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[17 September]] [[1914]]—[[27 October]] [[1915]]<br/>(1 year, 1 month, 11 days)
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| − | |'''[[William Morris Hughes]]'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party; Nationalist Party from 1917)
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| − | |[[27 October]] [[1915]]—[[9 February]] [[1923]]<br/>(7 years, 3 months, 14 days)
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| − | |'''[[Stanley Melbourne Bruce]], PC, CH, MC'''<br/>(Nationalist Party)
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| − | |[[9 February]] [[1923]]—[[22 October]] [[1929]]<br/>(6 years, 8 months, 14 days)
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| − | |'''[[James Henry Scullin]], PC'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[22 October]] [[1929]]—[[6 January]] [[1932]]<br/>(2 years, 2 months, 16 days)
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| − | |'''[[Joseph Aloysius Lyons]], PC, CH'''<br/>(United Australia Party)
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| − | |[[6 January]] [[1932]]—[[7 April]] [[1939]]<br/>(7 years, 3 months, 2 days)
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| − | |'''Sir [[Earle Christmas Grafton Page]], PC, GCMG'''<br/>(Australian Country Party)
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| − | |[[7 April]] [[1939]]—[[26 April]] [[1939]]<br/>(20 days)
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| − | |'''[[Robert Gordon Menzies]], PC, KC'''<br/>(United Australia Party)
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| − | |[[26 April]] [[1939]]—[[29 August]] [[1941]]<br/>(2 years, 4 months, 4 days)
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| − | |'''[[Arthur William Fadden]] (later Sir Arthur)'''<br/>(Country Party)
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| − | |[[29 August]] [[1941]]—[[7 October]] [[1941]]<br/>(1 month, 9 days)
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| − | |'''[[John Curtin]], PC'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[7 October]] [[1941]]—[[5 July]] [[1945]]<br/>(3 years, 8 months, 29 days)
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| − | |'''[[Francis Michael Forde]], PC'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[6 July]] [[1945]]—[[13 July]] [[1945]]<br/>(8 days)
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| − | |'''[[Joseph Benedict Chifley]], PC'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[13 July]] [[1945]]—[[19 December]] [[1949]]<br/>(4 years, 5 months, 7 days)
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| − | |'''[[Robert Gordon Menzies]] (later Sir Robert), PC, KC'''<br/>(Liberal Party of Australia)
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| − | |[[19 December]] [[1949]]—[[26 January]] [[1966]]<br/>(16 years, 1 month, 8 days)
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| − | |'''[[Harold Edward Holt]], PC, CH'''<br/>(Liberal Party of Australia)
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| − | |[[26 January]] [[1966]]—[[19 December]] [[1967]]<br/>(1 year, 10 months, 23 days)
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| − | |'''[[John McEwen]] (later Sir John), PC'''<br/>(Country Party)
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| − | |[[19 December]] [[1967]]—[[10 January]] [[1968]]<br/>(23 days)
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| − | |'''[[John Grey Gorton]], PC'''<br/>(Liberal Party of Australia)
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| − | |[[10 January]] [[1968]]—[[10 March]] [[1971]]<br/>(3 years, 2 months)
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| − | |'''[[William McMahon]] (later Sir William), PC, CH'''<br/>(Liberal Party of Australia)
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| − | |[[10 March]] [[1971]]—[[5 December]] [[1972]]<br/>(1 year, 8 months, 25 days)
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| − | |'''[[Edward Gough Whitlam]], QC'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[5 December]] [[1972]]—[[11 November]] [[1975]]<br/>(2 years, 11 months, 7 days)
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| − | |'''[[John Malcolm Fraser]], PC, CH'''<br/>(Liberal Party of Australia)
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| − | |[[11 November]] [[1975]]—[[11 March]] [[1983]]<br/>(7 years, 4 months)
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| − | |'''[[Robert James Lee Hawke]], AC'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[11 March]] [[1983]]—[[20 December]] [[1991]]<br/>(8 years, 9 months, 10 days)
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| − | |'''[[Paul John Keating]]'''<br/>(Australian Labor Party)
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| − | |[[20 December]] [[1991]]—[[11 March]] [[1996]]<br/>(4 years, 2 months, 20 days)
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| − | |'''[[John Howard|John Winston Howard]]'''<br/>(Liberal Party of Australia)
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| − | |[[11 March]] [[1996]]—<br/>(11 years so far)
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| | == Geography == | | == Geography == |