Prime Ministers since 1901

Name	Party	Period in office	Length of term
Barton, Sir Edmund	PROT	01.01.1901 - 24.09.1903	2 yrs, 8 mths, 24 days
Deakin, Alfred	PROT	24.09.1903 - 27.04.1904	7 mths, 4 days
Watson, John Christian	ALP	27.04.1904 - 17.08.1904	3 mths, 21 days
Reid, George Houstoun (later Sir George)	FT1	18.08.1904 - 05.07.1905	10 mths, 18 days
Deakin, Alfred	PROT1	05.07.1905 - 13.11.1908	3 yrs, 4 mths, 9 days
Fisher, Andrew	ALP	13.11.1908 - 02.06.1909	6 mths, 21 days
Deakin, Alfred	PROT	02.06.1909 - 29.04.1910	10 mths, 28 days
Fisher, Andrew	ALP	29.04.1910 - 24.06.1913	3 yrs, 1 mth, 26 days
Cook, Joseph (later Sir Joseph)	LIB	24.06.1913 - 17.09.1914	1 yr, 2 mths, 25 days
Fisher, Andrew	ALP	17.09.1914 - 27.10.1915	1 yr, 1 mth, 11 days
Hughes, William Morris	ALP	27.10.1915 - 09.02.1923	7 yrs, 3 mths, 14 days
	NAT LAB	14.11.1916 - 17.02.1917
	NAT	17.02.1917 - 09.02.1923
Bruce, Stanley Melbourne	NAT1	09.02.1923 - 22.10.1929	6 yrs, 8 mths, 14 days
Scullin, James Henry	ALP	22.10.1929 - 06.01.1932	2 yrs, 2 mths, 16 days
Lyons, Joseph Aloysius	UAP	06.01.1932 - 09.11.1934	7 yrs, 3 mths, 2 days
	UAP1	09.11.1934 - 07.04.1939
Page, Earle Christmas Grafton	CP1	07.04.1939 - 26.04.1939	20 days
Menzies, Robert Gordon	UAP	26.04.1939 - 14.03.1940	2 yrs, 4 mths, 4 days
	UAP1	14.03.1940 - 29.08.1941
Fadden, Arthur William (later Sir Arthur)	CP1	29.08.1941 - 07.10.1941	1 mth, 9 days
Curtin, John	ALP	07.10.1941 - 05.07.1945	3 yrs, 8 mths, 29 days
Forde, Francis Michael	ALP	06.07.1945 - 13.07.1945	8 days
Chifley, Joseph Benedict	ALP	13.07.1945 - 19.12.1949	4 yrs, 5 mths, 7 days
Menzies, Robert Gordon (later Sir Robert)	LP1	19.12.1949 - 26.01.1966	16 yrs, 1 mth, 8 days
Holt, Harold Edward	LP1	26.01.1966 - 19.12.1967	1 yr, 10 mths, 23 days
McEwen, John	CP1	19.12.1967 - 10.01.1968	23 days
Gorton, John Grey	LP1	10.01.1968 - 10.03.1971	3 yrs, 2 mths
McMahon, William (later Sir William)	LP1	10.03.1971 - 05.12.1972	1 yr, 8 mths, 25 days
Whitlam, Edward Gough	ALP	05.12.1972 - 11.11.1975	2 yrs, 11 mths, 7 days
Fraser, John Malcolm	LP1	11.11.1975 - 11.03.1983	7 yrs, 4 mths
Hawke, Robert James Lee	ALP	11.03.1983 -20.12.1991	8 yrs, 9 mths, 10 days
Keating, Paul John	ALP	20.12.1991 - 11.03.1996	4 yrs, 2 mths, 20 days
Howard, John Winston	LP1	11.03.1996 - 3.12.2007	11 yrs, 8 mths, 22 days
Rudd, Kevin	ALP	3.12.2007 - Present

Entry in brackets indicates title bestowed while member was serving in Federal Parliament

1. Coalition Government

Leaders of the Opposition since 1901

Name	Party	Period in office	Length of term
Reid, George Houstoun	FT	09.05.1901 - 18.08.1904	3 yrs, 3 mths, 10 days
Watson, John Christian	ALP	18.08.1904 - 05.07.1905	10 mths, 18 days
Reid, George Houstoun	FT	07.07.1905 - 16.11.1908	3 yrs, 4 mths, 10 days
Cook, Joseph	ANTI-SOC	17.11.1908 - 26.05.1909	6 mths, 10 days
Deakin, Alfred	FUSION	26.05.1909 - 02.06.1909	8 days
Fisher, Andrew	ALP	02.06.1909 - 29.04.1910	10 mths, 28 days
Deakin, Alfred	LIB	01.07.1910 - 20.01.1913	2 yrs, 6 mths, 20 days
Cook, Joseph	LIB	20.01.1913 - 24.06.1913	5 mths, 5 days
Fisher, Andrew	ALP	08.07.1913 - 17.09.1914	1 yr, 2 mths, 10 days
Cook, Joseph	LIB	08.10.1914 - 17.02.1917	2 yrs, 4 mths, 10 days
Tudor, Frank Gwynne	ALP	17.02.1917 - 10.01.1922	4 yrs, 10 mths, 25 days
Charlton, Matthew	ALP	16.05.1922 - 29.03.1928	5 yrs, 10 mths, 14 days
Scullin, James Henry	ALP	26.04.1928 - 22.10.1929	1 yr, 5 mths, 27 days
Latham, John Greig	NAT	20.11.1929 - 07.05.1931	1 yr, 5 mths, 18 days
Lyons, Joseph Aloysius	UAP	07.05.1931 - 06.01.1932	9 mths
Scullin, James Henry	ALP	07.01.1932 - 01.10.1935	3 yrs, 8 mths, 25 days
Curtin, John	ALP	01.10.1935 - 07.10.1941	6 yrs, 7 days
Fadden, Arthur William	CP	08.10.1941 - 23.09.1943	1 yr, 11 mths, 16 days
Menzies, Robert Gordon	UAP/LIB*	23.09.1943 - 19.12.1949	6 yrs, 2 mths, 27 days
Chifley, Joseph Benedict	ALP	21.02.1950 - 13.06.1951	1 yrs, 3 mths, 24 days
Evatt, Herbert Vere	ALP	20.06.1951 - 09.02.1960	8 yrs, 7 mths, 21 days
Calwell, Arthur Augustus	ALP	07.03.1960 - 08.02.1967	6 yrs, 11 mths, 2 days
Whitlam, Edward Gough	ALP	08.02.1967 - 05.12.1972	5 yrs, 9 mths, 28 days
Snedden, Billy Mackie	LP	20.12.1972 - 21.03.1975	2 yrs, 3 mths, 2 days
Fraser, John Malcolm	LP	21.03.1975 - 11.11.1975	7 mths, 22 days
Whitlam, Edward Gough	ALP	27.01.1976 - 22.12.1977	1 yr, 10 mths, 26 days
Hayden, William George	ALP	22.12.1977 - 03.02.1983	5 yrs, 1 mths, 13 days
Hawke, Robert James Lee	ALP	03.02.1983 - 11.03.1983	1 mth, 9 days
Peacock, Andrew Sharp	LP	11.03.1983 - 05.09.1985	2 yrs, 5 mths, 26 days
Howard, John Winston	LP	05.09.1985 - 09.05.1989	3 yrs, 8 mths, 5 days
Peacock, Andrew Sharp	LP	09.05.1989 - 03.04.1990	10 mths, 26 days
Hewson, John Robert	LP	03.04.1990 - 23.05.1994	4 yrs, 1 mth, 21 days
Downer, Alexander John Gosse	LP	23.05.1994 - 30.01.1995	8 mths, 8 days
Howard, John Winston	LP	30.01.1995 - 11.03.1996	1 yr, 1 mth, 12 days
Beazley, Kim Christian	ALP	19.03.1996 - 22.11.2001	5 yrs, 8 mths, 3 days.
Crean, Simon	ALP	22.11.2001 - 02.12.2003	1 year, 11 mths, 10 days
Latham, Mark William	ALP	02.12.2003 - 18.01.2005	1 year, 1 month, 16 days
Beazley, Kim Christian	ALP	28.01.2005 - 04.12.2006	1 year, 10 months, 6 days
Rudd, Kevin	ALP	04.12.2006 - 03.12.2007	11 mths, 27 days
Nelson, Brendan	LP	03.12.2007 - Present

* LIB from 16.10.1944

Note: The Liberal Party (LIB) of Deakin and Cook is a different party to the Liberal Party of Australia (LP).

Party Abbreviations

ALP: Australian Labor Party; CP: Country Party; FT: Free Trade; LP: Liberal Party of Australia; LIB: The Liberal Party; UAP: United Australia Party; NAT: Nationalist; PROT: Protectionist; NL: National Labor