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Australian Prime Ministers

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Australian Prime Ministers

Name	Political Party	Incumbency	Other
Edmund Barton	Protectionist	1/1/1901 - 24/9/1903	(from 1902 Sir Edmund Barton)
Alfred Deakin	Protectionist/Fusion	24/9/1903 - 27/4/1904
		5/7/1905 - 13/11/1908
	Liberal/Conservative	2/6/1909 - 29/4/1910
John Watson	Labor	27/4/1904 - 17/8/1904
George Reid	Free Trade	18/8/1904 - 5/7/1905	(from 1909 Sir George Reid)
Andrew Fisher	Labor	13/11/1908 - 2/6/1909
		29/4/1910 - 24/6/1913
		17/9/1914 - 27/10/1915
Joseph Cook	Liberal	24/6/1913 - 17/9/1914
William Hughes	Labor	27/10/1915 - 9/2/1923	(better known as Billy Hughes)
Stanley Bruce	Nationalist/Country	9/2/1923 - 22/10/1929	(from 1947 First Viscount Bruce of Melbourne)
James Scullin	Labor	22/10/1929 - 6/1/1932
Joseph Lyons	United Australia	6/1/1932 - 7/4/1939
Earle Page	Country/United Australia	7/4/1939 - 26/4/1939
Robert Menzies	United Australia/Country	26/4/1939 - 29/8/1941	(from 1963 Sir Robert Menzies)
Robert Menzies	Liberal/Country	19/12/1949 - 26/1/1966	(from 1963 Sir Robert Menzies)
Arthur Fadden	Country/United Australia	29/8/1941 - 7/10/1941
John Curtin	Labor	7/10/1941 - 5/7/1945
Francis Forde	Labor	6/7/1945 - 13/7/1945
Ben Chifley	Labor	13/7/1945 - 19/12/1949	(Joseph Benedict Chifley)
Harold Holt	Liberal/Country	26/1/1966 - 19/12/1967
John McEwen	Liberal/Country	19/12/1967 - 10/1/1968	(from 1971 Sir John McEwen)
John Gorton	Liberal/Country	10/1/1968 - 10/3/1971	(from 1977 Sir John Gorton)
William McMahon	Liberal/Country	10/3/1971 - 5/12/1972	(from 1977 Sir William McMahon)
Gough Whitlam	Labor	5/12/1972 - 11/11/1975
Malcolm Fraser	Liberal/National Country	11/11/1975 - 11/3/1983
Robert Hawke	Labor	11/3/1983 - 20/12/1991	(better known as Bob Hawke)
Paul Keating	Labor	20/12/1991 - 11/3/1996
John Howard	Liberal/National	11/3/1996 - 3/12/07
Kevin Rudd	Labor	3/12/07 - 24/6/2010
Kevin Rudd	Labor	27/6/2013 - 18/9/2013
Julia Gillard	Labor	24/6/2010 - 27/6/2013
Tony Abbott	Liberal/National	18/9/2013 - 15/9/2015
Malcolm Turnbull	Liberal/National	15/9/2015 - 24/8/2018
Scott Morrison	Liberal/National	24/8/2018 - 23/5/2022
Anthony Albanese	Labor	23/5/2022 -