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The Lodge, the official residence of the prime minister. The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives. [1] [2] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [3]
Rank Party Time in office (Days) # Prime Minister(s) 1. Liberal Party of Australia: 18504 9 Tony Abbott, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser, Harold Holt, John Howard, William McMahon, Robert Menzies (1949–1966), Scott Morrison, and Malcolm Turnbull
List of chief ministers of the Northern Territory by time in office; Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. List of chief ministers of the Australian Capital Territory by time in office; Prime Minister of Australia. List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office; List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of Australia
For a non-interim prime minister, the longest period of prior service was 30 years by Harold Holt, who was elected in a by-election in August 1935 and became prime minister in January 1966. The longest service as an MP of a prime minister was Billy Hughes , who served from March 1901 until his death in October 1952, a total of 51 years.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 February 2025. Head of government of Australia For a list of officeholders, see List of prime ministers of Australia. Prime Minister of Australia Coat of arms of Australia Flag of Australia Incumbent Anthony Albanese since 23 May 2022 Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ...
Former Chief Justices in order of leaving office: Anthony Mason (1987–1995) Murray Gleeson (1998–2008) Robert French (2008–2017) Susan Kiefel (2017–2023) Premiers of states in order of state populations, then Chief Ministers of the territories in order of territory populations: Premier of New South Wales: Chris Minns
21st Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam dies, aged 98. 15–16 December: 2014 Sydney hostage crisis. 2015: 20 March: 22nd Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser dies, aged 84. 15 September: Malcolm Turnbull defeats Tony Abbott in a leadership spill, 54 votes to 44. Turnbull is sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia.
United Australia: MLA for Albury (1932–1946) 5 August 1939 16 May 1941 1 year, 284 days 32. 36th Barrie Unsworth (1934– ) Labor: MLA for Rockdale (1986–1991) 4 July 1986 25 March 1988 1 year, 265 days 33. 13th Sir William Lyne (1844–1913) KCMG: Protectionist: MLA for Hume (1880–1901) 14 September 1899 27 March 1901 1 year, 194 days ...