Prime Ministers of Australia

• Edmund Barton – 1st Jan 1901 to 24th Sep 1903  -  Protectionist
• Alfred Deakin – 24th Sep 1903 to 27th Apr 1904 – Protectionist
• John Watson – 27th Apr 1904 to 17th Aug 1904  - ALP
• George Reid – 18th Aug 1904 to 5th Jul 1905 – Free Trade
• Alfred Deakin – 5th Jul 1905 to 13th Nov 1908 – Protectionist
• Andrew Fisher – 13th Nov 1908 to 2nd June 1909 – ALP
• Alfred Deakin – 2nd Jun 1909 to 29th Apr 1910 – Fusion
• Andrew Fisher – 29th Apr 1910 to 24th Jun 1913 – ALP
• Joseph Cook – 24th Jun 1913 to 17th Sep 1914 – Liberal
• Andrew Fisher – 17th Sep 1914 to 27th Oct 1915  -  ALP
• William Hughes – 27th Oct 1915 to 9th Feb 1923  -  ALP
• Stanley Bruce – 9th Feb 1923 to 22nd Oct 1929  -  Nationalist-Country
• James Scullin – 22nd Oct 1929 to  6th Jan 1932  -  ALP
• Joseph Lyons – 6th Jan 1932 to 7th Apr 1939  -  United Australia Party
• Earle Page – 7th Apr 1939 to 26th Apr 1939  -  United Australia Party
• Robert Menzies – 26th Apr 1939 to 29th Aug 1941  -  United Australia Party
• Arthur Fadden – 29th Aug 1941 to 7th Oct 1941  -  Country Party
• John Curtin –  7th Oct 1941 to 5th July 1945  -  ALP
• Francis Forde –  6th Jul 1945  to  13th July 1945  -  ALP
• Ben Chifley – 13th July 1945 to 19th Dec 1949  -  ALP
• Robert Menzies – 19th Dec 1949 to 26th Jan 1966  - Liberal
• Harold Holt – 26th Jan 1966 to 19th Dec 1967  -  Liberal
• John McEwen – 19th Dec 1967 to 10th Jan 1968  -  Liberal
• John Gorton – 10th Jan 1968 to 10th Mar 1971  -  Liberal
• William McMahon – 10th Mar 1971 to 5th Dec 1972  -  Liberal
• Gough Whitlam – 5th Dec 1972 to 11th Nov 1975  - ALP
• Malcolm Fraser – 11th Nov 1975 to 11th Mar 1983  -  Liberal
• Bob Hawke – 11 Mar 1983 to 20 Dec 1991  - ALP
• Paul Keating – 20 Dec 1991 to 11th Mar 1996  -  ALP
• John Howard – 11th Mar 1996 to 23rd Nov 2007  -  Liberal
• Kevin Rudd –  23rd Nov 2007 to …  24th June 2010 –  ALP
• Julia Gillard – 24th June 2010 to … – ALP

Australian Commonwealth Political Parties

• 1889 – 1909 Protectionist Party
• 1889 – 1909 Free Trade Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association
• 1891 – present day Labor (ALP)
• 1909 – 1916 Fusion / Commonwealth Liberal Party
• 1916 – 1917 National Labor Party
• 1917 – 1931 Nationalist Party of Australia
• 1931 – 1945 United Australia Party
• 1944 – present day Liberal party formed from the UAP and other non Labor parties

Protectionist Party 1901 – 1909
Leaders

• 1901 – 1903 Edmund Barton
• 1903 – 1909 Alfred Deakin

Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association 1889 – 1909

• 1889 – 1896 Henry Parkes
• 1896 – 1909 George Reid

Australian Labor Party 1901 -current
Leaders

• 1901 – 1907 Chris Watson
• 1907 – 1915 Andrew Fisher
• 1915 – 1916 Billy Hughes
• 1916 – 1922 Frank Tudor
• 1922 – 1928 Matthew Charlton
• 1928 – 1935 James Scullin
• 1935 – 1945 John Curtin
• 1945 – 1951 Ben Chifley
• 1945 – 1945 Frank Forde
• 1951 – 1960 Herbert Evatt
• 1960 – 1967 Arthur Calwell
• 1967 – 1977 Gough Whitlam
• 1977 – 1983 Bill Hayden
• 1983 – 1991 Bob Hawke
• 1991 – 1996 Paul Keating
• 1996 – 2001 Kim Beazley
• 2001 – 2003 Simon Crean
• 2003 – 2005 Mark Latham
• 2005 – 2006 Kim Beazley
• 2006 – 2010 Kevin Rudd
• 2010 – Julia Gillard

Commonwealth Liberal Party 1909 – 1916
Leaders

• 1909 – 1913 Alfred Deakin
• 1913 – 1916 Joseph Cook

Nationalist Party of Australia 1917 to 1931
Leaders

• 1917 – 1922 William Morris Hughes
• 1922 – 1929 Stanley Bruce
• 1929 – 1931 John Latham

National Party of Australia 1920 – 1921
Leaders

• 1920 – 1921 William James McWilliams
• 1921 – 1939 Sir Earle Page
• 1939 – 1940 Archie Cameron
• 1940 – 1958 Sir Arthur Fadden
• 1958 – 1971 Sir John McEwen
• 1971 – 1984 Doug Anthony
• 1984 – 1989 Ian Sinclair
• 1989 – 1990 Charles Blunt
• 1990 – 1999 Tim Fischer
• 1999 – 2005 John Anderson
• 2005 – 2007 Mark Vaile
• 2007 – Warren Truss

United Australia Party 1931 – 1945
Leaders

• 1931 – 1939 Joseph Lyons
• 1939 – 1941 Robert Menzies
• 1941 – 1943 Billy Hughes
• 1943 – 1945 Robert Menzies