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Alfred Deakin
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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)
Liberal/Country 19/12/1949 - 26/1/1966
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  
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 -  

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