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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. Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901.
This is a list of prime ministers of Australia by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days from being sworn in until leaving office, if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
RankRankNo.Prime Minister1.12thSir Robert Menzies (1894–1978)1.12thSir Robert Menzies (1894–1978)2.25thJohn Howard (born 1939)3.23rdBob Hawke (1929–2019)This is a chronologically ordered list of the prime ministers, from the earliest to the most recent. Each prime minister is listed only once; multiple terms are noted in parentheses. Edmund Barton (1901–03) Alfred Deakin (1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10) John Christian Watson (1904) George Houston Reid (1904–05) Andrew Fisher (1908–09 ...
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2013 Australian federal election: Tony Abbott defeats Kevin Rudd to become the 28th Prime Minister of Australia. 2014: 14 July: Carbon price is dropped by the Abbott government. 21 October: 21st Prime Minister of Australia Gough Whitlam dies, aged 98. 15–16 December: 2014 Sydney hostage crisis. 2015: 20 March
The prime minister with the longest service in a single seat is 42 years by Earle Page, who served the seat of Cowper from December 1919 until December 1961. In recent years, the prime minister with the longest service in a single seat is 33 years by John Howard, who served the seat of Bennelong from May 1974 until December 2007.
There have been 15 prime ministers from New South Wales, 10 from Victoria, 4 from Queensland, and one each from Western Australia and Tasmania. Note: Hughes became prime minister in 1915 as the member for West Sydney (NSW) but spent the bulk of his prime ministership (May 1917-Dec 1922) as the member for Bendigo (Vic). He represented North ...
Aug 24, 2018 · Liberal. 24 August 2018 — 23 May 2022 3 years, 273 days. Scott Morrison became Australia’s 30th Prime Minister when he was elected as Leader by the Parliamentary Liberal Party following the resignation of Malcolm Turnbull. Born. 13 May 1968. Sydney, New South Wales. Partner. Jenny Morrison.
