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Prime Minister of Australia
The Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful political office in Australia. Despite being at the apex of executive government in the...
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Edmund Barton
Sir Edmund Barton, GCMG, KC (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the first Prime Minister of Australia and a founding justice of the High Court of Australia.
Barton's greatest contribution to Australian history...
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- Sep 24, 1903
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- Jan 1, 1901
Alfred Deakin
Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Deakin was a major contributor...
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- Apr 27, 1904
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- Sep 24, 1903
Chris Watson
John Christian Watson (9 April 1867 – 18 November 1941), commonly known as Chris Watson, Australian politician, was the third Prime Minister of Australia. He was the first prime minister from the Australian Labour Party (the spelling of 'Labour' was...
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- Aug 18, 1904
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- Apr 27, 1904
George Reid
Sir George Houstoun Reid, GCB, GCMG, KC (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was an Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales and fourth Prime Minister of Australia.
Reid was the last leader of the Liberal tendency in New South Wales, led...
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- Jul 5, 1905
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- Aug 18, 1904
Alfred Deakin
Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Deakin was a major contributor...
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- Nov 13, 1908
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- Jul 5, 1905
Alfred Deakin
Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919), Australian politician, was a leader of the movement for Australian federation and later second Prime Minister of Australia. In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Deakin was a major contributor...
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- Apr 29, 1910
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- Jun 2, 1909
John Howard
John Winston Howard, AC (born 26 July 1939) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He is the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies.
Howard was a member of the Australian...
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- Dec 3, 2007
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- Mar 2, 1996
Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September 1957) is the 26th and current Prime Minister of Australia and federal leader of the centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP). Under Rudd's leadership, the Labor Party won the 2007 federal election on 24 November...
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- Dec 3, 2007
Paul Keating
Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944) was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1991 to 1996. He came to prominence as the reformist treasurer in the Hawke government from 1983. After he became prime minister in 1991 he led the Labor...
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- Mar 11, 1996
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- Dec 20, 1991
Bob Hawke
Robert James Lee (Bob) Hawke, AC (born 9 December 1929) was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia and longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister.
After a decade as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, he entered politics at...
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- Dec 20, 1991
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- Mar 11, 1983
Malcolm Fraser
John Malcolm Fraser, AC, CH (pronounced /ˈfreɪzər/; born 21 May 1930) is an Australian Liberal Party politician who was the 22nd Prime Minister of Australia. He came to power in the 1975 election following the dismissal of the Whitlam Labor...
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- Mar 11, 1983
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- Nov 11, 1975
Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (pronounced /ˈɡɒf/ goff), is a former Australian politician, representing the New South Wales seat of Werriwa, and 21st Prime Minister of Australia.
A member of the Australian...
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- Nov 11, 1975
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- Dec 5, 1972
William McMahon
Sir William "Billy" McMahon, GCMG, CH (23 February 1908 – 31 March 1988) was an Australian Liberal politician and the 20th Prime Minister of Australia
McMahon was born in Sydney, New South Wales, where his father was a lawyer. He was of Irish...
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- Dec 5, 1972
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- Mar 10, 1971
John Gorton
Sir John Grey Gorton, GCMG, AC, CH (9 September 1911 – 19 May 2002), Australian politician, was the 19th Prime Minister of Australia.
Sir John Grey Gorton was born in Melbourne, the illegitimate son of Alice Sinn, the daughter of a railway worker,...
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- Mar 10, 1971
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- Jan 10, 1968
John McEwen
Sir John "Black Jack" McEwen, GCMG, CH (29 March 1900 – 20 November 1980), was an Australian politician and 18th Prime Minister of Australia.
McEwen's stern demeanour earned him the nickname "Black Jack" (Sir Robert Menzies called him "Le Noir")....
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- Jan 10, 1968
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- Dec 19, 1967
Harold Holt
Harold Edward Holt, CH (5 August 1908 – 17 December 1967) was an Australian politician who became the 17th Prime Minister of Australia in 1966. His term as Prime Minister was brought to an early and dramatic end in December of the following year...
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- Dec 19, 1967
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- Jan 26, 1966
Robert Menzies
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth Prime Minister of Australia.
Menzies is to date the longest serving Prime Minister of Australia and founder and first leader of...
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- Aug 26, 1941
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- Apr 26, 1939
Robert Menzies
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies, KT, AK, CH, FRS, QC (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth Prime Minister of Australia.
Menzies is to date the longest serving Prime Minister of Australia and founder and first leader of...
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- Jan 26, 1966
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- Dec 19, 1949
Earle Page
Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, GCMG, CH (8 August 1880 – 20 December 1961), Australian politician, was the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia, and is to date the second-longest serving federal parliamentarian in Australian history with 41 years...
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- Apr 26, 1939
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- Apr 7, 1939
