List of prime ministers of Australia

The parties shown are those to which the prime ministers belonged at the time they held office, and the electoral divisions shown are those they represented while in office. Several prime ministers belonged to parties other than those given and represented other electorates before and after their time in office. Political parties == Timeline ==

This timeline below shows most of the early life, the political career and death of each prime minister from 1901. The first prime minister was Edmund Barton in the early 20th century. Key • Each dark coloured bar denotes the time spent as prime minister • A light colour denotes time spent in Parliament before or after serving as prime minister • A grey colour bar denotes the time the prime minister spent outside Parliament, either before or after their political career Notable moments • changed party: Cook (pre-office), Watson (post-office), Hughes (in office and post-office), Lyons (pre-office) • died in office: Lyons, Curtin, Holt • died shortly after leaving office: Chifley • left Parliament on leaving office: Barton, Bruce, Menzies, Fraser, Hawke, Keating, Howard, Gillard, Turnbull • long career after being prime minister: Cook, Hughes, Scullin, Page, Fadden, McMahon • was prime minister after an interruption to their service in Parliament: Scullin, Curtin, Chifley • lived for more than twenty years after leaving Parliament: Watson, Cook, Bruce, Forde, Gorton, Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke, Keating • former prime minister still living: Keating, Howard, Rudd, Gillard, Abbott, Turnbull, Morrison Timeline == See also ==