List of Australian ministries
This is a list of ministries of the Government of Australia since Federation in 1901.
Ministries
| Order | Ministry | Prime Minister | Governing party | Dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constituted | Concluded | |||||
| 1 | Barton ministry | Edmund Barton | Protectionist / Labour | 1 January 1901 | 24 September 1903 | |
| 2 | First Deakin ministry | Alfred Deakin | 24 September 1903 | 27 April 1904 | ||
| 3 | Watson ministry | Chris Watson | Labour / Protectionist | 27 April 1904 | 17 August 1904 | |
| 4 | Reid ministry | George Reid | Free Trade / Protectionist | 18 August 1904 | 5 July 1905 | |
| 5 | Second Deakin ministry | Alfred Deakin | Protectionist / Labour | 5 July 1905 | 13 November 1908 | |
| 6 | First Fisher ministry | Andrew Fisher | Labour | 13 November 1908 | 2 June 1909 | |
| 7 | Third Deakin ministry | Alfred Deakin | Liberal | 2 June 1909 | 29 April 1910 | |
| 8 | Second Fisher ministry | Andrew Fisher | Labour | 29 April 1910 | 24 June 1913 | |
| 9 | Cook ministry | Joseph Cook | Liberal | 24 June 1913 | 17 September 1914 | |
| 10 | Third Fisher ministry | Andrew Fisher | Labor | 17 September 1914 | 27 October 1915 | |
| 11 | First Hughes ministry | Billy Hughes | 27 October 1915 | 14 November 1916 | ||
| 12 | Second Hughes ministry | National Labor | 14 November 1916 | 17 February 1917 | ||
| 13 | Third Hughes ministry | Nationalist | 17 February 1917 | 8 January 1918 | ||
| 14 | Fourth Hughes ministry | 8 January 1918 | 4 February 1920 | |||
| 15 | Fifth Hughes ministry | 4 February 1920 | 9 February 1923 | |||
| 16 | First Bruce ministry | Stanley Bruce | Nationalist / Country | 9 February 1923 | 18 December 1925 | |
| 17 | Second Bruce ministry | 18 December 1925 | 29 November 1928 | |||
| 18 | Third Bruce ministry | 29 November 1928 | 22 October 1929 | |||
| 19 | Scullin ministry | James Scullin | Labor | 22 October 1929 | 6 January 1932 | |
| 20 | First Lyons ministry | Joseph Lyons | United Australia | 6 January 1932 | 12 October 1934 | |
| 21 | Second Lyons ministry | 12 October 1934 | 9 November 1934 | |||
| 22 | Third Lyons ministry | United Australia / Country | 9 November 1934 | 29 November 1937 | ||
| 23 | Fourth Lyons ministry | 29 November 1937 | 7 April 1939 | |||
| 24 |
Page ministry (Caretaker) |
Earle Page | Country / United Australia | 7 April 1939 | 26 April 1939 | |
| 25 | First Menzies ministry | Robert Menzies | United Australia | 26 April 1939 | 14 March 1940 | |
| 26 | Second Menzies ministry | United Australia / Country | 14 March 1940 | 28 October 1940 | ||
| 27 | Third Menzies ministry | 28 October 1940 | 28 August 1941 | |||
| 28 | Fadden ministry | Arthur Fadden | Country / United Australia | 28 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | |
| 29 | First Curtin ministry | John Curtin | Labor | 7 October 1941 | 21 September 1943 | |
| 30 | Second Curtin ministry | 21 September 1943 | 6 July 1945 | |||
| 31 |
Forde ministry (Caretaker) |
Frank Forde | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | ||
| 32 | First Chifley ministry | Ben Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 1 November 1946 | ||
| 33 | Second Chifley ministry | 1 November 1946 | 19 December 1949 | |||
| 34 | Fourth Menzies ministry | Robert Menzies | Liberal / Country | 19 December 1949 | 11 May 1951 | |
| 35 | Fifth Menzies ministry | 11 May 1951 | 9 July 1954 | |||
| 36 | Sixth Menzies ministry | 9 July 1954 | 11 January 1956 | |||
| 37 | Seventh Menzies ministry | 11 January 1956 | 10 December 1958 | |||
| 38 | Eighth Menzies ministry | 10 December 1958 | 22 December 1961 | |||
| 39 | Ninth Menzies ministry | 22 December 1961 | 18 December 1963 | |||
| 40 | Tenth Menzies ministry | 18 December 1963 | 26 January 1966 | |||
| 41 | First Holt ministry | Harold Holt | 26 January 1966 | 14 December 1966 | ||
| 42 | Second Holt ministry | 14 December 1966 | 19 December 1967 | |||
| 43 |
McEwen ministry (Caretaker) |
John McEwen | 19 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||
| 44 | First Gorton ministry | John Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 12 November 1969 | ||
| 45 | Second Gorton ministry | 12 November 1969 | 10 March 1971 | |||
| 46 | McMahon ministry | William McMahon | 10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | ||
| 47 | First Whitlam ministry | Gough Whitlam | Labor | 5 December 1972 | 19 December 1972 | |
| 48 | Second Whitlam ministry | 19 December 1972 | 12 June 1974 | |||
| 49 | Third Whitlam ministry | 12 June 1974 | 11 November 1975 | |||
| 50 | First Fraser ministry | Malcolm Fraser | Liberal / National Country | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1975 | |
| 51 | Second Fraser ministry | 22 December 1975 | 20 December 1977 | |||
| 52 | Third Fraser ministry | 20 December 1977 | 3 November 1980 | |||
| 53 | Fourth Fraser ministry | 3 November 1980 | 11 March 1983 | |||
| 54 | First Hawke ministry | Bob Hawke | Labor | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | |
| 55 | Second Hawke ministry | 13 December 1984 | 24 July 1987 | |||
| 56 | Third Hawke ministry | 24 July 1987 | 4 April 1990 | |||
| 57 | Fourth Hawke ministry | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | |||
| 58 | First Keating ministry | Paul Keating | 20 December 1991 | 24 March 1993 | ||
| 59 | Second Keating ministry | 24 March 1993 | 11 March 1996 | |||
| 60 | First Howard ministry | John Howard | Liberal / National | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | |
| 61 | Second Howard ministry | 21 October 1998 | 26 November 2001 | |||
| 62 | Third Howard ministry | 26 November 2001 | 26 October 2004 | |||
| 63 | Fourth Howard ministry | 26 October 2004 | 3 December 2007 | |||
| 64 | First Rudd ministry | Kevin Rudd | Labor | 3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | |
| 65 | First Gillard ministry | Julia Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||
| 66 | Second Gillard ministry | 14 September 2010 | 27 June 2013 | |||
| 67 | Second Rudd ministry | Kevin Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||
| 68 | Abbott ministry | Tony Abbott | Liberal / National | 18 September 2013 | 15 September 2015 | |
| 69 | First Turnbull ministry | Malcolm Turnbull | 15 September 2015 | 19 July 2016 | ||
| 70 | Second Turnbull ministry | 19 July 2016 | 24 August 2018 | |||
| 71 | First Morrison ministry | Scott Morrison | 24 August 2018 | 29 May 2019 | ||
| 72 | Second Morrison ministry | 29 May 2019 | 23 May 2022 | |||
| 73 | Albanese ministry | Anthony Albanese | Labor | 23 May 2022 | Present | |