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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. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [ 3 ]
The largest number of elections contested by a prime minister is nine. Menzies contested the 1940, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, and 1963 elections. The greatest number of elections won by a prime minister is eight, a record also held by Menzies, who won 8 of the 9 elections he contested.
Rank Party Time in office (Days) # Prime Minister(s) 1. Liberal Party of Australia: 18504 9 Tony Abbott, John Gorton, Malcolm Fraser, Harold Holt, John Howard, William McMahon, Robert Menzies (1949–1966), Scott Morrison, and Malcolm Turnbull
Western Australian: 75 Election Year Prime Minister Summary Labour Commonwealth Liberal - - Independent Other parties Total seats 4th 1910 Andrew Fisher (1862–1928) Labour wins control of the House of Representatives and the Senate under Andrew Fisher, becoming Australia's first elected federal majority. 43: 31 1 75 Election Year Prime ...
John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, his eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the second-longest in Australian history, behind only Sir Robert Menzies.
Fraser remains the only Australian prime minister to ascend to the position upon the dismissal of his predecessor. After Whitlam's dismissal, Fraser was sworn in as prime minister on an initial caretaker basis. The Coalition won a landslide victory at the 1975 election, and was re-elected in 1977 and 1980. Fraser took a keen interest in foreign ...
Preferred-prime-minister polling since the previous election by Newspoll 1987–2007 (as published in The Australian newspaper) and ACNielsen 1996–2007 (as published in Fairfax newspapers). Roy Morgan, Newspoll, ACNeilsen and Galaxy timegraph polling showed Labor leading the Coalition in opinion polling from mid-2006 onward.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 November 2024. Head of government of Australia For a list of officeholders, see List of prime ministers of Australia. Prime Minister of Australia Coat of arms of Australia Flag of Australia Incumbent Anthony Albanese since 23 May 2022 Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ...