List of Australian ministries explained

This is a list of ministries of the Government of Australia since Federation in 1901.^[1]

Ministries

Order	Ministry	Prime Minister	Governing party	Dates
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1	Barton ministry	Edmund Barton
2	First Deakin ministry	Alfred Deakin
3	Watson ministry	Chris Watson
4	Reid ministry	George Reid
5	Second Deakin ministry	Alfred Deakin
6	First Fisher ministry	Andrew Fisher
7	Third Deakin ministry	Alfred Deakin
8	Second Fisher ministry	Andrew Fisher
9	Cook ministry	Joseph Cook
10	Third Fisher ministry	Andrew Fisher
11	First Hughes ministry	Billy Hughes
12	Second Hughes ministry
13	Third Hughes ministry			Nationalist
14	Fourth Hughes ministry
15	Fifth Hughes ministry
16	First Bruce ministry	Stanley Bruce
17	Second Bruce ministry
18	Third Bruce ministry
19	Scullin ministry	James Scullin
20	First Lyons ministry	Joseph Lyons
21	Second Lyons ministry
22	Third Lyons ministry
23	Fourth Lyons ministry
24	Page ministry (Caretaker)	Earle Page
25	First Menzies ministry	Robert Menzies
26	Second Menzies ministry
27	Third Menzies ministry
28	Fadden ministry	Arthur Fadden
29	First Curtin ministry	John Curtin
30	Second Curtin ministry
31	Forde ministry (Caretaker)	Frank Forde
32	First Chifley ministry	Ben Chifley
33	Second Chifley ministry
34	Fourth Menzies ministry	Robert Menzies
35	Fifth Menzies ministry
36	Sixth Menzies ministry
37	Seventh Menzies ministry
38	Eighth Menzies ministry
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40	Tenth Menzies ministry
41	First Holt ministry	Harold Holt
42	Second Holt ministry
43	McEwen ministry (Caretaker)	John McEwen
44	First Gorton ministry	John Gorton
45	Second Gorton ministry
46	McMahon ministry	William McMahon
47	First Whitlam ministry	Gough Whitlam
48	Second Whitlam ministry
49	Third Whitlam ministry
50	First Fraser ministry	Malcolm Fraser
51	Second Fraser ministry
52	Third Fraser ministry
53	Fourth Fraser ministry
54	First Hawke ministry	Bob Hawke
55	Second Hawke ministry
56	Third Hawke ministry
57	Fourth Hawke ministry
58	First Keating ministry	Paul Keating
59	Second Keating ministry
60	First Howard ministry	John Howard
61	Second Howard ministry
62	Third Howard ministry
63	Fourth Howard ministry
64	First Rudd ministry	Kevin Rudd
65	First Gillard ministry	Julia Gillard
66	Second Gillard ministry
67	Second Rudd ministry	Kevin Rudd
68	Abbott ministry	Tony Abbott
69	First Turnbull ministry	Malcolm Turnbull
70	Second Turnbull ministry
71	First Morrison ministry	Scott Morrison
72	Second Morrison ministry
73	Albanese ministry	Anthony Albanese				Present

Notes

1..Date of swearing in of Interium ministry.^[2] Full ministry to be sworn in 1st July 2022.

2..Election to occur in mid 2025

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ministries - Online Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. 26 September 2022.
2. Web site: Who are the other four Labor ministers sworn in on Monday?. 2022 . 31 May 2022 . Australian Broadcasting Corporation.