List of prime ministers of Australia by birthplace

These lists give the states of Australian prime ministers by the locations of the divisions which they represented, and by their birthplaces.

States of represented division

By order of first term

#	Name	State	Division	Party
1	Edmund Barton	New South Wales	Hunter	Protectionist
2	Alfred Deakin	Victoria	Ballarat	Protectionist
3	Chris Watson	New South Wales	Bland	Labor
4	George Reid	New South Wales	East Sydney	Free Trade
5	Andrew Fisher	Queensland	Wide Bay	Labor
6	Joseph Cook	New South Wales	Parramatta	Commonwealth Liberal
7	Billy Hughes[1]	New South Wales	West Sydney	Labor / National Labor / Nationalist
		Victoria	Bendigo	Nationalist
		New South Wales	North Sydney	Nationalist
8	Stanley Bruce	Victoria	Flinders	Nationalist
9	James Scullin	Victoria	Yarra	Labor
10	Joseph Lyons	Tasmania	Wilmot	United Australia
11	Earle Page	New South Wales	Cowper	Country
12	Robert Menzies	Victoria	Kooyong	United Australia/Liberal
13	Arthur Fadden	Queensland	Darling Downs	Country
14	John Curtin	Western Australia	Fremantle	Labor
15	Frank Forde	Queensland	Capricornia	Labor
16	Ben Chifley	New South Wales	Macquarie	Labor
17	Harold Holt	Victoria	Higgins	Liberal
18	John McEwen	Victoria	Murray	Country
19	John Gorton	Victoria	Higgins	Liberal
20	William McMahon	New South Wales	Lowe	Liberal
21	Gough Whitlam	New South Wales	Werriwa	Labor
22	Malcolm Fraser	Victoria	Wannon	Liberal
23	Bob Hawke	Victoria	Wills	Labor
24	Paul Keating	New South Wales	Blaxland	Labor
25	John Howard	New South Wales	Bennelong	Liberal
26	Kevin Rudd	Queensland	Griffith	Labor
27	Julia Gillard	Victoria	Lalor	Labor
28	Tony Abbott	New South Wales	Warringah	Liberal
29	Malcolm Turnbull	New South Wales	Wentworth	Liberal
30	Scott Morrison	New South Wales	Cook	Liberal
31	Anthony Albanese	New South Wales	Grayndler	Labor

By state

State	Prime minister	#
New South Wales	Edmund Barton	1
	Chris Watson	3
	George Reid	4
	Joseph Cook	6
	Billy Hughes[1]	7
	Earle Page	11
	Ben Chifley	16
	William McMahon	20
	Gough Whitlam	21
	Paul Keating	24
	John Howard	25
	Tony Abbott	28
	Malcolm Turnbull	29
	Scott Morrison	30
	Anthony Albanese	31
Queensland	Andrew Fisher	5
	Arthur Fadden	13
	Frank Forde	15
	Kevin Rudd	26
Tasmania	Joseph Lyons	10
Victoria	Alfred Deakin	2
	Billy Hughes[1]	7
	Stanley Bruce	8
	James Scullin	9
	Robert Menzies	12
	Harold Holt	17
	John McEwen	18
	John Gorton	19
	Malcolm Fraser	22
	Bob Hawke	23
	Julia Gillard	27
Western Australia	John Curtin	14

Per state

Number	State
15	New South Wales[1]
12	Victoria[1]
4	Queensland
1	Tasmania
1	Western Australia
0	ACT
0	Northern Territory
0	South Australia

Birth places

As of November 2024, five of the six states claim the distinction of being the birthplace of a prime minister. Twelve prime ministers, those born prior to the federation of Australia, were born in British colonies within Australia, rather than independent Australian states. The birthplaces of seven prime ministers are decisively within sovereign states that are separate from Australia, including six in Great Britain, and one in Chile.^[2][3]

The number of prime ministers born per state are:

• One: South Australia and Tasmania.
• Three: Queensland.
• Nine: Victoria.
• Ten: New South Wales

States and territories that have not born a prime minister: Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Western Australia.

By state

Region		Prime minister
New South Wales	10	Edmund Barton
		Earle Page
		Ben Chifley
		Harold Holt
		William McMahon
		Paul Keating
		John Howard
		Malcolm Turnbull
		Scott Morrison
		Anthony Albanese
Victoria	8	Alfred Deakin
		Stanley Bruce
		James Scullin
		Robert Menzies
		John Curtin
		John McEwen
		Gough Whitlam
		Malcolm Fraser
England	3	Joseph Cook
		Billy Hughes
		Tony Abbott
Queensland	3	Arthur Fadden
		Frank Forde
		Kevin Rudd
Scotland	2	George Reid
		Andrew Fisher
Chile	1	Chris Watson
South Australia	1	Bob Hawke
Tasmania	1	Joseph Lyons
Wales	1	Julia Gillard
Disputed	1	John Gorton[lower-alpha 1]

Prime ministers with division outside of birth state

Of the 24 Australian-born individuals who have been prime ministers of Australia, four became so after representing divisions in different states than the ones in which they were born.

Prime minister	Birth state	Division state
John Curtin	Victoria	Western Australia
Harold Holt	New South Wales	Victoria
Gough Whitlam	Victoria	New South Wales
Bob Hawke	South Australia	Victoria

Maps

Countries

Scullin

Lyons

Page

Menzies

Fadden

Curtin

Forde

Chifley

McEwen

Melbourne
(see below)

Hawke

Rudd

Sydney
(see below)

Birthplaces of Australian-born prime ministers

Reid

Fisher

Cook

Hughes

Gillard

Abbott

Birthplaces of British-born Australian prime ministers

Gorton

Watson

Birthplaces of Australian prime ministers born elsewhere

Cities

Barton

Holt

McMahon

Keating

Howard

Turnbull

Morrison

Albanese

Birthplaces of Sydney-born prime ministers

Deakin

Bruce

Whitlam

Gorton

Birthplaces of Melbourne-born prime ministers

See also

• Prime Minister of Australia
• List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office
• List of prime ministers of Australia by military service

References

1. Hughes, while prime minister, held a New South Wales seat, then a Victorian seat, then a different New South Wales seat.
2. "John Gorton: before office". naa.gov.au. Australia's prime ministers. National Archives of Australia. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
3. Ian Hancock (2002). John Gorton: He Did It His Way. Hodder. p. 1. ISBN 0733614396.

Notes

1. Gorton was told by his father that he was born in Wellington, New Zealand. While his birth certificate stated he was born in Prahran, Victoria, the certificate contained numerous mistakes.