List of Australian ministries

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

Ministries

See also: List of prime ministers of Australia

The Barton ministry; the 1st Australian federal ministry, 1901.

The Second Fisher ministry; the 8th Australian federal ministry, 1910.

The First Bruce ministry; the 16th Australian federal ministry, 1923.

The First Curtin ministry; the 29th Australian federal ministry, 1941.

The Fifth Menzies ministry; the 35th Australian federal ministry, 1951.

The First Gorton ministry; the 44th Australian federal ministry, 1968.

Order	Ministry	Prime Minister	Governing party		Dates
					Constituted	Concluded
1	Barton ministry	Edmund Barton		Protectionist	1 January 1901 (1901-01-01)	24 September 1903 (1903-09-24)
2	First Deakin ministry	Alfred Deakin			24 September 1903 (1903-09-24)	27 April 1904 (1904-04-27)
3	Watson ministry	Chris Watson		Labor / Protectionist	27 April 1904 (1904-04-27)	17 August 1904 (1904-08-17)
4	Reid ministry	George Reid		Free Trade / Protectionist	18 August 1904 (1904-08-18)	5 July 1905 (1905-07-05)
5	Second Deakin ministry	Alfred Deakin		Protectionist	5 July 1905 (1905-07-05)	13 November 1908 (1908-11-13)
6	First Fisher ministry	Andrew Fisher		Labor	13 November 1908 (1908-11-13)	2 June 1909 (1909-06-02)
7	Third Deakin ministry	Alfred Deakin		Liberal	2 June 1909 (1909-06-02)	29 April 1910 (1910-04-29)
8	Second Fisher ministry	Andrew Fisher		Labour	29 April 1910 (1910-04-29)	24 June 1913 (1913-06-24)
9	Cook ministry	Joseph Cook		Liberal	24 June 1913 (1913-06-24)	17 September 1914 (1914-09-17)
10	Third Fisher ministry	Andrew Fisher		Labor	17 September 1914 (1914-09-17)	27 October 1915 (1915-10-27)
11	First Hughes ministry	Billy Hughes			27 October 1915 (1915-10-27)	14 November 1916 (1916-11-14)
12	Second Hughes ministry			National Labor	14 November 1916 (1916-11-14)	17 February 1917 (1917-02-17)
13	Third Hughes ministry			Nationalist	17 February 1917 (1917-02-17)	8 January 1918 (1918-01-08)
14	Fourth Hughes ministry				8 January 1918 (1918-01-08)	4 February 1920 (1920-02-04)
15	Fifth Hughes ministry				4 February 1920 (1920-02-04)	9 February 1923 (1923-02-09)
16	First Bruce ministry	Stanley Bruce		Nationalist / Country	9 February 1923 (1923-02-09)	18 December 1925 (1925-12-18)
17	Second Bruce ministry				18 December 1925 (1925-12-18)	29 November 1928 (1928-11-29)
18	Third Bruce ministry				29 November 1928 (1928-11-29)	22 October 1929 (1929-10-22)
19	Scullin ministry	James Scullin		Labor	22 October 1929 (1929-10-22)	6 January 1932 (1932-01-06)
20	First Lyons ministry	Joseph Lyons		United Australia	6 January 1932 (1932-01-06)	12 October 1934 (1934-10-12)
21	Second Lyons ministry				12 October 1934 (1934-10-12)	9 November 1934 (1934-11-09)
22	Third Lyons ministry			United Australia / Country	9 November 1934 (1934-11-09)	29 November 1937 (1937-11-29)
23	Fourth Lyons ministry				29 November 1937 (1937-11-29)	7 April 1939 (1939-04-07)
24	Page ministry (Caretaker)	Earle Page		Country / United Australia	7 April 1939 (1939-04-07)	26 April 1939 (1939-04-26)
25	First Menzies ministry	Robert Menzies		United Australia	26 April 1939 (1939-04-26)	14 March 1940 (1940-03-14)
26	Second Menzies ministry			United Australia / Country	14 March 1940 (1940-03-14)	28 October 1940 (1940-10-28)
27	Third Menzies ministry				28 October 1940 (1940-10-28)	28 August 1941 (1941-08-28)
28	Fadden ministry	Arthur Fadden		Country / United Australia	28 August 1941 (1941-08-28)	7 October 1941 (1941-10-07)
29	First Curtin ministry	John Curtin		Labor	7 October 1941 (1941-10-07)	21 September 1943 (1943-09-21)
30	Second Curtin ministry				21 September 1943 (1943-09-21)	6 July 1945 (1945-07-06)
31	Forde ministry (Caretaker)	Frank Forde			6 July 1945 (1945-07-06)	13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)
32	First Chifley ministry	Ben Chifley			13 July 1945 (1945-07-13)	1 November 1946 (1946-11-01)
33	Second Chifley ministry				1 November 1946 (1946-11-01)	19 December 1949 (1949-12-19)
34	Fourth Menzies ministry	Robert Menzies		Liberal / Country	19 December 1949 (1949-12-19)	11 May 1951 (1951-05-11)
35	Fifth Menzies ministry				11 May 1951 (1951-05-11)	9 July 1954 (1954-07-09)
36	Sixth Menzies ministry				9 July 1954 (1954-07-09)	11 January 1956 (1956-01-11)
37	Seventh Menzies ministry				11 January 1956 (1956-01-11)	10 December 1958 (1958-12-10)
38	Eighth Menzies ministry				10 December 1958 (1958-12-10)	22 December 1961 (1961-12-22)
39	Ninth Menzies ministry				22 December 1961 (1961-12-22)	18 December 1963 (1963-12-18)
40	Tenth Menzies ministry				18 December 1963 (1963-12-18)	26 January 1966 (1966-01-26)
41	First Holt ministry	Harold Holt			26 January 1966 (1966-01-26)	14 December 1966 (1966-12-14)
42	Second Holt ministry				14 December 1966 (1966-12-14)	19 December 1967 (1967-12-19)
43	McEwen ministry (Caretaker)	John McEwen			19 December 1967 (1967-12-19)	10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)
44	First Gorton ministry	John Gorton			10 January 1968 (1968-01-10)	12 November 1969 (1969-11-12)
45	Second Gorton ministry				12 November 1969 (1969-11-12)	10 March 1971 (1971-03-10)
46	McMahon ministry	William McMahon			10 March 1971 (1971-03-10)	5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)
47	First Whitlam ministry	Gough Whitlam		Labor	5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)	19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)
48	Second Whitlam ministry				19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)	12 June 1974 (1974-06-12)
49	Third Whitlam ministry				12 June 1974 (1974-06-12)	11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)
50	First Fraser ministry	Malcolm Fraser		Liberal / National Country	11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)	22 December 1975 (1975-12-22)
51	Second Fraser ministry				22 December 1975 (1975-12-22)	20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)
52	Third Fraser ministry				20 December 1977 (1977-12-20)	3 November 1980 (1980-11-03)
53	Fourth Fraser ministry				3 November 1980 (1980-11-03)	11 March 1983 (1983-03-11)
54	First Hawke ministry	Bob Hawke		Labor	11 March 1983 (1983-03-11)	13 December 1984 (1984-12-13)
55	Second Hawke ministry				13 December 1984 (1984-12-13)	24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)
56	Third Hawke ministry				24 July 1987 (1987-07-24)	4 April 1990 (1990-04-04)
57	Fourth Hawke ministry				4 April 1990 (1990-04-04)	20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)
58	First Keating ministry	Paul Keating			20 December 1991 (1991-12-20)	24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)
59	Second Keating ministry				24 March 1993 (1993-03-24)	11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)
60	First Howard ministry	John Howard		Liberal / National	11 March 1996 (1996-03-11)	21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)
61	Second Howard ministry				21 October 1998 (1998-10-21)	26 November 2001 (2001-11-26)
62	Third Howard ministry				26 November 2001 (2001-11-26)	26 October 2004 (2004-10-26)
63	Fourth Howard ministry				26 October 2004 (2004-10-26)	3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)
64	First Rudd ministry	Kevin Rudd		Labor	3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)	24 June 2010 (2010-06-24)
65	First Gillard ministry	Julia Gillard			24 June 2010 (2010-06-24)	14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)
66	Second Gillard ministry				14 September 2010 (2010-09-14)	27 June 2013 (2013-06-27)
67	Second Rudd ministry	Kevin Rudd			27 June 2013 (2013-06-27)	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)
68	Abbott ministry	Tony Abbott		Liberal / National	18 September 2013 (2013-09-18)	15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)
69	First Turnbull ministry	Malcolm Turnbull			15 September 2015 (2015-09-15)	19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)
70	Second Turnbull ministry				19 July 2016 (2016-07-19)	24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)
71	First Morrison ministry	Scott Morrison			24 August 2018 (2018-08-24)	29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)
72	Second Morrison ministry				29 May 2019 (2019-05-29)	23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)
73	Albanese ministry	Anthony Albanese		Labor	23 May 2022 (2022-05-23)	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

References

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