# | Minister | Party | Prime Minister |
Term start | Term end | Term in office | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | James Dickson MP | Protectionist | Barton | 1 January 1901 | 10 January 1901 | 9 days | |
vacant | Protectionist | Barton | 10 January 1901 | 17 January 1901 | |||
2 | John Forrest MP | Protectionist | Barton | 17 January 1901 | 10 August 1903 | 2 years, 205 days | |
3 | Senator James Drake | Protectionist | Barton | 10 August 1903 | 24 September 1903 | 45 days | |
4 | Austin Chapman MP | Protectionist | Deakin | 24 September 1903 | 27 April 1904 | 216 days | |
5 | Senator Anderson Dawson | Labor | Watson | 27 April 1904 | 18 August 1904 | 113 days | |
6 | James McCay MP | Protectionist | Reid | 18 August 1904 | 5 July 1905 | 321 days | |
7 | Senator Thomas Playford | Protectionist | Deakin | 5 July 1905 | 24 January 1907 | 1 year, 203 days | |
8 | Thomas Ewing MP | Protectionist | Deakin | 24 January 1907 | 13 November 1908 | 1 year, 294 days | |
9 | Senator [[George Pearce}}[n 1] | Labor | Fisher | 13 November 1908 | 2 June 1909 | 201 days | |
10 | Joseph Cook MP | Free Trade | Deakin | 2 June 1909 | 29 April 1910 | 331 days | |
10 | Senator Edward Millen | Commonwealth Liberal |
Cook | 24 June 1913 | 17 September 1914 | 1 year, 85 days | |
11 | Walter Massy-Greene MP | Nationalist | Hughes | 21 December 1921 | 9 February 1923 | 1 year, 50 days | |
12 | Eric Bowden MP | Nationalist | Bruce | 9 February 1923 | 16 January 1925 | 1 year, 342 days | |
13 | Neville Howse VC MP | Nationalist | Bruce | 16 January 1925 | 2 April 1927 | 2 years, 76 days | |
14 | Senator William Glasgow | Nationalist | Bruce | 2 April 1927 | 22 October 1929 | 2 years, 203 days | |
15 | Albert Green MP | Labor | Scullin | 22 October 1929 | 4 February 1931 | 1 year, 105 days | |
16 | Senator John Daly | Labor | Scullin | 4 February 1931 | 3 March 1931 | 27 days | |
17 | Ben Chifley MP | Labor | Scullin | 3 March 1931 | 6 January 1932 | 309 days | |
18 | Archdale Parkhill MP | United Australia |
Lyons | 12 October 1934 | 20 November 1937 | 3 years, 39 days | |
19 | Joseph Lyons MP | United Australia |
Lyons | 20 November 1937 | 29 November 1937 | 9 days | |
20 | Harold Thorby MP | Country | Lyons | 29 November 1937 | 7 November 1938 | 343 days | |
21 | Geoffrey Street MP | United Australia |
Lyons | 7 November 1938 | 7 April 1939 | ||
21 | Geoffrey Street MP | United Australia |
Page | 7 April 1939 | 26 April 1939 | ||
21 | Geoffrey Street MP | United Australia |
Menzies | 26 April 1939 | 13 November 1939 | ||
22 | Robert Menzies MP | United Australia |
Menzies | 13 November 1939 | 29 August 1941 | ||
22 | Robert Menzies MP | United Australia |
Fadden | 29 August 1941 | 7 October 1941 | ||
23 | John Curtin MP[n 2] | Labor | Curtin | 7 October 1941 | 6 July 1945 | 3 years, 272 days | |
24 | Jack Beasley MP | Labor | Forde | 6 July 1945 | 13 July 1945 | ||
24 | Jack Beasley MP | Labor | Chifley | 13 July 1945 | 14 August 1946 | ||
25 | Frank Forde MP | Labor | Chifley | 15 August 1946 | 1 November 1946 | 79 days | |
26 | John Dedman MP | Labor | Chifley | 1 November 1946 | 19 December 1949 | 3 years, 48 days | |
27 | Eric Harrison MP | Liberal | Menzies | 19 December 1949 | 24 October 1950 | 309 days | |
28 | Philip McBride MP | Liberal | Menzies | 24 October 1950 | 10 December 1958 | 8 years, 47 days' | |
29 | Athol Townley MP | Liberal | Menzies | 10 December 1958 | 18 December 1963 | 5 years, 8 days | |
30 | Paul Hasluck MP | Liberal | Menzies | 18 December 1963 | 24 April 1964 | 128 days | |
31 | Senator Shane Paltridge | Liberal | Menzies | 24 April 1964 | 19 January 1966 | 1 year, 270 days | |
32 | Allen Fairhall MP | Liberal | Holt | 26 January 1966 | 12 December 1967 | ||
32 | Allen Fairhall MP | Liberal | McEwen | 12 December 1967 | 10 January 1968 | ||
32 | Allen Fairhall MP | Liberal | Gorton | 10 January 1968 | 12 November 1969 | ||
33 | Malcolm Fraser MP | Liberal | Gorton | 12 November 1969 | 8 March 1971 | 1 year, 116 days | |
34 | John Gorton MP | Liberal | McMahon | 19 March 1971 | 13 August 1971 | 147 days | |
35 | David Fairbairn MP | Liberal | McMahon | 13 August 1971 | 5 December 1972 | 1 year, 114 days | |
36 | Lance Barnard MP | Labor | Whitlam | 5 December 1972 | 6 June 1975 | 2 years, 183 days | |
37 | Bill Morrison MP | Labor | Whitlam | 6 June 1975 | 11 November 1975 | 158 days | |
38 | James Killen MP | Liberal | Fraser | 12 November 1975 | 7 May 1982 | 6 years, 176 days | |
39 | Ian Sinclair MP | National Country | Fraser | 7 May 1982 | 11 March 1983 | 308 days | |
40 | Gordon Scholes MP | Labor | Hawke | 11 March 1983 | 13 December 1984 | 1 year, 277 days | |
41 | [[KimBeazley {{{last}}}]] MP | Labor | Hawke | 13 December 1984 | 4 April 1990 | 5 years, 112 days | |
42 | Ray|Robert Ray (Australian politician)}} | Labor | Hawke | 4 April 1990 | 20 December 1991 | ||
42 | Senator [[Robert Ray (Australian politician)|Robert Ray}} | Labor | Keating | 20 December 1991 | 11 March 1996 | ||
43 | [[Ian McLachlan {{{last}}}]] MP | Liberal | Howard | 11 March 1996 | 21 October 1998 | 2 years, 224 days | |
44 | John Moore (Australian politician) John Moore MP | Liberal | Howard | 21 October 1998 | 30 January 2001 | 2 years, 101 days | |
45 | [[Peter Reith {{{last}}}]] MP | Liberal | Howard | 30 January 2001 | 26 November 2001 | 300 days | |
46 | Senator [[Robert Hill (Australian politician)|Robert Hill}} | Liberal | Howard | 26 November 2001 | 20 January 2006 | 4 years, 55 days | |
47 | [[Brendan Nelson {{{last}}}]] MP | Liberal | Howard | 20 January 2006 | 3 December 2007 | 1 year, 317 days | |
48 | [[Joel Fitzgibbon {{{last}}}]] MP | Labor | Rudd | 3 December 2007 | 9 June 2009 | 1 year, 188 days | |
49 | Senator [[John Faulkner}} | Labor | Rudd | 9 June 2009 | 24 June 2010 | 1 year, 97 days | |
49 | Senator [[John Faulkner}} | Labor | Gillard | 24 June 2010 | 14 September 2010 | ||
50 | [[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith}} MP | Labor | Gillard | 14 September 2010 | 27 June 2013 | ||
50 | [[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith}} MP | Labor | Rudd | 27 June 2013 | 18 September 2013 | ||
51 | Senator [[David Johnston (politician)|David Johnston}} | Liberal | Abbott | 18 September 2013 | incumbent | 4082 days |
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