Rulers: Australia
Ministries, etc.
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs
Ministers
- External Affairs -
1 Jan 1901 - 24 Sep 1903 Edmund Barton (from 1902,
Sir Edmund Barton) (b. 1849 - d. 1920)
24 Sep 1903 - 27 Apr 1904 Alfred Deakin (1st time) (b. 1856 - d. 1919)
27 Apr 1904 - 17 Aug 1904 William Morris Hughes (1st time) (b. 1864 - d. 1952)
18 Aug 1904 - 5 Jul 1905 George Reid (b. 1848 - d. 1918)
5 Jul 1905 - 13 Nov 1908 Alfred Deakin (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Nov 1908 - 2 Jun 1909 Egerton Lee Batchelor (1st time) (b. 1865 - d. 1911)
2 Jun 1909 - 29 Apr 1910 Littleton Ernest Groom (b. 1867 - d. 1936)
29 Apr 1910 - 8 Oct 1911 Egerton Lee Batchelor (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Oct 1911 - 24 Jun 1913 Josiah Thomas (b. 1863 - d. 1933)
24 Jun 1913 - 17 Sep 1914 Patrick McMahon Glynn (1st time) (b. 1855 - d. 1931)
17 Sep 1914 - 9 Dec 1914 John Andrew Arthur (b. 1875 - d. 1914)
14 Dec 1914 - 14 Nov 1916 Hugh Mahon (b. 1858 - d. 1931)
14 Nov 1916 - 17 Feb 1917 Frederick William Bamford (acting) (b. 1849 - d. 1934)
17 Feb 1917 - 10 Jan 1918 Patrick McMahon Glynn (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
10 Jan 1918 - 9 Feb 1923 William Morris Hughes (2nd time) (s.a.)
9 Feb 1923 - 22 Oct 1929 Stanley Melbourne Bruce (b. 1883 - d. 1967)
22 Oct 1929 - 6 Jan 1932 James Henry Scullin (b. 1876 - d. 1953)
6 Jan 1932 - 12 Oct 1934 John Greig Latham (b. 1877 - d. 1964)
12 Oct 1934 - 29 Nov 1937 George Foster Pearce (b. 1870 - d. 1952)
29 Nov 1937 - 26 Apr 1939 William Morris Hughes (3rd time) (s.a.)
26 Apr 1939 - 14 Mar 1940 Henry Somer Gullett (b. 1878 - d. 1940)
14 Mar 1940 - 28 Oct 1940 John McEwen (b. 1900 - d. 1980)
28 Oct 1940 - 7 Oct 1941 Frederick Harold Stewart (b. 1884 - d. 1961)
7 Oct 1941 - 19 Dec 1949 Herbert Vere Evatt (b. 1894 - d. 1965)
19 Dec 1949 - 11 May 1951 Percy Claude Spender (b. 1897 - d. 1985)
11 May 1951 - 4 Feb 1960 Richard Gardiner Casey (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
4 Feb 1960 - 22 Dec 1961 Robert Gordon Menzies (b. 1894 - d. 1978)
22 Dec 1961 - 24 Apr 1964 Sir Garfield Barwick (b. 1903 - d. 1997)
24 Apr 1964 - 11 Feb 1969 Paul Hasluck (b. 1905 - d. 1993)
11 Feb 1969 - 12 Nov 1969 Gordon Freeth (b. 1914 - d. 2001)
12 Nov 1969 - 6 Nov 1970 William McMahon (b. 1908 - d. 1988)
- Foreign Affairs -
6 Nov 1970 - 22 Mar 1971 William McMahon (s.a.)
22 Mar 1971 - 2 Aug 1971 Leslie Harry Ernest Bury (b. 1913 - d. 1986)
2 Aug 1971 - 5 Dec 1972 Nigel Hubert Bowen (b. 1911 - d. 1994)
5 Dec 1972 - 6 Nov 1973 Gough Whitlam (b. 1916)
6 Nov 1973 - 11 Nov 1975 Don Willesee (b. 1916 - d. 2003)
11 Nov 1975 - 3 Nov 1980 Andrew Peacock (b. 1939)
3 Nov 1980 - 11 Mar 1983 Anthony Street (b. 1926)
11 Mar 1983 - 17 Aug 1988 Bill Hayden (b. 1933)
2 Sep 1988 - 11 Mar 1996 Gareth Evans (b. 1944)
11 Mar 1996 - 3 Dec 2007 Alexander Downer (b. 1951)
3 Dec 2007 - 14 Sep 2010 Stephen Smith (b. 1955)
14 Sep 2010 - 22 Feb 2012 Kevin Rudd (b. 1957)
22 Feb 2012 - 13 Mar 2012 Craig Emerson (acting) (b. 1954)
13 Mar 2012 - Bob Carr (b. 1947)
Defense
Ministers
1 Jan 1901 - 10 Jan 1901 Sir James Robert Dickson (b. 1832 - d. 1901)
17 Jan 1901 - 10 Aug 1903 Sir John Forrest (b. 1847 - d. 1918)
10 Aug 1903 - 24 Sep 1903 James George Drake (b. 1850 - d. 1941)
24 Sep 1903 - 27 Apr 1904 Austin Chapman (b. 1864 - d. 1926)
27 Apr 1904 - 17 Aug 1904 Anderson Dawson (b. 1863 - d. 1910)
18 Aug 1904 - 5 Jul 1905 James Whiteside McCay (b. 1864 - d. 1930)
5 Jul 1905 - 24 Jan 1907 Thomas Playford (b. 1837 - d. 1915)
24 Jan 1907 - 13 Nov 1908 Thomas Thomson Ewing (b. 1856 - d. 1920)
13 Nov 1908 - 2 Jun 1909 George Foster Pearce (1st time) (b. 1870 - d. 1952)
2 Jun 1909 - 29 Apr 1910 Joseph Cook (b. 1860 - d. 1947)
29 Apr 1910 - 24 Jun 1913 George Foster Pearce (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Jun 1913 - 17 Sep 1914 Edward Davis Millen (b. 1860 - d. 1923)
17 Sep 1914 - 21 Dec 1921 George Foster Pearce (3rd time) (s.a.)
21 Dec 1921 - 5 Feb 1923 Walter Massy-Greene (b. 1874 - d. 1952)
9 Feb 1923 - 16 Jan 1925 Eric Kendall Bowden (b. 1872 - d. 1931)
16 Jan 1925 - 2 Apr 1927 Sir Neville Reginald Howse (b. 1863 - d. 1930)
2 Apr 1927 - 22 Oct 1929 Sir William Glasgow (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
22 Oct 1929 - 4 Feb 1931 Albert Ernest Green (b. 1869 - d. 1940)
4 Feb 1931 - 3 Mar 1931 John Joseph Daly (b. 1891 - d. 1942)
3 Mar 1931 - 6 Jan 1932 Joseph Benedict Chifley (b. 1885 - d. 1951)
6 Jan 1932 - 12 Oct 1934 George Foster Pearce (4th time) (s.a.)
12 Oct 1934 - 20 Nov 1937 Robert Archdale Parkhill
(from 1936, Sir Robert
Archdale Parkhill) (b. 1879 - d. 1947)
20 Nov 1937 - 29 Nov 1937 Joseph Aloysius Lyons (b. 1879 - d. 1939)
29 Nov 1937 - 7 Nov 1938 Harold Victor Campbell Thorby (b. 1888 - d. 1973)
7 Nov 1938 - 13 Nov 1939 Geoffrey Austin Street (b. 1894 - d. 1940)
- Defense Coordination -
13 Nov 1939 - 7 Oct 1941 Robert Gordon Menzies (b. 1894 - d. 1978)
7 Oct 1941 - 14 Apr 1942 John Curtin (b. 1885 - d. 1945)
- Defense -
14 Apr 1942 - 5 Jul 1945 John Curtin (s.a.)
6 Jul 1945 - 14 Aug 1946 John Albert Beasley (b. 1895 - d. 1949)
15 Aug 1946 - 1 Nov 1946 Francis Michael Forde (b. 1890 - d. 1983)
1 Nov 1946 - 19 Dec 1949 John Johnstone Dedman (b. 1896 - d. 1973)
19 Dec 1949 - 24 Oct 1950 Eric John Harrison (b. 1892 - d. 1974)
24 Oct 1950 - 10 Dec 1958 Philip Albert Martin McBride
(from 1953, Sir Philip Albert
Martin McBride) (b. 1892 - d. 1982)
10 Dec 1958 - 18 Dec 1963 Athol Gordon Townley (b. 1907 - d. 1963)
18 Dec 1963 - 24 Apr 1964 Paul Hasluck (b. 1905 - d. 1993)
24 Apr 1964 - 19 Jan 1966 Shane Dunne Paltridge (from 1 Jan
1966, Sir Shane Dunne Paltridge) (b. 1910 - d. 1966)
26 Jan 1966 - 12 Nov 1969 Allen Fairhall (b. 1909 - d. 2006)
12 Nov 1969 - 8 Mar 1971 Malcolm Fraser (b. 1930)
10 Mar 1971 - 13 Aug 1971 John Grey Gorton (b. 1911 - d. 2002)
13 Aug 1971 - 5 Dec 1972 David Eric Fairbairn (b. 1917 - d. 1994)
5 Dec 1972 - 6 Jun 1975 Lance Herbert Barnard (b. 1919 - d. 1997)
6 Jun 1975 - 11 Nov 1975 William Lawrence Morrison (b. 1928 - d. 2013)
11 Nov 1975 - 7 May 1982 Denis James Killen (b. 1925 - d. 2007)
7 May 1982 - 11 Mar 1983 Ian McCahon Sinclair (b. 1929)
11 Mar 1983 - 13 Dec 1984 Gordon Scholes (b. 1931)
13 Dec 1984 - 4 Apr 1990 Kim Beazley (b. 1948)
4 Apr 1990 - 11 Mar 1996 Robert Ray (b. 1947)
11 Mar 1996 - 21 Oct 1998 Ian McLachlan (b. 1936)
21 Oct 1998 - 30 Jan 2001 John Moore (b. 1936)
30 Jan 2001 - 26 Nov 2001 Peter Reith (b. 1950)
26 Nov 2001 - 24 Jan 2006 Robert Hill (b. 1946)
24 Jan 2006 - 3 Dec 2007 Brendan Nelson (b. 1958)
3 Dec 2007 - 9 Jun 2009 Joel Fitzgibbon (b. 1962)
9 Jun 2009 - 14 Sep 2010 John Faulkner (b. 1954)
14 Sep 2010 - Stephen Smith (b. 1955)
Army
Ministers
13 Nov 1939 - 13 Aug 1940 Geoffrey Austin Street (s.a.)
14 Aug 1940 - 28 Oct 1940 Philip Albert Martin McBride (s.a.)
28 Oct 1940 - 7 Oct 1941 Percy Claude Spender (b. 1897 - d. 1985)
7 Oct 1941 - 1 Nov 1946 Francis Michael Forde (b. 1890 - d. 1983)
1 Nov 1946 - 19 Dec 1949 Cyril Chambers (b. 1897 - d. 1975)
19 Dec 1949 - 7 Nov 1955 Josiah Francis (b. 1890 - d. 1964)
7 Nov 1955 - 28 Feb 1956 Eric John Harrison (b. 1892 - d. 1974)
28 Feb 1956 - 18 Dec 1963 John Oscar Cramer (b. 1897 - d. 1994)
18 Dec 1963 - 26 Jan 1966 Alexander James Forbes (b. 1923)
26 Jan 1966 - 28 Feb 1968 Malcolm Fraser (s.a.)
28 Feb 1968 - 12 Nov 1969 Phillip Reginald Lynch (b. 1933 - d. 1984)
12 Nov 1969 - 2 Feb 1972 Andrew Peacock (b. 1939)
2 Feb 1972 - 5 Dec 1972 Robert Cummin Katter (b. 1918 - d. 1990)
5 Dec 1972 - 30 Nov 1973 Lance Herbert Barnard (s.a.)
Treasury
Treasurers
1 Jan 1901 - 27 Apr 1904 Sir George Turner (1st time) (b. 1851 - d. 1916)
27 Apr 1904 - 17 Aug 1904 John Christian Watson (b. 1867 - d. 1941)
18 Aug 1904 - 5 Jul 1905 Sir George Turner (2nd time) (s.a.)
5 Jul 1905 - 30 Jul 1907 Sir John Forrest (1st time) (b. 1847 - d. 1918)
30 Jul 1907 - 13 Nov 1908 Sir William John Lyne (b. 1844 - d. 1913)
13 Nov 1908 - 2 Jun 1909 Andrew Fisher (1st time) (b. 1862 - d. 1928)
2 Jun 1909 - 29 Apr 1910 Sir John Forrest (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Apr 1910 - 24 Jun 1913 Andrew Fisher (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Jun 1913 - 17 Sep 1914 Sir John Forrest (3rd time) (s.a.)
17 Sep 1914 - 27 Oct 1915 Andrew Fisher (3rd time) (s.a.)
27 Oct 1915 - 27 Oct 1916 William Guy Higgs (b. 1862 - d. 1951)
14 Nov 1916 - 17 Feb 1917 Alexander Poynton (b. 1853 - d. 1935)
17 Feb 1917 - 27 Mar 1918 Sir John Forrest (4th time) (s.a.)
27 Mar 1918 - 15 Jun 1920 William Alexander Watt (b. 1871 - d. 1946)
28 Jul 1920 - 11 Nov 1921 Sir Joseph Cook (b. 1860 - d. 1947)
21 Dec 1921 - 9 Feb 1923 Stanley Melbourne Bruce (b. 1883 - d. 1967)
9 Feb 1923 - 22 Oct 1929 Earle Page (b. 1880 - d. 1961)
22 Oct 1929 - 9 Jul 1930 Edward Granville Theodore
(1st time) (b. 1884 - d. 1950)
9 Jul 1930 - 29 Jan 1931 James Henry Scullin (b. 1876 - d. 1953)
29 Jan 1931 - 6 Jan 1932 Edward Granville Theodore
(2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Jan 1932 - 3 Oct 1935 Joseph Aloysius Lyons (b. 1879 - d. 1939)
3 Oct 1935 - 26 Apr 1939 Richard Gardiner Casey (b. 1890 - d. 1976)
26 Apr 1939 - 14 Mar 1940 Robert Gordon Menzies (b. 1894 - d. 1978)
14 Mar 1940 - 28 Oct 1940 Percy Claude Spender (b. 1897 - d. 1985)
28 Oct 1940 - 7 Oct 1941 Arthur William Fadden (1st time) (b. 1895 - d. 1973)
7 Oct 1941 - 19 Dec 1949 Joseph Benedict Chifley (b. 1885 - d. 1951)
19 Dec 1949 - 10 Dec 1958 Arthur William Fadden (from 1951,
Sir Arthur William Fadden)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Dec 1958 - 26 Jan 1966 Harold Holt (b. 1908 - d. 1967)
26 Jan 1966 - 12 Nov 1969 William McMahon (b. 1908 - d. 1988)
12 Nov 1969 - 22 Mar 1971 Leslie Harry Ernest Bury (b. 1913 - d. 1986)
22 Mar 1971 - 5 Dec 1972 Billy Mackie Snedden (b. 1926 - d. 1987)
5 Dec 1972 - 19 Dec 1972 Gough Whitlam (b. 1916)
19 Dec 1972 - 11 Dec 1974 Frank Crean (b. 1916 - d. 2008)
11 Dec 1974 - 6 Jun 1975 Jim Cairns (b. 1914 - d. 2003)
6 Jun 1975 - 11 Nov 1975 Bill Hayden (b. 1933)
11 Nov 1975 - 19 Nov 1977 Phillip Reginald Lynch (b. 1933 - d. 1984)
19 Nov 1977 - 11 Mar 1983 John Howard (b. 1939)
11 Mar 1983 - 3 Jun 1991 Paul Keating (b. 1944)
3 Jun 1991 - 4 Jun 1991 Bob Hawke (b. 1929)
4 Jun 1991 - 9 Dec 1991 John Kerin (b. 1937)
9 Dec 1991 - 27 Dec 1991 Ralph Willis (1st time) (b. 1938)
27 Dec 1991 - 23 Dec 1993 John Dawkins (b. 1947)
23 Dec 1993 - 11 Mar 1996 Ralph Willis (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Mar 1996 - 3 Dec 2007 Peter Costello (b. 1957)
3 Dec 2007 - Wayne Swan (b. 1954)
Finance
Ministers
- Finance -
7 Dec 1976 - 19 Nov 1977 Phillip Reginald Lynch (s.a.)
20 Dec 1977 - 23 Feb 1979 Eric Laidlaw Robinson (1st time) (b. 1929 - d. 1981)
23 Feb 1979 - 27 Feb 1979 John Howard (s.a.)
27 Feb 1979 - 3 Nov 1980 Eric Laidlaw Robinson (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Nov 1980 - 11 Mar 1983 Dame Margaret Guilfoyle (f) (b. 1926)
11 Mar 1983 - 13 Dec 1984 John Dawkins (s.a.)
13 Dec 1984 - 4 Apr 1990 Peter Alexander Walsh (b. 1935)
4 Apr 1990 - 9 Dec 1991 Ralph Willis (1st time) (s.a.)
9 Dec 1991 - 27 Dec 1991 Kim Beazley (1st time) (b. 1948)
27 Dec 1991 - 23 Dec 1993 Ralph Willis (2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Dec 1993 - 11 Mar 1996 Kim Beazley (2nd time) (s.a.)
- Finance Services -
11 Mar 1996 - 9 Oct 1997 John Fahey (b. 1945)
- Finance and Administration -
9 Oct 1997 - 26 Nov 2001 John Fahey (s.a.)
26 Nov 2001 - 3 Dec 2007 Nick Minchin (b. 1953)
3 Dec 2007 - 3 Sep 2010 Lindsay Tanner (b. 1956)
3 Sep 2010 - 14 Sep 2010 Wayne Swan (acting) (s.a.)
14 Sep 2010 - Penny Wong (f) (b. 1968)
Justice
Attorneys General
1 Jan 1901 - 24 Sep 1903 Alfred Deakin (b. 1856 - d. 1919)
24 Sep 1903 - 27 Apr 1904 James George Drake (b. 1850 - d. 1941)
27 Apr 1904 - 17 Aug 1904 Henry Bournes Higgins (b. 1851 - d. 1929)
18 Aug 1904 - 5 Jul 1905 Sir Josiah Henry Symon (b. 1846 - d. 1934)
5 Jul 1905 - 12 Oct 1906 Isaac Isaacs (b. 1855 - d. 1948)
12 Oct 1906 - 13 Nov 1908 Littleton Ernest Groom (1st time) (b. 1867 - d. 1936)
13 Nov 1908 - 2 Jun 1909 William Morris Hughes (1st time) (b. 1864 - d. 1952)
2 Jun 1909 - 29 Apr 1910 Patrick McMahon Glynn (b. 1855 - d. 1931)
29 Apr 1910 - 24 Jun 1913 William Morris Hughes (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Jun 1913 - 17 Sep 1914 William Hill Irvine (b. 1858 - d. 1943)
17 Sep 1914 - 21 Dec 1921 William Morris Hughes (3rd time) (s.a.)
21 Dec 1921 - 18 Dec 1925 Littleton Ernest Groom (2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Dec 1925 - 22 Oct 1929 John Greig Latham (1st time) (b. 1877 - d. 1964)
22 Oct 1929 - 6 Jan 1932 Frank Brennan (b. 1873 - d. 1950)
6 Jan 1932 - 12 Oct 1934 John Greig Latham (2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Oct 1934 - 20 Mar 1939 Robert Gordon Menzies (b. 1894 - d. 1978)
20 Mar 1939 - 7 Oct 1941 William Morris Hughes (4th time) (s.a.)
7 Oct 1941 - 19 Dec 1949 Herbert Vere Evatt (b. 1894 - d. 1965)
19 Dec 1949 - 14 Aug 1956 John Armstrong Spicer (b. 1898 - d. 1977)
15 Aug 1956 - 10 Dec 1958 Neil O'Sullivan (b. 1900 - d. 1968)
10 Dec 1958 - 4 Mar 1964 Sir Garfield Barwick (b. 1903 - d. 1997)
4 Mar 1964 - 14 Dec 1966 Billy Mackie Snedden (b. 1926 - d. 1987)
14 Dec 1966 - 12 Nov 1969 Nigel Hubert Bowen (1st time) (b. 1911 - d. 1994)
12 Nov 1969 - 22 Mar 1971 Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes (b. 1923)
22 Mar 1971 - 2 Aug 1971 Nigel Hubert Bowen (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Aug 1971 - 5 Dec 1972 Ivor John Greenwood (1st time) (b. 1926 - d. 1976)
5 Dec 1972 - 19 Dec 1972 Gough Whitlam (b. 1916)
19 Dec 1972 - 10 Feb 1975 Lionel Keith Murphy (b. 1922 - d. 1986)
10 Feb 1975 - 11 Nov 1975 Keppel Earl Enderby (b. 1926)
11 Nov 1975 - 22 Dec 1975 Ivor John Greenwood (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Dec 1975 - 6 Sep 1977 Robert James Ellicott (b. 1927)
6 Sep 1977 - 11 Mar 1983 Peter Durack (b. 1926 - d. 2008)
11 Mar 1983 - 13 Dec 1984 Gareth Evans (b. 1944)
13 Dec 1984 - 4 Apr 1990 Lionel Frost Bowen (b. 1922 - d. 2012)
4 Apr 1990 - 24 Mar 1993 Michael John Duffy (b. 1938)
1 Apr 1993 - 27 Apr 1993 Duncan Kerr (b. 1952)
27 Apr 1993 - 11 Mar 1996 Michael Lavarch (b. 1961)
11 Mar 1996 - 7 Oct 2003 Daryl Williams (b. 1942)
7 Oct 2003 - 3 Dec 2007 Philip Ruddock (b. 1943)
3 Dec 2007 - 14 Dec 2011 Robert McClelland (b. 1958)
14 Dec 2011 - Nicola Roxon (f) (b. 1967)
Home Affairs
Note: The minister for home affairs is not a senior minister in Australia.
Ministers
1 Jan 1901 - 11 Aug 1903 Sir William John Lyne (b. 1844 - d. 1913)
11 Aug 1903 - 27 Apr 1904 Sir John Forrest (b. 1847 - d. 1918)
27 Apr 1904 - 17 Aug 1904 Egerton Lee Batchelor (b. 1865 - d. 1911)
18 Aug 1904 - 5 Jul 1905 Dugald Thomson (b. 1848 - d. 1922)
5 Jul 1905 - 12 Oct 1906 Littleton Ernest Groom (b. 1867 - d. 1936)
12 Oct 1906 - 24 Jan 1907 Thomas Thomson Ewing (b. 1856 - d. 1920)
24 Jan 1907 - 13 Nov 1908 John Henry Keating (b. 1872 - d. 1940)
13 Nov 1908 - 2 Jun 1909 Hugh Mahon (b. 1858 - d. 1931)
2 Jun 1909 - 29 Apr 1910 George Warburton Fuller (b. 1861 - d. 1940)
29 Apr 1910 - 24 Jun 1913 King O'Malley (1st time) (b. 1858 - d. 1953)
24 Jun 1913 - 17 Sep 1914 Joseph Cook (b. 1860 - d. 1947)
17 Sep 1914 - 27 Oct 1915 William Oliver Archibald (b. 1852 - d. 1926)
27 Oct 1915 - 14 Nov 1916 King O'Malley (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Nov 1916 - 17 Feb 1917 Frederick William Bamford (b. 1849 - d. 1934)
17 Feb 1917 - 3 Feb 1920 Patrick McMahon Glynn (b. 1855 - d. 1931)
4 Feb 1920 - 21 Dec 1921 Alexander Poynton (b. 1853 - d. 1935)
21 Dec 1921 - 18 Jun 1926 George Foster Pearce (b. 1870 - d. 1952)
18 Jun 1926 - 2 Apr 1927 Sir William Glasgow (b. 1876 - d. 1955)
2 Apr 1927 - 24 Feb 1928 Charles William Clanan Marr (b. 1880 - d. 1960)
24 Feb 1928 - 29 Nov 1928 Sir Neville Reginald Howse (b. 1863 - d. 1930)
29 Nov 1928 - 22 Oct 1929 Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (b. 1886 - d. 1975)
22 Oct 1929 - 6 Jan 1932 Arthur Blakeley (b. 1886 - d. 1972)
6 Jan 1932 - 12 Apr 1932 Robert Archdale Parkhill (b. 1879 - d. 1947)
- Interior -
12 Apr 1932 - 13 Oct 1932 Robert Archdale Parkhill (s.a.)
13 Oct 1932 - 12 Oct 1934 John Arthur Perkins (b. 1878 - d. 1954)
12 Oct 1934 - 9 Nov 1934 Eric John Harrison (1st time) (b. 1892 - d. 1974)
9 Nov 1934 - 29 Nov 1937 Thomas Paterson (b. 1882 - d. 1952)
29 Nov 1937 - 26 Apr 1939 John McEwen (b. 1900 - d. 1980)
26 Apr 1939 - 7 Oct 1941 Hattil Spencer Foll (b. 1890 - d. 1977)
7 Oct 1941 - 13 Jul 1945 Joseph Silver Collings (b. 1865 - d. 1955)
13 Jul 1945 - 19 Dec 1949 Herbert Victor Johnson (b. 1889 - d. 1962)
19 Dec 1949 - 24 Oct 1950 Philip Albert Martin McBride (b. 1892 - d. 1982)
24 Oct 1950 - 11 May 1951 Eric John Harrison (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 May 1951 - 11 Jan 1956 Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes (b. 1895 - d. 1970)
11 Jan 1956 - 10 Dec 1958 Allen Fairhall (b. 1909 - d. 2006)
10 Dec 1958 - 18 Dec 1963 Gordon Freeth (b. 1914 - d. 2001)
18 Dec 1963 - 4 Mar 1964 John Grey Gorton (b. 1911 - d. 2002)
4 Mar 1964 - 16 Oct 1967 Doug Anthony (b. 1929)
16 Oct 1967 - 5 Feb 1971 Peter James Nixon (b. 1928)
5 Feb 1971 - 5 Dec 1972 Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (b. 1928 - d. 2011)
5 Dec 1972 - 19 Dec 1972 Lance Herbert Barnard (b. 1919 - d. 1997)
- Home Affairs -
20 Dec 1977 - 17 Feb 1981 Robert James Ellicott (b. 1927)
17 Feb 1981 - 19 Mar 1981 Michael John Randal MacKellar (b. 1938)
19 Mar 1981 - 7 May 1982 Ian Bonython Cameron Wilson (b. 1932 - d. 2013)
7 May 1982 - 11 Mar 1983 Daniel Thomas McVeigh (b. 1930)
11 Mar 1983 - 13 Dec 1984 Barry Cohen (b. 1935)
24 Jul 1987 - 2 Sep 1988 Robert Ray (b. 1947)
3 Dec 2007 - 9 Jun 2009 Bob Debus (b. 1943)
9 Jun 2009 - 14 Dec 2011 Brendan O'Connor (b. 1962)
14 Dec 2011 - Jason Clare (b. 1972)
Parliament
House of Representatives
Speakers
9 May 1901 - 23 Jul 1909 Frederick William Holder (from
Jun 1902, Sir Frederick William
Holder) (b. 1850 - d. 1909)
28 Jul 1909 - 30 Jun 1910 Charles Carty Salmon (b. 1861 - d. 1917)
1 Jul 1910 - 8 Jul 1913 Charles McDonald (1st time) (b. 1861 - d. 1925)
9 Jul 1913 - 7 Oct 1914 William Elliot Johnson (1st time) (b. 1862 - d. 1932)
8 Oct 1914 - 13 Jun 1917 Charles McDonald (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Jun 1917 - 27 Feb 1923 William Elliot Johnson (from Jun
1920, Sir William Elliot Johnson)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Feb 1923 - 12 Jan 1926 William Alexander Watt (b. 1871 - d. 1946)
13 Jan 1926 - 11 Oct 1929 Sir Littleton Ernest Groom (b. 1867 - d. 1936)
20 Nov 1929 - 16 Feb 1932 Norman John Oswald Makin (b. 1889 - d. 1982)
17 Feb 1932 - 7 Aug 1934 George Hugh Mackay (b. 1872 - d. 1961)
23 Oct 1934 - 19 Nov 1940 George John Bell (b. 1872 - d. 1944)
20 Nov 1940 - 21 Jun 1943 Walter Maxwell Nairn (b. 1878 - d. 1958)
22 Jun 1943 - 21 Feb 1950 John Solomon Rosevear (b. 1892 - d. 1953)
22 Feb 1950 - 9 Aug 1956 Archie Galbraith Cameron (b. 1895 - d. 1956)
29 Aug 1956 - 31 Oct 1966 John McLeay (from 1 Jan 1962,
Sir John McLeay) (b. 1893 - d. 1982)
21 Feb 1967 - 2 Nov 1972 William John Aston (from Jan 1970,
Sir William John Aston) (b. 1916 - d. 1997)
27 Feb 1973 - 27 Feb 1975 James Francis Cope (b. 1907 - d. 1999)
27 Feb 1975 - 11 Nov 1975 Gordon Scholes (b. 1931)
17 Feb 1976 - 4 Feb 1983 Billy Mackie Snedden (from Jan
1978, Sir Billy Mackie Snedden) (b. 1926 - d. 1987)
22 Apr 1983 - 11 Feb 1986 Henry Alfred Jenkins (b. 1925 - d. 2004)
11 Feb 1986 - 5 Jun 1987 Joan Child (f) (1st time) (b. 1921 - d. 2013)
14 Sep 1987 - 28 Aug 1989 Joan Child (f) (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Aug 1989 - 8 Feb 1993 Leo Boyce McLeay (b. 1945)
4 May 1993 - 29 Jan 1996 Stephen Paul Martin (b. 1948)
30 Apr 1996 - 3 Mar 1998 Robert George Halverson (b. 1937)
4 Mar 1998 - 31 Aug 1998 Ian McCahon Sinclair (b. 1929)
10 Nov 1998 - 16 Nov 2004 Neil Andrew (b. 1944)
16 Nov 2004 - 12 Feb 2008 David Hawker (b. 1949)
12 Feb 2008 - 24 Nov 2011 Harry Jenkins (b. 1952)
24 Nov 2011 - 9 Oct 2012 Peter Slipper (b. 1950)
22 Apr 2012 - Anna Burke (f) (b. 1966)
(acting for Slipper to 9 Oct 2012)
Senate
Presidents
9 May 1901 - 31 Dec 1906 Sir Richard Chaffey Baker (b. 1842 - d. 1911)
20 Feb 1907 - 30 Jun 1910 Albert John Gould (from 1908,
Sir Albert John Gould) (b. 1847 - d. 1936)
1 Jul 1910 - 8 Jul 1913 Henry Turley (b. 1859 - d. 1929)
9 Jul 1913 - 30 Jul 1914 Thomas Givens (1st time) (b. 1864 - d. 1928)
8 Oct 1914 - 30 Jun 1926 Thomas Givens (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jul 1926 - 13 Aug 1929 John Newlands (from 1927,
Sir John Newlands) (b. 1864 - d. 1932)
14 Aug 1929 - 30 Aug 1932 Walter Kingsmill (b. 1864 - d. 1935)
31 Aug 1932 - 30 Jun 1938 Patrick Joseph Lynch (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
1 Jul 1938 - 30 Jun 1941 John Blyth Hayes (b. 1868 - d. 1956)
1 Jul 1941 - 4 Jul 1943 James Cunningham (b. 1879 - d. 1943)
23 Sep 1943 - 19 Mar 1951 Gordon Brown (b. 1885 - d. 1967)
12 Jun 1951 - 7 Sep 1953 Edward William Mattner (b. 1893 - d. 1977)
8 Sep 1953 - 30 Jun 1971 Alister Maxwell McMullin
(from 1957, Sir Alister Maxwell
McMullin) (b. 1900 - d. 1984)
17 Aug 1971 - 11 Apr 1974 Sir Magnus Cameron Cormack (b. 1906 - d. 1994)
9 Jul 1974 - 11 Nov 1975 Justin O'Byrne (b. 1912 - d. 1993)
17 Feb 1976 - 30 Jun 1981 Condor Louis Laucke (from 1979,
Sir Condor Louis Laucke) (b. 1914 - d. 1993)
18 Aug 1981 - 4 Feb 1983 Harold Young (from 1983,
Sir Harold Young) (b. 1923 - d. 2006)
21 Apr 1983 - 23 Jan 1987 Douglas McClelland (b. 1926)
17 Feb 1987 - 5 Jun 1987 Kerry Walter Sibraa (1st time) (b. 1937)
14 Sep 1987 - 31 Jan 1994 Kerry Walter Sibraa (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Feb 1994 - 30 Jun 1996 Michael Eamon Beahan (b. 1937)
20 Aug 1996 - 18 Aug 2002 Margaret Elizabeth Reid (f) (b. 1935)
19 Aug 2002 - 14 Aug 2007 Paul Henry Calvert (b. 1940)
14 Aug 2007 - 25 Aug 2008 Alan Ferguson (b. 1943)
26 Aug 2008 - John Hogg (b. 1949)
Major cities
Melbourne
Mayors
1842 - 1844 Henry Condell (b. 1799 - d. 1871)
1844 - 1845 Henry Moor (1st time) (b. 1809 - d. 1877)
1845 - 1846 James Frederick Palmer (b. 1804 - d. 1871)
1846 - 1847 Henry Moor (2nd time) (s.a.)
Nov 1847 - 1848 Andrew Russell
1848 - 1849 William Montgomerie Bell (b. c.1813 - d. 1867)
1849 - 1850 Augustus Frederick Adolphus
Greeves (b. 1805 - d. 1874)
1850 - 1851 William Nicholson (b. 1816 - d. 1865)
1851 - 1853 John Thomas Smith (1st time)
1853 - 1854 John Hodgson (b. ... - d. 1860)
1854 - 1856 John Thomas Smith (2nd time)
1856 - 1857 Peter Davis (b. 1815? - d. 1879)
1857 - 1858 John Thomas Smith (3rd time)
1858 - 1859 Henry Swallows Walsh
1859 - 1860 Richard Eades
1860 - 1861 John Thomas Smith (4th time)
1861 - 1862 Robert Bennett (b. 1821? - d. 1891)
1862 - 1863 Edward Cohen
1863 - 1864 John Thomas Smith (5th time)
1864 - 1865 George Wragg
1865 - 1866 William Bayles (b. 1820 - d. 1903)
1866 - 1867 William Williams
1867 - 1868 James Stewart Butters (b. 1832 - d. 1912)
1868 - 1869 Tomas Moubray
1869 - 1870 Samuel Amess (b. 1826 - d. 1898)
1870 - 1871 Thomas McPherson (b. 1823 - d. 1888)
1871 - 1872 Orlando Fenwick (b. 1822 - d. 1897)
1872 - 1873 Thomas O'Grady (b. 1824 - d. 1890)
1873 - 1874 John McIlwraith (b. 1823 - d. 1902)
1874 - 1875 James Gatehouse (b. 1824 - d. 1891)
1875 - 1876 Alexander Kennedy Smith (b. ... - d. 1881)
1876 - 1877 James Paterson (b. 1826 - d. 1906)
1877 - 1878 John Pigdon (b. 1832 - d. 1903)
1878 - 1879 Joseph Story
1879 - 1881 George Meares (b. 1826? - d. 1903)
1881 - 1882 Cornelius Job Ham (b. 1837 - d. 1909)
9 Oct 1882 - 1883 James Dodgshun (b. 1833 - d. 1904)
Oct 1883 - 1884 Charles Smith (b. 1833? - d. 1903)
1884 - 1885 Godfrey Downes Carter (b. 1830 - d. 1902)
1885 - 1886 James Cooper Stewart
25 Oct 1886 - 1887 William Cain (b. 1831 - d. 1914)
1887 - 1889 Benjamin Benjamin (from 1889,
Sir Benjamin Benjamin) (b. 1834 - d. 1905)
Oct 1889 - 1892 Matthew Lang (b. 1830 - d. 1893)
1892 - 1895 Arthur Snowden (from 1894,
Sir Arthur Snowden)
1895 - 1897 William Strong
1897 - 1900 Malcolm Donald McEacharn (from
1900, Sir Malcolm Donald
McEacharn) (b. 1852 - d. 1910)
1900 - 9 Oct 1902 Samuel Gillott (from 1901,
Sir Samuel Gillott) (b. 18... - d. 1913)
Lord mayors
9 Oct 1902 - 1903 Sir Samuel Gillott (s.a.)
1903 - 1904 Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn (s.a.)
1904 - 1905 Charles Pleasance (b. 1850 - d. 1915)
1905 - 1908 Henry Weedon (from 1908,
Sir Henry Weedon) (b. 1859 - d. 1921)
1908 - 1910 James Burston (b. 1856 - d. 1920)
1910 - 1912 Thomas James Davey (b. 1844 - d. 1927)
1912 - 1917 David Valentine Hennessy (from
1915, Sir David Valentine
Hennessy) (b. 1858 - d. 1923)
1917 - 1918 Frank Stapley
1918 - 1919 William Whyte Cabena (b. 1853 - d. 1928)
1919 - 1920 John George Aikman (b. 1859 - d. 1928)
1920 - 1923 John Warren Swanson (from 1923,
Sir John Warren Swanson) (b. 1865 - d. 1924)
1923 - 1926 William Brunton (from 1925,
Sir William Brunton) (b. ... - d. 1938)
1926 - 1928 Stephen Joseph Morell (from 1927,
Sir Stephen Joseph Morell) (b. 1869 - d. 1944)
1928 - 1931 Harold Daniel Luxton (b. 1888 - d. 1957)
1931 - 1934 Harold Gengoult Smith (from 1933,
Sir Harold Gengoult Smith)
1934 - 1937 Alexander George Wales (from 1936,
Sir Alexander George Wales)
1937 - 1938 Edward Campbell (b. 1883 - d. 1944)
1938 - 1940 Arthur William Coles
1940 1942 Frank Beaurepaire (from 1942,
Sir Frank Beaurepaire) (b. 1891 - d. 1956)
1942 - 1945 Thomas Sydney Nettlefold (from
1945, Sir Thomas Sydney
Nettlefold) (b. 1879 - d. 1956)
1945 - 1948 Francis Raymond Connelly (from
1 Jan 1948, Sir Francis Raymond
Connelly) (b. 1895 - d. 1949)
1948 - 1951 James Stanley Disney (from 1950,
Sir James Stanley Disney) (b. 1896 - d. 1952)
1951 - 1952 Oliver John Nilsen
1952 - 1953 William John Brens
1953 - 1954 Robert Henry Solly
1954 - 1957 Francis Palmer Selleck (from 1955,
Sir Frank Selleck)
1957 - 1959 Frederick William Thomas (from 1958,
Sir Frederick William Thomas)
1959 - 1961 Bernard Evans
1961 - 1963 Maurice Arnold Nathan (from 1962,
Sir Maurice Arnold Nathan)
1963 - 1965 Edward Leo Curtis (from 1964,
Sir Edward Leo Curtis)
1965 - 1967 Ian Francis Beaurepaire
1967 - 1969 Reginald Thomas Anthony Talbot
1969 - 1971 Edward Wallace Best (b. 1917 - d. 1992)
1971 - 1972 Alwynne Rowlands
1972 - 1974 Alan Douglas Whalley
1974 - 1976 Ronald Joseph Walker
1976 - 1977 Donald George Osborne
1977 - 1979 Irvin Rockman (b. 1938 - d. 2010)
1979 - 1980 Ralph Angelo Bernardi
1980 - 5 May 1981 John Willian Woodruff
6 May 1981 - 13 Dec 1982 Peter Francis Thorley
(chief commissioner)
1982 - 1983 John Willian Gardner
1983 - 1984 Kevin Francis Chamberlin
1984 - 1985 Ewin John Beacham
1985 - 1986 Thomas Simon Lynch
1986 - 1987 Trevor Huggard
1987 - 1988 Alexis Ord (f)
1988 - 1989 Winsome McCaughey (f)
1989 - 1990 William Deveney
1990 - 1991 Richard Wynne
1991 - 1992 Richard Meldrum (b. 1928)
1992 - 1993 Desmond Clark
Aug 1993 - Nov 1993 Alan Watson
18 Nov 1993 - 25 Mar 1996 Kevan Gosper (chief commissioner) (b. 1933)
26 Mar 1996 - 1999 Ivan Deveson (b. 1934)
1999 - 2001 Peter Costigan (b. 1935 - d. 2002)
2001 - 4 Dec 2008 John So (b. 1946)
4 Dec 2008 - Robert Doyle (b. 1953)
Sydney
Mayors
12 Aug 1842 - 9 Nov 1842 Charles Windeyer
1842 - 1843 John Hosking
1843 - 1844 James Robert Wilshire
1845 George Allen
1846 H. McDermott
1847 Joshua Frey Josephson
1849 Edward Flood
1850 George Hill
1851 - 1852 William Edward Thurlow
1853 Daniel Egan
1854 - 1856 Gilbert Eliot (chief commissioner)
1857 George Thornton
1858 John Williams
1859 George Smith
1860 James Murphy
1861 John Sutherland
1862 James Oatley
1863 Thomas Spence
1864 William Speer
1865 John Woods
1866 John Sutton
1867 - 1869 Charles Moore
1869 - 1870 Walter Renny
1871 - 1872 Michael Chapman
1873 James Merriman (1st time)
1874 Stephen Styles Goold
1875 - 1876 Benjamin Palmer
1877 - 1878 James Merriman (2nd time)
1879 Charles James Roberts
1880 Robert Fowler
1881 - 1883 John Harris (1st time)
1884 John Hardie
1885 Thomas Playfair
1886 John Young
1887 Alban Joseph Riley
1888 - 1889 John Harris (2nd time)
1890 - 1891 Sydney Burdekin
1891 - 1894 Sir William Patrick Manning
1895 Samuel Edward Lees
1896 - 1897 Isaac Ellis Ives
1898 - 1900 Sir Matthew Harris
1901 Sir James Graham
1902 Sir Thomas Hughes
Lord mayors
1902 - 1903 Sir Thomas Hughes (1st time) (b. 1863 - d. 1930)
1904 Samuel Edward Lees
1905 - 1906 Allen Arthur Taylor (1st time) (b. 1864 - d. 1940)
1907 - 1908 Sir Thomas Hughes (2nd time) (s.a.)
1909 - 1912 Allen Arthur Taylor (from 1911,
Sir Allen Arthur Taylor)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1912 George Thomas Clarke
1913 Sir Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks (b. 1862 - d. 1943)
1914 - 1915 Richard Watkins Richards (1st time)
1916 - 1917 Richard Denis Meagher
1918 James Joynton Smith (b. 1855 - d. 1943)
1919 John English
1919 - 1920 Sir Richard Watkins Richards (2nd time)
16 Mar 1920 - 31 Dec 1920 William Patrick Fitzgerald
1921 William Henry Lambert
1922 William Percy McElhone
1923 - 1924 David Gilpin
1925 - 1926 Patrick Vincent Stokes
1927 John Harold Mostyn
City commissioners
1 Jan 1928 - 30 Jun 1930 E.P. Fleming
1 Jan 1928 - 30 Jun 1930 H.E. Morton
30 Oct 1928 - 30 Jun 1930 J. Garlick
30 Oct 1928 - 30 Jun 1930 H. Gordon Bennett
Lord mayors
1930 Ernest Samuel Marks (b. 1872 - d. 1947)
1931 Joseph Jackson
1932 Samuel Walder (b. 1879 - d. 1946)
1933 R.C. Hagon
1934 Sir Alfred L. Parker (b. 1875 - d. 1935)
22 Oct 1935 - 31 Dec 1935 Arthur McElhone
1936 - 1937 Archibald Howie (b. 1879 - d. 1943)
1938 - 1939 Norman L. Nock (from 1939,
Sir Norman L. Nock) (b. 1899 - d. 1990)
1940 - 1942 Stanley S. Crick
1943 - 1944 R.J. Bartley (1st time)
1945 W. Neville Harding
1946 - 1948 R.J. Bartley (2nd time)
1949 - 1952 E.C. O'Dea
1953 - 1956 Patrick Darcy Hills
1957 - 1965 Henry Frederick Jensen
1966 - 1967 John Armstrong (b. 1908 - d. 1977)
14 Nov 1967 - 26 Sep 1969 Vernon Haddon Treatt (b. 1897 - d. 1984)
(chief commissioner)
7 Oct 1969 - 25 Sep 1972 Emmet McDermott (from 1972,
Sir Emmet McDermott) (b. 1911 - d. 2002)
25 Sep 1972 - 24 Sep 1973 David Griffin (b. 1915)
24 Sep 1973 - 26 Sep 1975 Nicholas Shehadie (b. 1926)
26 Sep 1975 - 26 Aug 1978 Leo Port
4 Nov 1978 - 1980 Nelson John Meers
1980 - 26 Mar 1987 Douglas William Sutherland
26 Mar 1987 - 31 Dec 1988 Sir Eric Neal (b. 1924)
(administrator to 6 Apr 1987, then chief commissioner)
1 Jan 1989 - 18 Sep 1991 Jeremy Bingham
18 Sep 1991 - 8 Apr 2003 Frank Sartor (b. 1951)
8 Apr 2003 - 8 Apr 2004 Lucy Turnbull (f) (b. 1958)
8 Apr 2004 - Clover Moore (f) (b. 1945)