Rulers: Australia
Ministries, etc.
Key ministries
Deputy prime ministers
10 Jan 1968 - 5 Feb 1971 John McEwen (b. 1900 - d. 1980)
5 Feb 1971 - 5 Dec 1972 Doug Anthony (1st time) (b. 1929 - d. 2020)
5 Dec 1972 - 12 Jun 1974 Lance Barnard (b. 1919 - d. 1997)
12 Jun 1974 - 2 Jul 1975 Jim Cairns (b. 1914 - d. 2003)
2 Jul 1975 - 11 Nov 1975 Frank Crean (b. 1916 - d. 2008)
12 Nov 1975 - 11 Mar 1983 Doug Anthony (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Mar 1983 - 4 Apr 1990 Lionel Frost Bowen (b. 1922 - d. 2012)
4 Apr 1990 - 3 Jun 1991 Paul Keating (b. 1944)
3 Jun 1991 - 20 Jun 1995 Brian Howe (b. 1936)
20 Jun 1995 - 11 Mar 1996 Kim Beazley (b. 1948)
11 Mar 1996 - 20 Jul 1999 Tim Fischer (b. 1946 - d. 2019)
20 Jul 1999 - 6 Jul 2005 John Anderson (b. 1956)
6 Jul 2005 - 3 Dec 2007 Mark Vaile (b. 1956)
3 Dec 2007 - 24 Jun 2010 Julia Gillard (f) (b. 1961)
24 Jun 2010 - 27 Jun 2013 Wayne Swan (b. 1954)
27 Jun 2013 - 18 Sep 2013 Anthony Albanese (b. 1963)
18 Sep 2013 - 18 Feb 2016 Warren Truss (b. 1948)
18 Feb 2016 - 27 Oct 2017 Barnaby Joyce (1st time) (b. 1967)
6 Dec 2017 - 26 Feb 2018 Barnaby Joyce (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Feb 2018 - 22 Jun 2021 Michael McCormack (b. 1964)
22 Jun 2021 - 23 May 2022 Barnaby Joyce (3rd time) (s.a.)
23 May 2022 - Richard Marles (b. 1967)
Foreign Affairs
Ministers
- External Affairs -
1 Jan 1901 - 24 Sep 1903 Edmund Barton (from 26 Jun 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 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 - d. 2014)
6 Nov 1973 - 11 Nov 1975 Don Willesee (b. 1916 - d. 2003)
11 Nov 1975 - 3 Nov 1980 Andrew Peacock (b. 1939 - d. 2021)
3 Nov 1980 - 11 Mar 1983 Anthony Street (b. 1926 - d. 2022)
11 Mar 1983 - 17 Aug 1988 Bill Hayden (b. 1933 - d. 2023)
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 - 18 Sep 2013 Bob Carr (b. 1947)
18 Sep 2013 - 28 Aug 2018 Julie Bishop (f) (b. 1956)
28 Aug 2018 - 23 May 2022 Marise Payne (f) (b. 1964)
23 May 2022 - Penny Wong (f) (b. 1968)
Defence
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 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 23 Jun 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)
- Defence 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)
- Defence -
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 Dedman (b. 1896 - d. 1973)
19 Dec 1949 - 24 Oct 1950 Eric Harrison (b. 1892 - d. 1974)
24 Oct 1950 - 10 Dec 1958 Philip McBride (from 1 Jan 1953,
Sir Philip McBride) (b. 1892 - d. 1982)
10 Dec 1958 - 18 Dec 1963 Athol Townley (b. 1905 - d. 1963)
18 Dec 1963 - 24 Apr 1964 Paul Hasluck (b. 1905 - d. 1993)
24 Apr 1964 - 19 Jan 1966 Shane Paltridge (from 1 Jan 1966,
Sir Shane 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 - d. 2015)
10 Mar 1971 - 13 Aug 1971 John Grey Gorton (b. 1911 - d. 2002)
13 Aug 1971 - 5 Dec 1972 David Fairbairn (b. 1917 - d. 1994)
5 Dec 1972 - 6 Jun 1975 Lance Barnard (b. 1919 - d. 1997)
6 Jun 1975 - 11 Nov 1975 William Morrison (b. 1928 - d. 2013)
11 Nov 1975 - 7 May 1982 James Killen (b. 1925 - d. 2007)
7 May 1982 - 11 Mar 1983 Ian Sinclair (b. 1929)
11 Mar 1983 - 13 Dec 1984 Gordon Scholes (b. 1931 - d. 2018)
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 - d. 2022)
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 - 18 Sep 2013 Stephen Smith (b. 1955)
18 Sep 2013 - 23 Dec 2014 David Johnston (b. 1956)
23 Dec 2014 - 21 Sep 2015 Kevin Andrews (b. 1955 - d. 2024)
21 Sep 2015 - 28 Aug 2018 Marise Payne (f) (b. 1964)
28 Aug 2018 - 29 May 2019 Christopher Pyne (b. 1967)
29 May 2019 - 29 Mar 2021 Linda Reynolds (f) (b. 1965)
29 Mar 2021 - 23 May 2022 Peter Dutton (b. 1970)
1 Jun 2022 - Richard Marles (b. 1967)
Army
Ministers
13 Nov 1939 - 13 Aug 1940 Geoffrey Austin Street (s.a.)
14 Aug 1940 - 28 Oct 1940 Philip 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 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 - d. 2019)
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 - d. 2021)
2 Feb 1972 - 5 Dec 1972 Robert Cummin Katter (b. 1918 - d. 1990)
5 Dec 1972 - 30 Nov 1973 Lance 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 7 Jun
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 - d. 2014)
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 - d. 2023)
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 - d. 2019)
4 Jun 1991 - 9 Dec 1991 John Kerin (b. 1937 - d. 2023)
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 - 27 Jun 2013 Wayne Swan (b. 1954)
27 Jun 2013 - 18 Sep 2013 Chris Bowen (b. 1973)
18 Sep 2013 - 21 Sep 2015 Joe Hockey (b. 1965)
21 Sep 2015 - 24 Aug 2018 Scott Morrison (b. 1968)
24 Aug 2018 - 23 May 2022 Josh Frydenberg (b. 1971)
23 May 2022 - Jim Chalmers (b. 1978)
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 - d. 2020)
11 Mar 1983 - 13 Dec 1984 John Dawkins (s.a.)
13 Dec 1984 - 4 Apr 1990 Peter Walsh (b. 1935 - d. 2015)
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 - d. 2020)
- Finance and Administration -
9 Oct 1997 - 26 Nov 2001 John Fahey (s.a.)
26 Nov 2001 - 3 Dec 2007 Nick Minchin (b. 1953)
- Finance and Deregulation -
3 Dec 2007 - 3 Sep 2010 Lindsay Tanner (b. 1956)
3 Sep 2010 - 14 Sep 2010 Wayne Swan (acting) (s.a.)
14 Sep 2010 - 18 Sep 2013 Penny Wong (f) (b. 1968)
- Finance -
18 Sep 2013 - 30 Oct 2020 Mathias Cormann (b. 1970)
30 Oct 2020 - 23 May 2022 Simon Birmingham (b. 1974)
23 May 2022 - Katy Gallagher (f) (b. 1970)
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 Irvine (from 22 Jun 1914,
Sir William 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 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 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 Tom Hughes (b. 1923 - d. 2024)
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 - d. 2014)
19 Dec 1972 - 10 Feb 1975 Lionel Murphy (b. 1922 - d. 1986)
10 Feb 1975 - 11 Nov 1975 Keppel Earl Enderby (b. 1926 - d. 2015)
11 Nov 1975 - 22 Dec 1975 Ivor John Greenwood (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Dec 1975 - 6 Sep 1977 Robert James Ellicott (b. 1927 - d. 2022)
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 - 4 Feb 2013 Nicola Roxon (f) (b. 1967)
4 Feb 2013 - 18 Sep 2013 Mark Dreyfus (1st time) (b. 1956)
18 Sep 2013 - 20 Dec 2017 George Brandis (b. 1957)
20 Dec 2017 - 29 Mar 2021 Christian Porter (b. 1970)
29 Mar 2021 - 23 May 2022 Michaelia Cash (f) (b. 1970)
1 Jun 2022 - Mark Dreyfus (2nd time) (s.a.)
Ministers
18 Sep 1987 - 24 Mar 1993 Michael Tate (b. 1945)
24 Mar 1993 - 11 Mar 1996 Duncan Kerr (b. 1952)
11 Mar 1996 - 9 Oct 1997 Daryl Williams (b. 1942)
9 Oct 1997 - 30 Jan 2001 Amanda Vanstone (f) (b. 1952)
30 Jan 2001 - 9 Mar 2007 Chris Ellison (b. 1954)
9 Mar 2007 - 3 Dec 2007 David Johnston (b. 1956)
14 Sep 2010 - 14 Dec 2011 Brendan O'Connor (b. 1962)
14 Dec 2011 - 18 Sep 2013 Jason Clare (b. 1972)
18 Sep 2013 - 20 Dec 2017 Michael Keenan (b. 1972)
Home Affairs
Note: The minister for home affairs was not a senior minister in Australia until 2017.
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 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 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 McBride (b. 1892 - d. 1982)
24 Oct 1950 - 11 May 1951 Eric Harrison (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 May 1951 - 11 Jan 1956 Wilfrid 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 - d. 2020)
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 Barnard (b. 1919 - d. 1997)
- Home Affairs -
20 Dec 1977 - 17 Feb 1981 Robert James Ellicott (b. 1927 - d. 2022)
17 Feb 1981 - 19 Mar 1981 Michael MacKellar (b. 1938 - d. 2015)
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 - d. 2017)
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 - 18 Sep 2013 Jason Clare (b. 1972)
20 Dec 2017 - 21 Aug 2018 Peter Dutton (1st time) (b. 1970)
21 Aug 2018 - 27 Aug 2018 Scott Morrison (acting) (b. 1968)
27 Aug 2018 - 29 Mar 2021 Peter Dutton (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Mar 2021 - 23 May 2022 Karen Andrews (f) (b. 1960)
1 Jun 2022 - 29 Jul 2024 Clare O'Neil (f) (b. 1980)
29 Jul 2024 - Tony Burke (b. 1969)
Parliament
House of Representatives
Speakers
9 May 1901 - 23 Jul 1909 Frederick William Holder (from 26
Jun 1902, Sir Frederick William
Holder) (b. 1850 - d. 1909)
28 Jul 1909 - 1 Jul 1910 Charles Carty Salmon (b. 1861 - d. 1917)
1 Jul 1910 - 9 Jul 1913 Charles McDonald (1st time) (b. 1861 - d. 1925)
9 Jul 1913 - 8 Oct 1914 William Elliot Johnson (1st time) (b. 1862 - d. 1932)
8 Oct 1914 - 14 Jun 1917 Charles McDonald (2nd time) (s.a.)
14 Jun 1917 - 28 Feb 1923 William Elliot Johnson (from 5 Jun
1920, Sir William Elliot Johnson)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Feb 1923 - 13 Jan 1926 William Alexander Watt (b. 1871 - d. 1946)
13 Jan 1926 - 20 Nov 1929 Sir Littleton Ernest Groom (b. 1867 - d. 1936)
20 Nov 1929 - 17 Feb 1932 Norman Makin (b. 1889 - d. 1982)
17 Feb 1932 - 23 Oct 1934 George Hugh Mackay (b. 1872 - d. 1961)
23 Oct 1934 - 20 Nov 1940 George John Bell (b. 1872 - d. 1944)
20 Nov 1940 - 22 Jun 1943 Walter Maxwell Nairn (b. 1878 - d. 1958)
22 Jun 1943 - 22 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 - 21 Feb 1967 John McLeay (from 1 Jan 1962,
Sir John McLeay) (b. 1893 - d. 1982)
21 Feb 1967 - 27 Feb 1973 William John Aston (from 1 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 - 17 Feb 1976 Gordon Scholes (b. 1931 - d. 2018)
17 Feb 1976 - 22 Apr 1983 Billy Mackie Snedden (from 31 Dec
1977, Sir Billy Mackie Snedden) (b. 1926 - d. 1987)
22 Apr 1983 - 11 Feb 1986 Henry Alfred Jenkins (b. 1925 - d. 2004)
11 Feb 1986 - 29 Aug 1989 Joan Child (f) (b. 1921 - d. 2013)
29 Aug 1989 - 4 May 1993 Leo Boyce McLeay (b. 1945)
4 May 1993 - 30 Apr 1996 Stephen Paul Martin (b. 1948)
30 Apr 1996 - 4 Mar 1998 Bob Halverson (b. 1937 - d. 2016)
4 Mar 1998 - 10 Nov 1998 Ian 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 - 12 Nov 2013 Anna Burke (f) (b. 1966)
(acting for Slipper to 9 Oct 2012)
12 Nov 2013 - 2 Aug 2015 Bronwyn Bishop (f) (b. 1942)
10 Aug 2015 - 23 Nov 2021 Tony Smith (b. 1967)
23 Nov 2021 - Andrew Wallace (b. 1968)
Senate
Presidents
9 May 1901 - 31 Dec 1906 Sir Richard Chaffey Baker (b. 1842 - d. 1911)
20 Feb 1907 - 1 Jul 1910 Albert John Gould (from 17 Dec
1908, Sir Albert John Gould) (b. 1847 - d. 1936)
1 Jul 1910 - 9 Jul 1913 Henry Turley (b. 1859 - d. 1929)
9 Jul 1913 - 1 Jul 1926 Thomas Givens (b. 1864 - d. 1928)
1 Jul 1926 - 14 Aug 1929 John Newlands (from 8 Jul 1927,
Sir John Newlands) (b. 1864 - d. 1932)
14 Aug 1929 - 31 Aug 1932 Walter Kingsmill (b. 1864 - d. 1935)
31 Aug 1932 - 30 Jun 1938 Patrick Joseph Lynch (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
1 Jul 1938 - 1 Jul 1941 John Blyth Hayes (b. 1868 - d. 1956)
1 Jul 1941 - 4 Jul 1943 James Cunningham (b. 1879 - d. 1943)
23 Sep 1943 - 12 Jun 1951 Gordon Brown (b. 1885 - d. 1967)
12 Jun 1951 - 8 Sep 1953 Edward William Mattner (b. 1893 - d. 1977)
8 Sep 1953 - 30 Jun 1971 Alister Maxwell McMullin (from
13 Jun 1957, Sir Alister Maxwell
McMullin) (b. 1900 - d. 1984)
17 Aug 1971 - 9 Jul 1974 Sir Magnus Cameron Cormack (b. 1906 - d. 1994)
9 Jul 1974 - 17 Feb 1976 Justin O'Byrne (b. 1912 - d. 1993)
17 Feb 1976 - 30 Jun 1981 Condor Louis Laucke (from 30 Dec
1978, Sir Condor Louis Laucke) (b. 1914 - d. 1993)
18 Aug 1981 - 4 Feb 1983 Harold Young (from 31 Dec 1982,
Sir Harold Young) (b. 1923 - d. 2006)
21 Apr 1983 - 23 Jan 1987 Douglas McClelland (b. 1926)
17 Feb 1987 - 1 Feb 1994 Kerry Walter Sibraa (b. 1937)
1 Feb 1994 - 30 Jun 1996 Michael Beahan (b. 1937 - d. 2022)
20 Aug 1996 - 19 Aug 2002 Margaret Elizabeth Reid (f) (b. 1935)
19 Aug 2002 - 14 Aug 2007 Paul Henry Calvert (b. 1940)
14 Aug 2007 - 26 Aug 2008 Alan Ferguson (b. 1943)
26 Aug 2008 - 30 Jun 2014 John Hogg (b. 1949)
7 Jul 2014 - 2 Nov 2017 Stephen Parry (b. 1960)
13 Nov 2017 - 18 Oct 2021 Scott Ryan (b. 1973)
18 Oct 2021 - Slade Brockman (b. 1970)
Major cities
Melbourne
Mayors
1842 - 1844 Henry Condell (b. 1797 - d. 1871)
1844 - 1845 Henry Moor (1st time) (b. 1809 - d. 1877)
1845 - 1846 James Frederick Palmer (b. 1803 - d. 1871)
1846 - 1847 Henry Moor (2nd time) (s.a.)
Nov 1847 - 1848 Andrew Russell (b. 1809 - d. 1867)
1848 - 1849 William Montgomerie Bell (b. c.1813 - d. 1867)
1849 - 1850 Augustus Frederick Adolphus
Greeves (b. 1806 - d. 1874)
1850 - 1851 William Nicholson (b. 1816 - d. 1865)
1851 - 1853 John Thomas Smith (1st time) (b. 1816 - d. 1879)
1853 - 1854 John Hodgson (b. 1799 - d. 1860)
1854 - 1856 John Thomas Smith (2nd time) (s.a.)
1856 - 1857 Peter Davis (b. 1815? - d. 1879)
1857 - 1858 John Thomas Smith (3rd time) (s.a.)
1858 - 1859 Henry Sallows Walsh (b. 1804? - d. 1877)
1859 - 1860 Richard Eades
1860 - 1861 John Thomas Smith (4th time) (s.a.)
1861 - 1862 Robert Bennett (b. 1822 - d. 1891)
1862 - 1863 Edward Cohen (b. 1822 - d. 1877)
1863 - 1864 John Thomas Smith (5th time) (s.a.)
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. 1824 - 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. 1825 - 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 22 Jun
1889, Sir Benjamin Benjamin) (b. 1834 - d. 1905)
Oct 1889 - 1892 Matthew Lang (b. 1830 - d. 1893)
1892 - 1895 Arthur Snowden (from 15 Jul 1895,
Sir Arthur Snowden) (b. 1829 - d. 1918)
1895 - 1897 William Strong
1897 - 1900 Malcolm Donald McEacharn (from 22
Jan 1900, Sir Malcolm Donald
McEacharn) (b. 1852 - d. 1910)
1900 - 9 Oct 1902 Samuel Gillott (from 31 Oct 1901,
Sir Samuel Gillott) (b. 1838 - 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 27 Jul 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
5 Mar 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. 1858 - d. 1928)
1920 - 1923 John Warren Swanson (from 2 Jun
1923, Sir John Warren Swanson) (b. 1865 - d. 1924)
1923 - 1926 William Brunton (from 1 Jan 1926,
Sir William Brunton) (b. 1867 - d. 1938)
1926 - 1928 Stephen Joseph Morell (from 9 May
1927, Sir Stephen Joseph Morell) (b. 1869 - d. 1944)
1928 - 1931 Harold Daniel Luxton (b. 1888 - d. 1957)
1931 - 1934 Harold Gengoult Smith (from 4 Jun
1934, Sir Harold Gengoult Smith) (b. 1890 - d. 1983)
1934 - 1937 Alexander George Wales (from 11
May 1937, Sir Alexander George
Wales) (b. 1885 - d. 1962)
1937 - 1938 Edward Campbell (b. 1883 - d. 1944)
1938 - 1940 Arthur William Coles (b. 1892 - d. 1982)
1940 1942 Frank Beaurepaire (from 11 Jun
1942, Sir Frank Beaurepaire) (b. 1891 - d. 1956)
1942 - 1945 Thomas Sydney Nettlefold (from
1 Jan 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 1 Jan
1951, Sir James Stanley Disney) (b. 1896 - d. 1952)
1951 - 1952 Oliver John Nilsen (b. 1884 - d. 1977)
1952 - 1953 William John Brens
1953 - 1954 Robert Henry Solly (b. 1883 - d. 1968)
1954 - 1957 Francis Palmer Selleck (from 2 Jan
1956, Sir Francis Palmer Selleck) (b. 1895 - d. 1976)
1957 - 1959 Frederick William Thomas (from 13
Jun 1959, Sir Frederick William
Thomas)
1959 - 1961 Bernard Evans (b. 1905 - d. 1981)
Aug 1961 - 1963 Maurice Arnold Nathan (from 1 Jan
1963, Sir Maurice Arnold Nathan)
1963 - 1965 Edward Leo Curtis (from 12 Jun
1965, 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 (b. 1939 - d. 2018)
1976 - 1977 Donald George Osborne
1977 - 1979 Irvin Rockman (b. 1938 - d. 2010)
1979 - 1980 Ralph Angelo Bernardi (b. 1929 - d. 2012)
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 (b. 1955)
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 - d. 2024)
1999 - 2001 Peter Costigan (b. 1935 - d. 2002)
2001 - 4 Dec 2008 John So (b. 1946)
4 Dec 2008 - 4 Feb 2018 Robert Doyle (b. 1953)
4 Feb 2018 - 24 May 2018 Arron Wood (acting) (b. 1976?)
24 May 2018 - Sally Capp (f)
Sydney
Mayors
12 Aug 1842 - 9 Nov 1842 Charles Windeyer (b. 1780 - d. 1855)
Nov 1842 - Sep 1843 John Hosking (b. 1806 - d. 1882)
Sep 1843 - Nov 1844 James Robert Wilshire (b. 1809 - d. 1860)
Nov 1844 - Nov 1845 George Allen (b. 1800 - d. 1877)
Nov 1845 - Nov 1846 Henry Macdermott (b. 1798 - d. 1848)
Nov 1846 - Nov 1847 Thomas Stafford Broughton (b. 1810 - d. 1901)
Nov 1847 - Nov 1848 Joshua Frey Josephson (b. 1815 - d. 1892)
Nov 1848 - 1849 Edward Flood (b. 1805 - d. 1888)
1849 - 1850 George Hill (1st time) (b. 1802 - d. 1883)
1851 William Edward Thurlow (1st time) (b. 1815 - d. 1873)
1 Jan 1852 - 10 Jan 1852 George Hill (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jan 1852 - Dec 1852 William Edward Thurlow (2nd time) (s.a.)
22 Dec 1852 - 31 Dec 1852 George Thornton (1st time) (b. 1819 - d. 1901)
1853 Daniel Egan (b. 1803 - d. 1870)
Jan 1854 - 1856 Gilbert Eliott (b. 1796 - d. 1871)
(chief commissioner)
1857 George Thornton (2nd time) (s.a.)
1858 John Williams (b. 1821 - d. 1891)
1859 George Smith (b. 1826 - d. 1889)
1860 James Murphy (b. c.1804 - d. ...)
1861 John Sutherland (b. 1816 - d. 1889)
1862 James Oatley (b. 1817 - d. 1878)
1863 Thomas Spence (b. 1802 - d. 1878)
1864 William Speer (b. 1818 - d. 1900)
1865 John Woods (b. 1828 - d. 1886)
1866 John Sutton (b. 1806 - d. 1885)
1867 - 1869 Charles Moore (b. 1820 - d. 1895)
1869 - 1870 Walter Renny (b. ... - d. 1878)
1871 - 1872 Michael Chapman (b. 1822 - d. 1906)
1873 James Merriman (1st time) (b. 1816 - d. 1883)
1874 Stephen Styles Goold (b. 1817 - d. 1876)
1875 - 1876 Benjamin Palmer (b. 1828 - d. 1893)
1877 - 1878 James Merriman (2nd time) (s.a.)
1879 Charles James Roberts (b. 1846 - d. 1925)
1880 Robert Fowler (b. 1840 - d. 1906)
1881 - 1883 John Harris (1st time) (b. 1838 - d. 1911)
1884 John Hardie (b. 1833 - d. 1904)
1885 Thomas Playfair (b. 1832 - d. 1893)
1886 John Young (b. 1827 - d. 1907)
1887 Alban Joseph Riley (b. 1844 - d. 1914)
1888 - 1889 John Harris (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jan 1890 - Apr 1891 Sydney Burdekin (b. 1839 - d. 1899)
1891 - 1894 William Patrick Manning (from 15
Feb 1894, Sir William Patrick
Manning) (b. 1845 - d. 1915)
1895 Samuel Edward Lees (b. 1843 - d. 1916)
1896 - 1897 Isaac Ellis Ives (b. 1839 - d. 1906)
1898 - 1900 Matthew Harris (from 17 Aug 1899,
Sir Matthew Harris) (b. 1841 - d. 1917)
1901 James Graham (from 31 Oct 1901,
Sir James Graham) (b. 1856 - d. 1913)
1902 Sir Thomas Hughes (b. 1863 - d. 1930)
Lord mayors
1902 - 1903 Sir Thomas Hughes (1st time) (s.a.)
1904 Samuel Edward Lees (s.a.)
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 24 Jul
1911, Sir Allen Arthur Taylor)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1912 George Thomas Clarke (b. 1853 - d. 1925)
1913 Arthur Alfred Clement Cocks (b. 1862 - d. 1943)
1914 - 1915 Richard Watkins Richards
(1st time) (b. 1863 - d. 1920)
1916 - 1917 Richard Denis Meagher (b. 1866 - d. 1931)
1918 James Joynton Smith (b. 1855 - d. 1943)
1919 - 8 Mar 1919 John English (b. 1857 - d. 1919)
Mar 1919 - 12 Mar 1920 Richard Watkins Richards (from
31 Dec 1919, Sir Richard Watkins
Richards) (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Mar 1920 - 31 Dec 1920 William Patrick Fitzgerald (b. 1864 - d. 1938)
1921 William Henry Lambert (b. 1881 - d. 1928)
1922 William Percy McElhone (b. 1871 - d. 1932)
1923 - 1924 David Gilpin (b. 1863 - d. 1952)
1925 - 1926 Patrick Vincent Stokes (b. 1884 - d. 1945)
1927 John Harold Mostyn (b. 1887 - d. 1956)
City commissioners
1 Jan 1928 - 3 Oct 1928 Edmund Patrick Fleming (b. ... - d. 1928)
1 Jan 1928 - 30 Jun 1930 Henry Edgar Morton
30 Oct 1928 - 30 Jun 1930 John Garlick (b. ... - d. 1942)
30 Oct 1928 - 30 Jun 1930 Henry Gordon Bennett (b. 1887 - d. 1962)
Lord mayors
1930 Ernest Samuel Marks (b. 1872 - d. 1947)
1931 Joseph Jackson (b. 1874 - d. 1961)
1932 Samuel Walder (b. 1879 - d. 1946)
1933 Richard Charles Hagon (b. 1855 - d. 1944)
1934 - 18 Oct 1935 Alfred L. Parker (from 3 Jun 1935,
Sir Alfred L. Parker) (b. 1875 - d. 1935)
22 Oct 1935 - 31 Dec 1935 Arthur McElhone (b. 1868 - d. 1946)
1936 - 1937 Archibald Howie (b. 1879 - d. 1943)
1938 - 1939 Norman L. Nock (from 8 Jun 1939,
Sir Norman L. Nock) (b. 1899 - d. 1990)
1940 - Dec 1942 Stanley S. Crick (b. 1888 - d. 1955)
1943 - 1944 Reginald James Bartley (1st time) (b. 1899 - d. 1982)
1945 W. Neville Harding (b. 1893 - d. 1978)
1946 - 1948 Reginald James Bartley (2nd time) (s.a.)
1949 - 1952 Ernest Charles O'Dea (b. 1889 - d. 1976)
1953 - 1956 Patrick Darcy Hills (b. 1917 - d. 1992)
1957 - 1965 Henry Frederick Jensen (b. 1913 - d. 1998)
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 1 Jan 1972,
Sir Emmet McDermott) (b. 1911 - d. 2002)
25 Sep 1972 - 24 Sep 1973 David Griffin (b. 1915 - d. 2004)
24 Sep 1973 - 26 Sep 1975 Nicholas Shehadie (b. 1926 - d. 2018)
26 Sep 1975 - 26 Aug 1978 Leo Port (b. 1922 - d. 1978)
4 Nov 1978 - 1980 Nelson John Meers (b. 1938)
20 Sep 1980 - 26 Mar 1987 Douglas William Sutherland (b. 1932)
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 (b. 1936)
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)