Prime Ministers of Australia Lifespan By John Smith 295 Period: Feb 25, 1845 to Sep 12, 1918 George Reid Period: Jan 18, 1849 to Jan 7, 1920 Edmund Barton Period: Aug 3, 1856 to Oct 7, 1919 Alfred Deakin Period: Dec 7, 1860 to Jul 30, 1947 Joseph Cook Period: Aug 29, 1862 to Oct 22, 1928 Andrew Fisher Period: Sep 25, 1862 to Oct 28, 1952 Billy Hughes Period: Apr 9, 1867 to Nov 18, 1941 Chris Watson Period: Sep 18, 1876 to Jan 28, 1953 James Scullin Period: Sep 15, 1879 to Apr 7, 1939 Joseph Lyons Period: Aug 8, 1880 to Dec 20, 1961 Earle Page Period: Apr 15, 1883 to Aug 25, 1967 Stanley Bruce Period: Jan 8, 1885 to Jul 5, 1945 John Curtin Period: Sep 22, 1885 to Jun 13, 1951 Ben Chifley Period: Jul 18, 1890 to Jan 28, 1983 Frank Forde Period: Apr 13, 1894 to Apr 21, 1973 Arthur Fadden Period: Dec 20, 1894 to May 15, 1978 Robert Menzies Period: Mar 29, 1900 to Nov 20, 1980 John McEwen Period: Feb 23, 1908 to Mar 31, 1988 William MacMahon Period: Aug 5, 1908 to Dec 17, 1967 Harold Holt Period: Sep 9, 1911 to May 19, 2002 John Gorton Period: Jul 11, 1916 to Oct 21, 2014 Gough Whitlam Period: May 21, 1930 to Mar 20, 2015 Malcolm Fraser