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| Website | http://www.pm.gov.au/ |
| Established | January 01, 1901 |
| Disbanded | Still Active |
| Last Modified | Juan Croniqueur March 27, 2023 07:22pm |
| Description | The office of Prime Minister is in practice the most powerful political office in the Commonwealth of Australia.
By convention, the Prime Minister is the leader of the party or coalition which has the most seats in the lower house of the Federal Parliament, the House of Representatives. In times of constitutional crisis, however, this convention can be broken if necessary; this has occurred twice. At the time of Federation, no parliament had yet been established, so Edmund Barton was temporarily appointed as Prime Minister until elections were held. More controversially, during the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975, Malcolm Fraser was appointed to replace Gough Whitlam.
By convention, the Prime Minister is always a member of the lower house of parliament. The Prime Minister can remain in office for as long as he retains the majority support of the lower house of parliament and retains his own seat in Parliament. In the rare event that the Prime Minister's party wins an election but the Prime Minister loses his seat, it is possible for the Governor-General to appoint someone other than a member of Parliament a Minister (and hence Prime Minister) for up to three months. During this time a member of the Prime Minister's party with a safe seat would be forced to resign, and the Prime Minister would then be elected as member for that seat.
The constitutional crisis of 1975 shows that a Prime Minister may be removed if seriously opposed in the Senate, even though he may have the support of the majority of the House. This however only applies if the Senate refuses to pass essential Government legislation, like the Budget. (See Loss of Supply). The Senate in recent years has frequently refused to pass major (though non-essential) government legislation.
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| Date |
Type |
Results |
| May 21, 2022 |
General Election |
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| May 18, 2019 |
General Election |
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| Aug 24, 2018 |
Appointment |
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| Jul 02, 2016 |
General Election |
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| Sep 15, 2015 |
Appointment |
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| Sep 14, 2013 |
General Election |
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| Jun 27, 2013 |
Appointment |
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| Aug 21, 2010 |
General Election |
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| Jun 23, 2010 |
Appointment |
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| Nov 24, 2007 |
General Election |
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| Oct 09, 2004 |
General Election |
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| Nov 10, 2001 |
General Election |
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| Oct 03, 1998 |
General Election |
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| Mar 02, 1996 |
General Election |
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| Mar 13, 1993 |
General Election |
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| Dec 19, 1991 |
Appointment |
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| Mar 24, 1990 |
General Election |
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| Jul 11, 1987 |
General Election |
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| Dec 01, 1984 |
General Election |
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| Mar 05, 1983 |
General Election |
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| Oct 18, 1980 |
General Election |
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| Dec 10, 1977 |
General Election |
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| Dec 13, 1975 |
General Election |
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| Nov 10, 1975 |
Appointment |
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| May 18, 1974 |
General Election |
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| Dec 02, 1972 |
General Election |
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| Mar 09, 1971 |
Appointment |
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| Oct 25, 1969 |
General Election |
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| Jan 10, 1968 |
Appointment |
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| Dec 19, 1967 |
Appointment |
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| Nov 25, 1966 |
General Election |
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| Nov 29, 1963 |
General Election |
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| Dec 09, 1961 |
General Election |
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| Nov 22, 1958 |
General Election |
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| Dec 10, 1955 |
General Election |
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| May 29, 1954 |
General Election |
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| Apr 28, 1951 |
General Election |
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| Dec 10, 1949 |
General Election |
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| Sep 28, 1946 |
General Election |
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| Jul 12, 1945 |
Appointment |
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| Jul 05, 1945 |
Appointment |
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| Aug 21, 1943 |
General Election |
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| Oct 06, 1941 |
Appointment |
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| Aug 28, 1941 |
Appointment |
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| Sep 21, 1940 |
General Election |
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| Apr 25, 1939 |
Appointment |
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| Apr 06, 1939 |
Appointment |
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| Oct 23, 1937 |
General Election |
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| Sep 15, 1934 |
General Election |
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| Dec 19, 1931 |
General Election |
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| Oct 12, 1929 |
General Election |
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| Nov 17, 1928 |
General Election |
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| Nov 14, 1925 |
General Election |
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| Feb 08, 1923 |
Appointment |
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| Dec 16, 1922 |
General Election |
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| Dec 13, 1919 |
General Election |
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| May 05, 1917 |
General Election |
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| Nov 13, 1916 |
Party Switch |
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| Oct 26, 1915 |
Appointment |
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| Sep 05, 1914 |
General Election |
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| May 31, 1913 |
General Election |
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| Apr 13, 1910 |
General Election |
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| Jun 01, 1909 |
Appointment |
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| Nov 12, 1908 |
Appointment |
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| Dec 12, 1906 |
General Election |
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| Jul 04, 1905 |
Appointment |
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| Aug 16, 1904 |
Appointment |
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| Apr 26, 1904 |
Appointment |
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| Dec 16, 1903 |
General Election |
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| Mar 29, 1901 |
General Election |
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