Name - Party - Period in Office
Reid, George Houstoun -FT - 9.5.1901- 18.8.1904
Watson, John Christian - ALP - 18.8.1904 - 5.7.1905
Reid, George Houstoun - FT - 5.7.1905 - 16.11.1908
Cook, Joseph - FT - 16.11.1908 - 2.6.1909
Fisher, Andrew - ALP - 2.6.1909 - 28.4.1910
Deakin, Alfred - LP - 28.4.1910 - 20.1.1913
Cook, Joseph - LP - 20.1.1913 - 23.6.1913
Fisher, Andrew - ALP - 24.6.1913 - 17.9.1914
Cook, Joseph - LP - 8.10.1914 - 14.11.1916
Tudor, Frank Gwynne - ALP - 17.2.1917 - 10.1.1922
Charlton, Matthew - ALP - 12.1.1922 - 26.4.1928
Scullin, James Henry - ALP - 26.4.1928 - 22.10.1929
Latham, John Greig - Nat. - 19.11.1929 - 7.5.1931
Lyons, Joseph Aloysius - UAP - 7.5.1931 - 6.1.1932
Scullin, James Henry - ALP - 16.2.1932 - 1.10.1935
Curtin, John Joseph Ambrose - ALP - 1.10.1935 - 7.10.1941
Fadden, Arthur William - CP - 8.10.1941 - 1.7.1943
Menzies, Robert Gordon - UAP, LP - 23.9.1943 - 19.12.1949
Chifley, Joseph Benedict - ALP - 21.2.1950 -13.6.1951
Evatt, Herbert Vere, QC - ALP - 20.6.1951 - 10.2.1960
Calwell, Arthur Augustus - ALP - 10.2.1960 - 8.2.1967
Whitlam, Edward Gough, QC - ALP - 8.2.1967 - 5.12.1972
Snedden, Billy Mackie, QC - LP - 20.12.1972 - 21.3.1975
Fraser, John Malcolm - LP - 21.3.1975 - 11.11.1975
Whitlam, Edward Gough, QC - ALP - 11.11.1975 - 22.12.1977
Hayden, William George - ALP - 22.12.1977 - 3.2.1983
Hawke, Robert James Lee - ALP - 3.2.1983 - 11.3.1983
Peacock, Andrew Sharp - LP - 11.3.1983 - 5.9.1985
Howard, John Winston - LP - 5.9.1985 - 9.5.1989
Peacock, Andrew Sharp - LP - 9.5.1989 - 3.4.1990
Hewson, John Robert - LP - 3.4.1990 - 23-5-1994
Downer, Alexander John Gosse - LP - 23-5-1994 - 30-1-1995
Howard, John Winston - LP - 30-1-1995 - 11.3.1996
Beazley, Kim Christian - ALP - 19.3.1996 - 22 November 2001
Crean,
Simon Findlay - ALP - 22 November 2001 -
Source: Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1978 & Australian Electoral Commission publications. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
FT
= Free Trade Party
ALP = Australian Labor Party
LP = Liberal Party of Australia
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Malcolm Farnsworth - malcolm@netspace.net.au last updated 13 July 1996 ©copyright 1996 Australian Federal Opposition Leaders 1901-96
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