List of Prime Ministers of Australia by state
These lists give the states of Australian Prime Ministers by the location of the division which they represented, and by their birthplace.
States of represented division
By order of first term
By state
| State | Prime Minister | # |
|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | Edmund Barton | 1 |
| Chris Watson | 3 | |
| George Reid | 4 | |
| Joseph Cook | 6 | |
| Billy Hughes[1] | 7 | |
| Earle Page | 11 | |
| Ben Chifley | 16 | |
| William McMahon | 20 | |
| Gough Whitlam | 21 | |
| Paul Keating | 24 | |
| John Howard | 25 | |
| Tony Abbott | 28 | |
| Malcolm Turnbull | 29 | |
| Scott Morrison | 30 | |
| Queensland | Andrew Fisher | 5 |
| Arthur Fadden | 13 | |
| Frank Forde | 15 | |
| Kevin Rudd | 26 | |
| Tasmania | Joseph Lyons | 10 |
| Victoria | Alfred Deakin | 2 |
| Billy Hughes[1] | 7 | |
| Stanley Bruce | 8 | |
| James Scullin | 9 | |
| Robert Menzies | 12 | |
| Harold Holt | 17 | |
| John McEwen | 18 | |
| John Gorton | 19 | |
| Malcolm Fraser | 22 | |
| Bob Hawke | 23 | |
| Julia Gillard | 27 | |
| Western Australia | John Curtin | 14 |
Per state
| Number | State |
|---|---|
| 14 | New South Wales[1] |
| 11 | Victoria[1] |
| 4 | Queensland |
| 1 | Tasmania |
| 1 | Western Australia |
| 0 | ACT |
| 0 | Northern Territory |
| 0 | South Australia |
Birth places
As of October 2018, five of the six states claim the distinction of being the birthplace of a prime minister. Twelve prime ministers, those born prior to the federation of Australia, were born in British colonies within Australia, rather than independent Australian states. The birthplaces of eight prime ministers are within sovereign states that are separate from Australia, including six in Great Britain, one in New Zealand and one in Chile.
The number of prime ministers born per state are:
- One: South Australia and Tasmania.
- Three: Queensland.
- Eight: New South Wales.
- Eight: Victoria.
States and territories that have not born a prime minister: Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Western Australia.
By state
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Prime ministers with division outside of birth state
Of the 21 Australian-born individuals who have served as Prime Minister of Australia, four served after representing a division in a different state than the one in which they were born.
| Prime Minister | Birth state | Division state |
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