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These lists give the states of Australian prime ministers by the locations of the divisions which they represented, and by their birthplaces.

States of represented division

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By order of first term

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# Name State Division Party
1 Edmund Barton New South Wales Hunter Protectionist
2 Alfred Deakin Victoria Ballarat Protectionist
3 Chris Watson New South Wales Bland Labor
4 George Reid New South Wales East Sydney Free Trade
5 Andrew Fisher Queensland Wide Bay Labor
6 Joseph Cook New South Wales Parramatta Commonwealth Liberal
7 Billy Hughes[1] New South Wales West Sydney Labor / National Labor / Nationalist
Victoria Bendigo Nationalist
New South Wales North Sydney Nationalist
8 Stanley Bruce Victoria Flinders Nationalist
9 James Scullin Victoria Yarra Labor
10 Joseph Lyons Tasmania Wilmot United Australia
11 Earle Page New South Wales Cowper Country
12 Robert Menzies Victoria Kooyong United Australia/Liberal
13 Arthur Fadden Queensland Darling Downs Country
14 John Curtin Western Australia Fremantle Labor
15 Frank Forde Queensland Capricornia Labor
16 Ben Chifley New South Wales Macquarie Labor
17 Harold Holt Victoria Higgins Liberal
18 John McEwen Victoria Murray Country
19 John Gorton Victoria Higgins Liberal
20 William McMahon New South Wales Lowe Liberal
21 Gough Whitlam New South Wales Werriwa Labor
22 Malcolm Fraser Victoria Wannon Liberal
23 Bob Hawke Victoria Wills Labor
24 Paul Keating New South Wales Blaxland Labor
25 John Howard New South Wales Bennelong Liberal
26 Kevin Rudd Queensland Griffith Labor
27 Julia Gillard Victoria Lalor Labor
28 Tony Abbott New South Wales Warringah Liberal
29 Malcolm Turnbull New South Wales Wentworth Liberal
30 Scott Morrison New South Wales Cook Liberal
31 Anthony Albanese New South Wales Grayndler Labor

By state

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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
Anthony Albanese 31
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

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Number State
15 New South Wales[1]
12 Victoria[1]
4 Queensland
1 Tasmania
1 Western Australia
0 ACT
0 Northern Territory
0 South Australia

Birth places

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As of October 2024, 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 seven prime ministers are decisively within sovereign states that are separate from Australia, including six in Great Britain, and one in Chile.[2][3]

The number of prime ministers born per state are:

  • One: South Australia and Tasmania.
  • Three: Queensland.
  • Nine: Victoria.
  • Ten: New South Wales

States and territories that have not born a prime minister: Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Western Australia.

By state

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Region Prime minister
 New South Wales 10 Edmund Barton
Earle Page
Ben Chifley
Harold Holt
William McMahon
Paul Keating
John Howard
Malcolm Turnbull
Scott Morrison
Anthony Albanese
 Victoria 8 Alfred Deakin
Stanley Bruce
James Scullin
Robert Menzies
John Curtin
John McEwen
Gough Whitlam
Malcolm Fraser
 England 3 Joseph Cook
Billy Hughes
Tony Abbott
 Queensland 3 Arthur Fadden
Frank Forde
Kevin Rudd
 Scotland 2 George Reid
Andrew Fisher
 Chile 1 Chris Watson
 South Australia 1 Bob Hawke
 Tasmania 1 Joseph Lyons
 Wales 1 Julia Gillard
Disputed 1 John Gorton[a]

Prime ministers with division outside of birth state

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Of the 24 Australian-born individuals who have been prime ministers of Australia, four became so after representing divisions in different states than the ones in which they were born.

Prime minister Birth state Division state
John Curtin  Victoria  Western Australia
Harold Holt  New South Wales  Victoria
Gough Whitlam  Victoria  New South Wales
Bob Hawke  South Australia  Victoria

Maps

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Countries

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Birthplaces of Australian-born prime ministers
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Birthplaces of British-born Australian prime ministers
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Birthplaces of Australian prime ministers born elsewhere

Cities

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Birthplaces of Sydney-born prime ministers
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Birthplaces of Melbourne-born prime ministers

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Hughes, while prime minister, held a New South Wales seat, then a Victorian seat, then a different New South Wales seat.
  2. ^ https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/australias-prime-ministers/john-gorton/before-office [bare URL]
  3. ^ Ian Hancock (2002). John Gorton: He Did It His Way. Hodder. p. 1. ISBN 0733614396.

Notes

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  1. ^ Gorton was told by his father that he was born in Wellington, New Zealand. While his birth certificate stated he was born in Prahran, Victoria, the certificate contained numerous mistakes.
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