<Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name ( birth -- death ) </Th> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Term of office </Th> <Th> Electorate served </Th> <Th> Elections won </Th> <Th> Ministry </Th> <Th> Ref </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Sir Edmund Barton ( 1849 -- 1920 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Protectionist </Td> <Td> 1 January 1901 </Td> <Td> 24 September 1903 </Td> <Td> Hunter , NSW , 1901 -- 1903 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> 1901 </Td> <Td> Barton </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Alfred Deakin ( 1856 -- 1919 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Protectionist </Td> <Td> 24 September 1903 </Td> <Td> 27 April 1904 </Td> <Td> Ballaarat , Vic , 1901 -- 1913 ( retired ) </Td> <Td> 1903 </Td> <Td> 1st Deakin </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Chris Watson ( 1867 -- 1941 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> 27 April 1904 </Td> <Td> 18 August 1904 </Td> <Td> Bland , NSW , 1901 -- 1906 South Sydney , NSW , 1906 -- 1910 ( retired ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Watson </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> George Reid ( 1845 -- 1918 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Free Trade </Td> <Td> 18 August 1904 </Td> <Td> 5 July 1905 </Td> <Td> East Sydney , NSW , 1901 -- 1909 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> Reid </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ( 2 ) </Th> <Td> Alfred Deakin ( 1856 -- 1919 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Protectionist </Td> <Td> 5 July 1905 </Td> <Td> 13 November 1908 </Td> <Td> Ballaarat , Vic , 1901 -- 1913 ( retired ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 2nd Deakin </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1906 </Td> <Td> 3rd Deakin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> Andrew Fisher ( 1862 -- 1928 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labour </Td> <Td> 13 November 1908 </Td> <Td> 2 June 1909 </Td> <Td> Wide Bay , Qld , 1901 -- 1915 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1st Fisher </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ( 2 ) </Th> <Td> Alfred Deakin ( 1856 -- 1919 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Commonwealth Liberal </Td> <Td> 2 June 1909 </Td> <Td> 29 April 1910 </Td> <Td> Ballaarat , Vic , 1901 -- 1913 ( retired ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 4th Deakin </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ( 5 ) </Th> <Td> Andrew Fisher ( 1862 -- 1928 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 29 April 1910 </Td> <Td> 24 June 1913 </Td> <Td> Wide Bay , Qld , 1901 -- 1915 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> 1910 </Td> <Td> 2nd Fisher </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> Joseph Cook ( 1860 -- 1947 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Commonwealth Liberal </Td> <Td> 24 June 1913 </Td> <Td> 17 September 1914 </Td> <Td> Parramatta , NSW , 1901 -- 1921 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> 1913 </Td> <Td> Cook </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ( 5 ) </Th> <Td> Andrew Fisher ( 1862 -- 1928 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 17 September 1914 </Td> <Td> 27 October 1915 </Td> <Td> Wide Bay , Qld , 1901 -- 1915 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> 1914 </Td> <Td> 3rd Fisher </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Billy Hughes ( 1862 -- 1952 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Labor </Td> <Td> 27 October 1915 </Td> <Td> 14 November 1916 </Td> <Td> West Sydney , NSW , 1901 -- 1917 Bendigo , Vic , 1917 -- 1922 North Sydney , NSW , 1922 -- 1949 Bradfield , NSW , 1949 -- 1952 ( died ) </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 1st Hughes </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> National Labor </Td> <Td> 14 November 1916 </Td> <Td> 17 February 1917 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 2nd Hughes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> Nationalist </Td> <Td> 17 February 1917 </Td> <Td> 9 February 1923 </Td> <Td> -- </Td> <Td> 3rd Hughes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1917 </Td> <Td> 4th Hughes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1919 </Td> <Td> 5th Hughes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> Stanley Bruce ( 1883 -- 1967 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nationalist ( Coalition ) </Td> <Td> 9 February 1923 </Td> <Td> 22 October 1929 </Td> <Td> Flinders , Vic , 1918 -- 1929 ( defeated ) ; 1931 -- 1933 ( resigned ) </Td> <Td> 1922 </Td> <Td> 1st Bruce </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1925 </Td> <Td> 2nd Bruce </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1928 </Td> <Td> 3rd Bruce </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> James Scullin ( 1876 -- 1953 ) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>
when was the first australian prime minister elected
Sir Edmund Barton