List of prime ministers of Australia by birthplace


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

By state

StatePrime minister#
New South WalesEdmund Barton1
New South WalesChris Watson3
New South WalesGeorge Reid4
New South WalesJoseph Cook6
New South WalesBilly Hughes7
New South WalesEarle Page11
New South WalesBen Chifley16
New South WalesWilliam McMahon20
New South WalesGough Whitlam21
New South WalesPaul Keating24
New South WalesJohn Howard25
New South WalesTony Abbott28
New South WalesMalcolm Turnbull29
New South WalesScott Morrison30
New South WalesAnthony Albanese31
QueenslandAndrew Fisher5
QueenslandArthur Fadden13
QueenslandFrank Forde15
QueenslandKevin Rudd26
TasmaniaJoseph Lyons10
VictoriaAlfred Deakin2
VictoriaBilly Hughes7
VictoriaStanley Bruce8
VictoriaJames Scullin9
VictoriaRobert Menzies12
VictoriaHarold Holt17
VictoriaJohn McEwen18
VictoriaJohn Gorton19
VictoriaMalcolm Fraser22
VictoriaBob Hawke23
VictoriaJulia Gillard27
Western AustraliaJohn Curtin14

Birth places

As of, 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.
The number of prime ministers born per state are:
States and territories that have not born a prime minister: Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Western Australia.

Prime ministers with division outside of birth state

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 ministerBirth stateDivision state
John CurtinVictoria