Leaders of The Opposition
| Leader | Portrait | Party | Constituency | Took Office | Left Office | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Reid | Free Trade Party | East Sydney (NSW) | 19 May 1901 | 17 August 1904 | Barton 1901–03 | |||
| Deakin 1903–04 | ||||||||
| Watson 1904 | ||||||||
| Chris Watson | Labour Party | Bland (NSW) | 18 August 1904 | 5 July 1905 | Reid 1904–05 | |||
| George Reid | Free Trade Party | East Sydney (NSW) | 7 July 1905 | 16 November 1908 | Deakin 1905–08 | |||
| Anti-Socialist Party | ||||||||
| Fisher 1908–09 | ||||||||
| Joseph Cook | Anti-Socialist Party | Parramatta (NSW) | 17 November 1908 | 26 May 1909 | ||||
| Alfred Deakin | Commonwealth Liberal Party | Ballarat (Vic) | 26 May 1909 | 2 June 1909 | ||||
| Andrew Fisher | Labour Party | Wide Bay (Qld) | 2 June 1909 | 29 April 1910 | Deakin 1909 | |||
| Alfred Deakin | Commonwealth Liberal Party | Ballarat (Vic) | 1 July 1910 | 20 January 1913 | Fisher 1910–13 | |||
| Joseph Cook | Commonwealth Liberal Party | Parramatta (NSW) | 20 January 1913 | 24 June 1913 | ||||
| Andrew Fisher | Labor Party | Wide Bay (Qld) | 8 July 1913 | 17 September 1914 | Cook 1913–14 | |||
| Joseph Cook | Commonwealth Liberal Party | Parramatta (NSW) | 8 October 1914 | 17 February 1916 | Fisher 1914–15 | |||
| Hughes 1915–23 | ||||||||
| Frank Tudor | Labor Party | Yarra (Vic) | 1 November 1916 | 10 January 1922 | ||||
| Matthew Charlton | Labor Party | Hunter (NSW) | 10 January 1922 | 29 March 1928 | ||||
| Bruce 1923–29 | ||||||||
| James Scullin | Labor Party | Yarra (Vic) | 29 March 1928 | 22 October 1929 | ||||
| John Latham | Nationalist Party | Kooyong (Vic) | 20 November 1929 | 7 May 1931 | Scullin 1929–32 | |||
| Joseph Lyons | United Australia Party | Wilmot (Tas) | 7 May 1931 | 6 January 1932 | ||||
| James Scullin | Labor Party | Yarra (Vic) | 7 January 1932 | 1 October 1935 | Lyons 1932–39 | |||
| John Curtin | Labor Party | Fremantle (WA) | 1 October 1935 | 7 October 1941 | ||||
| Page 1939 | ||||||||
| Menzies 1939–41 | ||||||||
| Fadden 1941 | ||||||||
| Arthur Fadden | Country Party | Darling Downs (Qld) | 7 October 1941 | 23 September 1943 | Curtin 1941–45 | |||
| Robert Menzies | United Australia Party | Kooyong (Vic) | 23 September 1943 | 19 December 1949 | ||||
| Liberal Party | Forde 1945 | |||||||
| Chifley 1945–49 | ||||||||
| Ben Chifley | Labor Party | Macquarie (NSW) | 19 December 1949 | 20 June 1951 | Menzies 1949–66 | |||
| Herbert Evatt | Labor Party | Barton (NSW) 1940–58 Hunter (NSW) 1958–60 |
20 June 1951 | 9 February 1960 | ||||
| Arthur Calwell | Labor Party | Melbourne (Vic) | 7 March 1960 | 8 February 1967 | ||||
| Holt 1966–67 | ||||||||
| Gough Whitlam | Labor Party | Werriwa (NSW) | 8 February 1967 | 2 December 1972 | ||||
| McEwen 1967–68 | ||||||||
| Gorton 1968–71 | ||||||||
| McMahon 1971–72 | ||||||||
| Billy Snedden | Liberal Party | Bruce (Vic) | 2 December 1972 | 21 March 1975 | Whitlam 1972–75 | |||
| Malcolm Fraser | Liberal Party | Wannon (Vic) | 21 March 1975 | 11 November 1975 | ||||
| Gough Whitlam | Labor Party | Werriwa (NSW) | 11 November 1975 | 22 December 1977 | Fraser 1975–83 | |||
| Bill Hayden | Labor Party | Oxley (Qld) | 22 December 1977 | 3 February 1983 | ||||
| Bob Hawke | Labor Party | Wills (Vic) | 3 February 1983 | 11 March 1983 | ||||
| Andrew Peacock | Liberal Party | Kooyong (Vic) | 11 March 1983 | 5 September 1985 | Hawke 1983–91 | |||
| John Howard | Liberal Party | Bennelong (NSW) | 5 September 1985 | 9 May 1989 | ||||
| Andrew Peacock | Liberal Party | Kooyong (Vic) | 9 May 1989 | 3 April 1990 | ||||
| John Hewson | Liberal Party | Wentworth (NSW) | 3 April 1990 | 23 May 1994 | ||||
| Keating 1991–96 | ||||||||
| Alexander Downer | Liberal Party | Mayo (SA) | 23 May 1994 | 30 January 1995 | ||||
| John Howard | Liberal Party | Bennelong (NSW) | 30 January 1995 | 11 March 1996 | ||||
| Kim Beazley | Labor Party | Brand (WA) | 19 March 1996 | 11 November 2001 | Howard 1996–2007 | |||
| Simon Crean | Labor Party | Hotham (Vic) | 11 November 2001 | 2 December 2003 | ||||
| Mark Latham | Labor Party | Werriwa (NSW) | 2 December 2003 | 18 January 2005 | ||||
| Kim Beazley | Labor Party | Brand (WA) | 28 January 2005 | 4 December 2006 | ||||
| Kevin Rudd | Labor Party | Griffith (Qld) | 4 December 2006 | 3 December 2007 | ||||
| Brendan Nelson | Liberal Party | Bradfield (NSW) | 3 December 2007 | 16 September 2008 | Rudd 2007–2010 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | Liberal Party | Wentworth (NSW) | 16 September 2008 | 1 December 2009 | ||||
| Tony Abbott | Liberal Party | Warringah (NSW) | 1 December 2009 | Incumbent | ||||
| Gillard 2010 | ||||||||
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