Religious Beliefs
Six Prime Ministers have been Anglican (Barton, Bruce, Holt, McMahon, Howard and Rudd), six were Presbyterian (Fisher, Reid, Menzies, Fadden, McEwen and Fraser), five were Catholic (Scullin, Lyons, Forde, Chifley and Keating), two were Methodists (Cook and Page), one was a Baptist (Hughes), one was a Spiritualist (Deakin), and one was a Unitarian (Watson).
Five Prime Ministers have professed no religion (Curtin, Gorton, Whitlam, Hawke and Gillard).
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