Tenure of post WWII Australian PMs
Fascinating to look at the length of tenure of Australian PM since WWII:
- Robert Menzies 16 years (retired)
- Harold Holt 2 years (died)
- John Gorton 3 years (rolled)
- Billy McMahon 2 years (defeated)
- Gough Whitlam 3 years (defeated/sacked)
- Malcolm Fraser 8 years (defeated)
- Bob Hawke 9 years (rolled)
- Paul Keating 4 years (defeated)
- John Howard 12 years (defeated)
- Kevin Rudd 2.5 years (rolled)
- Julia Gillard 3 years (rolled)
- Kevin Rudd 0.25 years (defeated)
- Tony Abbott 2 years (rolled)
So you had the Menzies era, then a series of short-term PMs. Then from Fraser to Howard you have huge stability, and since Howard no Prime Minister elected at one election has survived until the next!