Australia is waking to a new Prime Minister

Australia is this morning waking to the news that we have a new Prime Minister in the name of Malcolm Turnbull; Mr Turnbull is the 5th Prime Minister for Australia in 5 years and our 29th in total.

Prime Minister-designate Malcolm Turnbull says he will lead a "thoroughly Liberal government" and paid tribute to his predecessor, Tony Abbott, after winning a late-night ballot for the Liberal Party leadership. The former communications minister defeated Mr Abbott 54 votes to 44 in a party room ballot which also saw Julie Bishop re-elected as deputy leader ahead of Kevin Andrews 70 votes to 30.

The ministry will remain as it is for the rest of the parliamentary week before a reshuffle which will benefit Mr Turnbull's backers.
Ms Bishop will stay on as foreign minister, with Education  Minister Christopher Pyne expected to take on Defence. - you can see more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2015/09/14/abbott-told-he--has-to-go-.html#sthash.VPXAc0km.dpuf

Below are the names of all our Prime Ministers and their dates from start to finish.

Australian Prime Ministers Since 1901 – by order of term in office
No.	Name	Party	Began	Left	Length	Method of Departure
1	Barton, Edmund	Prot	01-01-01	24-09-03	2 years, 8 months, 24 days	Appointed Justice of High Court
2	Deakin, Alfred	Prot	24-09-03	27-04-04	7 months, 4 days	Resigned Following House Amendment of Conciliation and Arbitration Bill
3	Watson, John Christian	ALP	27-04-04	17-08-04	3 months, 21 days	Resigned Following House Amendment of Conciliation and Arbitration Bill
4	Reid, George Houston	FT	18-08-04	05-07-05	10 months, 18 days	Resigned Following House Amendment and Governor-General’s Refusal to Dissolve House
	Deakin, Alfred	Prot	05-07-05	13-11-08	3 years, 4 months, 9 days	Defeated on Floor of House
5	Fisher, Andrew	ALP	13-11-08	02-06-09	6 months, 21 days	Resigned Following Defeat on Floor of House and Governor-General’s Refusal to Dissolve House
	Deakin, Alfred	Lib	02-06-09	29-04-10	10 months, 28 days	Defeated at General Election
	Fisher, Andrew	ALP	29-04-10	24-06-13	3 years, 1 month, 26 days	Defeated at General Election
6	Cook, Joseph	Lib	24-06-13	17-09-14	1 year, 2 months, 25 days	Defeated at General Election
	Fisher, Andrew	ALP	17-09-14	27-10-15	1 year, 1 month, 11 days	Resigned, Appointed High Commissioner to London
7	Hughes, William Morris	ALP Nat	27-10-15	09-02-23	7 years, 3 months, 14 days	Deposed as Party Leader
8	Bruce, Stanley Melbourne	Nat	09-02-23	22-10-29	6 years, 8 months, 14 days	Defeated and Lost seat at General Election
9	Scullin, James Henry	ALP	22-10-29	06-01-32	2 years, 2 months, 16 days	Defeated at General Election Following Party Split
10	Lyons, Joseph Aloysius	UAP	06-01-32	07-04-39	7 years, 3 months, 2 days	Died in Office
11	Page, Earle Christmas Grafton	CP	07-04-39	26-04-39	20 days	Relinquished position to new UAP Leader
12	Menzies, Robert Gordon	UAP	26-04-39	29-08-41	2 years, 4 months, 4 days	Resigned
13	Fadden, Arthur William	CP	29-08-41	07-10-41	1 month, 9 days	Defeated on Floor of House
14	Curtin, John	ALP	07-10-41	05-07-45	3 years, 8 months, 29 days	Died in Office
15	Forde, Francis Michael	ALP	06-07-45	13-07-45	8 days	Relinquished Position to New ALP Leader
16	Chifley, Joseph Benedict	ALP	13-07-45	19-12-49	4 years, 5 months, 7 days	Defeated at General Election
	Menzies, Robert Gordon	Lib	19-12-49	26-01-66	16 years, 1 month, 8 days	Retired
17	Holt, Harold Edward	Lib	26-01-66	19-12-67	1 year, 10 months, 23 days	Missing, Presumed Drowned
18	McEwen, John	CP	19-12-67	10-01-68	23 days	Relinquished Position to New Liberal Leader
19	Gorton, John Grey	Lib	10-01-68	10-03-71	3 years, 2 months	Technically resigned as leader but effectively deposed
20	McMahon, William	Lib	10-03-71	05-12-72	1 year, 8 months, 25 days	Defeated at General Election
21	Whitlam, Edward Gough	ALP	05-12-72	11-11-75	2 years, 11 months, 7 days	Commission Terminated by Governor-General
22	Fraser, John Malcolm	Lib	11-11-75	11-03-83	7 years, 4 months	Defeated at General Election
23	Hawke, Robert James Lee	ALP	11-03-83	20-12-91	8 years, 9 months, 9 days	Deposed as Party Leader
24	Keating, Paul John	ALP	20-12-91	11-03-96	4 years, 2 months, 20 days	Defeated at General Election
25	Howard, John Winston	Lib	11-03-96	03-12-07	11 years, 8 months, 22 days	Defeated and Lost Seat at General Election
26	Rudd, Kevin Michael	ALP	03-12-07	24-06-10	2 years, 6 months, 21 days	Deposed as Party Leader
27	Gillard, Julia Eileen	ALP	24-06-10	27-06-13	3 years, 3 days	Deposed as Party Leader
	Rudd, Kevin Michael	ALP	27-06-13	18-09-13	2 months, 22 days	Defeated at General Election
28	Abbott, Anthony John	Lib	18-09-13	15-09-15	1 year, 11 months, 28 days	Deposed as Party Leader
29	Turnbull, Malcolm Bligh	Lib	15-09-15	–	–	–

Legend
ALP = Australian Labor Party
CP = Country Party
FT = Free Trade (fused with Protectionists to form Liberal Party in 1909)
LP = Liberal Party (first formed in 1909 from Free Traders & Protectionists; reformed in 1944 to replace UAP)
NAT = Nationalist (formed out of Liberal Party and ALP defectors in 1916)
PROT = Protectionist (fused with Free Traders to form Liberal Party in 1909)
UAP = United Australia Party (formed out of Nationalists and ALP defectors in 1931)