Parliament is bicameral and is located in Canberra.
The House of Representatives has 148 members, who are elected to three-year terms by popular vote. The Senate has 76 members. 12 members are elected by each of the six states. 2 members are elected by each of the 2 mainland territories. All are elected to six-year terms by popular vote.
Governors-General
1901-1903 John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
1902-1904 Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson
1904-1908 Henry Stafford Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
1908-1911 William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley
1911-1914 Thomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman
1914-1920 Sir Ronald Craufurd Munro-Ferguson
1920-1925 Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster
1925-1931 John Lawrence Baird, 1st Baron Stonehaven
1931-1936 Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs
1936-1945 Brig.-Gen. Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Baron Gowrie
1945-1947 Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Ulster and Baron Culloden
1947-1953 Sir William John McKell
1953-1960 Field Marshal Sir William Joseph Slim
1960-1961 William Shepherd Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil
1961-1965 William Philip Sidney, 1st Viscount De L’Isle
1965-1969 Richard Gardiner Casey, Baron Casey
1969-1974 Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck
1974-1977 Sir John Robert Kerr
1977-1982 Sir Zelman Cowen
1982-1989 Sir Ninian Martin Stephen
1989-1996 William George Hayden
1996-2001 Sir William Patrick Deane
2001-2003 Peter Hollingworth
2003-2003 Guy Stephen Montague Green
2003-2008 Michael Jeffery
2008 now Quentin Bryce
Prime Ministers
1901-1903 Edmund Barton
1903-1904 Alfred Deakin
1904-1904 John Watson
1904-1905 George Reid
1905-1908 Alfred Deakin
1908-1909 Andrew Fisher
1909-1910 Alfred Deakin
1910-1913 Andrew Fisher
1913-1914 Joseph Cook
1914-1915 Andrew Fisher
1915-1923 William Morris Hughes
1923-1929 Stanley Bruce
1929-1932 James Henry Scullin
1932-1939 Joseph Lyons
1939-1939 Earle Page
1939-1941 Robert Menzies
1941-1941 Arthur Fadden
1941-1945 John Curtin
1945-1949 Ben Chifley
1949-1966 Robert Menzies
1966-1967 Harold Holt
1967-1968 Sir John McEwen
1968-1971 John Gorton
1971-1972 William McMahon
1972-1975 Edward Gough Whitlam
1975-1983 John Malcolm Fraser
1983-1991 Robert Hawke
1991-1996 Paul Keating
1996-2007 John Howard
2007-2010 Kevin Rudd
2010 now Julia Gillard
