The government, thus the Prime Minister who leads that government and therefore the Australian people, serves for a term of three years. As such, the Australian people go to the polls for a Federal Election every three years. Note that the party itself can challenge the leadership of the government earlier than those thee years and change the Prime Minister, but that is an internal machination. The Prime Minister can also choose to call an election earlier than those three years, but must not go beyond that time frame.
The political leader of Australia is called the Prime Minister. The current Prime Minister is Julia Gillard.
Australia does not have a president. The government is run by a Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is elected for a maximum of three years per term, but there is no limit to how many consecutive terms they can be elected to office.
Australia's Prime Minister in 1907 was Alfred Deakin. His term extended from 5 July 1905 until 10 November 1908.Deakin had also served in 1903-1904, and served a third term in 1909 - 1910.
The Australian Prime Minister in 1906 was Alfred Deakin, whose term was from 1905-1908. This was Deakin's second term. He also served as Prime Minister from 1903-04 and again from 1909-1910.
Australia's sixth Prime Minister, Joseph Cook, held office for just 15 months. His term lasted from 14 June 1913 to 19 September 1914.
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Alfred Deakin was the second Prime Minister of Australia and served three non-consecutive terms. In total, Deakin was in office for approximately seven and a half years, from September 1903 to April 1904, July 1905 to November 1908, and June 1909 to April 1910.
Australia has had one female Prime Minister, which was Julia Gillard. Ms Gillard's popularity plunged during her term, but this is not to say that Australia will not have another female Prime Minister one day. as for why Australia does not have one now fe currently, no woman is a leader of a major political party in Australia, so ungil that happens, there cannot be a female PM.
The Prime Minister's term depends on how long he can keep the confidence of the parliament, and lasts up until the next election at most, which is at most 4 years. There is not a limit on the number of terms a Prime Minister can serve.
Sir Edmund Barton was the first prime minister of Australia. His term was from January 1, 1901 to September 24, 1903. He was a member of the Protectionist party.
There have been 27 different men who have served as Prime Minister of Australia. Some of these have served more than 1 term, on different occasions.
There is no set term. Stephen Harper will remain the Prime Minister of Canada until he resigns or the Conservatives lose government.