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Although 20 of the 27 Prime Ministers have described themselves as "Christian", at least 9 are nominal Christians:-
Edmund Barton Christian [nominal]1901-03
Alfred Deakin Christian 1903-04, 1905-08, 1909-10
Chris Watson Christian [nominal] 1904
George Reid Christian [nominal] 1904-05
Andrew Fisher Christian 1908-09, 1910-13, 1914-15
Joseph Cook Christian 1913-14
William Morris Hughes Atheist? Agnostic? 1915-23
Stanley Melbourne Bruce Christian [nominal]1923-29
James Scullin Christian 1929-32
Joseph Lyons Christian 1932-39
Earle Page 1939
Robert Menzies Christian 1939-41, 1949-66
Arthur Fadden Christian [nominal] 1941
John Curtin Agnostic? Atheist? 1941-45
Francis Forde Christian 1945
Ben Chifley Christian 1945-49
Harold Holt Atheist? Agnostic? 1966-67
John McEwen Christian [nominal]1967-68
John Gorton Christian [nominal]1968-71
William McMahon Christian [nominal] 1971-72
Gough Whitlam Agnostic? 1972-75
Malcolm Fraser Christian [nominal]1975-83
Robert Hawke Agnostic 1983-91
Paul Keating Christian 1991-96
John Howard Christian1996-2007
Kevin Rudd Christian 2007-10
Julia Gillard Atheist 2010-
"Nine prime ministers (Deakin, Fisher, Cook, Scullin, Lyons, Forde, Chifley - pictured - Howard and Rudd) have been observant Christians). Two (Menzies and Keating) have been conventional Christians. Ten (Barton, Watson, Reid, Bruce, Page, Fadden, McEwen, McMahon, Gorton and Fraser) have been nominal Christians. Five (Hughes, Curtin, Whitlam, Hawke and Gillard) have been articulate atheists or agnostics. One (Holt) was a nominal atheist or agnostic. "
(From "The religious beliefs of Australia's prime ministers" at http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=24159)
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