| Name | Party | Dates |
| REID, Rt Hon. George Houstoun, KC | Free Trade | May 1901 to 18.8.1904[1] |
| WATSON, Hon. John Christian | ALP | 18.8.1904 to 5.7.1905 |
| REID, Rt Hon. George Houstoun, KC | Free Trade, Anti-Socialist from 1906 | 7.7.1905 to 16.11.1908 |
| COOK, Hon. Joseph | Anti-Socialist | 17.11.1908 to 26.5.1909 |
| DEAKIN, Hon. Alfred | Fusion | 26.5.1909 to 2.6.1909[1] |
| FISHER, Hon. Andrew | ALP | 2.6.1909 to 29.4.1910[1] |
| DEAKIN, Hon. Alfred | Liberal | 1.7.1910 to 20.1.1913 |
| COOK, Hon. Joseph | Liberal | 20.1.1913 to 24.6.1913[1] |
| FISHER, Rt Hon. Andrew | ALP | 8.7.1913 to 17.9.1914[1] |
| COOK, Rt Hon. Joseph | Liberal | 8.10.1914 to 17.2.1917 |
| TUDOR, Hon. Frank Gwynne | ALP | 17.2.1917 to 10.1.1922[2] |
| CHARLTON, Matthew | ALP | 16.5.1922 to 29.3.1928 |
| SCULLIN, James Henry | ALP | 26.4.1928 to 22.10.1929[1] |
| LATHAM, Hon. John Greig, CMG, KC | Nationalist | 20.11.1929 to 7.5.1931 |
| LYONS, Hon. Joseph Aloysius | UAP | 7.5.1931 to 6.1.1932[1] |
| SCULLIN, Rt Hon. James Henry | ALP | 7.1.1932 to 1.10.1935 |
| CURTIN, John | ALP | 1.10.1935 to 7.10.1941[1] |
| FADDEN, Rt Hon. Arthur William | CP | 8.10.1941 to 23.9.1943 |
| MENZIES, Rt Hon. Robert Gordon, KC | UAP Liberal from 1945 | 23.9.1943 to 19.12.1949[1] |
| CHIFLEY, Rt Hon. Joseph Benedict | ALP | 21.2.1950 to 13.6.1951[2] |
| EVATT, Rt Hon. Herbert Vere, QC | ALP | 20.6.1951 to 9.2.1960 |
| CALWELL, Hon. Arthur Augustus | ALP | 7.3.1960 to 8.2.1967 |
| WHITLAM, Edward Gough, QC | ALP | 8.2.1967 to 5.12.1972[1] |
| SNEDDEN, Rt Hon. Billy Mackie, QC | Liberal | 20.12.1972 to 21.3.1975 |
| FRASER, Hon. John Malcolm | Liberal | 21.3.1975 to 11.11.1975[1] |
| WHITLAM, Hon. Edward Gough, QC | ALP | 27.1.1976 to 22.12.1977 |
| HAYDEN, Hon. William George | ALP | 22.12.1977 to 3.2.1983 |
| HAWKE, Robert James Lee, AC | ALP | 8.2.1983 to 11.3.1983[1] |
| PEACOCK, Hon. Andrew Sharp | Liberal | 11.3.1983 to 5.9.1985 |
| HOWARD, Hon. John Winston | Liberal | 5.9.1985 to 9.5.1989 |
| PEACOCK, Hon. Andrew Sharp | Liberal | 9.5.1989 to 3.4.1990 |
| HEWSON, John Robert | Liberal | 3.4.1990 to 23.5.1994 |
| DOWNER, Alexander John Gosse | Liberal | 23.5.1994 to 30.1.1995 |
| HOWARD, Hon. John Winston | Liberal | 30.1.1995 to 11.3.1996[1] |
| BEAZLEY, Hon. Kim Christian | ALP | 19.3.1996 to 22.11.2001 |
| CREAN, Hon. Simon Findlay | ALP | 22.11.2001 to 2.12.2003 |
| LATHAM, Mark William | ALP | 2.12.2003 to 18.1.2005 |
| BEAZLEY, Hon. Kim Christian | ALP | 28.1.2005 to 4.12.2006 |
| RUDD, Kevin Michael | ALP | 4.12.2006 to 3.12.2007[1] |
| NELSON, Hon. Brendan John | Liberal | 3.12.2007 to 16.9.2008 |
| TURNBULL, Hon. Malcolm Bligh | Liberal | 16.9.2008 to 1.12.2009 |
| ABBOTT, Hon. Tony John | Liberal | 1.12.2009 – |