Andrew Murray, 1st Viscount Dunedin Trinity College, Cambridge. Murray was called to the Scottish Bar in 1874 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1891. The latter year he was also elected Member of Parliament for Bute, a seat he held until 1905, and appointed Solicitor General for Scotland in Lord Salisbury's Conservative administration. The Conservatives lost power in 1892 but when they returned to office in 1895 under Salisbury, Murray was once again made Solicitor-General for Scotland. In 1896 he was promoted to Lord Advocate and sworn of the Privy Council. He remained as Lord Advocate when Arthur Balfour became Prime Minister in 1902, but
Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin, and served until 13 July 1945 when Ben Chifley was elected leader of the Australian Labor Party. The last Prime Minister to serve out a full government term in the office was John Howard, who won the 2004 election and led his party to the 2007 election, but lost. Since then, the five subsequent Prime Ministers have been either voted out of the office mid-term by the caucuses of their own parties, assumed the office mid-term under such circumstances, or both. Prime Minister of Australia The Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government of Australia. The