Grade the Australian Prime Ministers

[Phony Moderate]

Or at least the ones you know enough about.

For me:

Gough Whitlam - A-
Malcolm Fraser - C-
Bob Hawke - C
Paul Keating - B
John Howard - D
Kevin Rudd - C
Julia Gillard - C+

[RogueBeaver]

Gough Whitlam- F
Malcolm Fraser- D
Bob Hawke- B+
Paul Keating B+
John Howard- A
Kevin Rudd- D
Julia Gillard- incomplete

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

John Curtin A-
Ben Chifley A
Robert Menzies (both times) A-
Harold Holt B+
John McEwen C
John Gorton B+
William McMahon F (worst PM in history)
Gough Whitlam C+
Malcolm Fraser B-
Bob Hawke B+
Paul Keating B-
John Howard B-
Kevin Rudd C-
Julia Gillard C

[Platypus]

Gillard: D
Rudd: C
Howard: P
Keating: C
Hawke: HD
Fraser: D
Whitlam: C
McMahon: F
Gorton: P
McEwen: NS
Holt: C
Menzies: P
Chifley: HD
Forde: NS
Curtin: HD
Hughes: D
Fadden: NS
Page: NS
Lyons: P
Scullin: P
Bruce: C
Hughes: F
Fisher: P
Cook: P
Deakin: HD
Reid: P
Watson: P
Barton: P

[morgieb]

Barton - B
Deakin - A-
Watson - C
Reid - C
Fisher - B
Cook - C
Hughes - D
Bruce - C-
Scullin - D
Lyons - B
Menzies - B+
Curtin - A+
Chifley - A
Holt - C
Gorton - C-
McMahon - D-
Whitlam - A (C)
Fraser - B-
Hawke - B+
Keating - B (C+)
Howard - F (B-)
Rudd - C
Gillard - I (currently B-)

As my real judgement of Whitlam, Howard and Keating is rather clouded (more so than Americans as I'm Australian), I put an 'impartial' ranking in brackets.

[The Simpsons Cinematic Universe]

Curtin and Whitlam would both be A. The rest I don't particularly care about, but F-- for Howard.

Relating to Howard...

[You kip if you want to...]

Hawke - C
Keating - B
Howard - E
Rudd - B+
Gillard - D

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Gough Whitlam - A
Malcolm Fraser - D
Bob Hawke - C+
Paul Keating - B+
John Howard - F
Kevin Rudd - C
Julia Gillard - B-

[freefair]

Gough Whitlam - B-
Malcolm Fraser - C-
Bob Hawke - B
Paul Keating - B
John Howard - A
Kevin Rudd - C
Julia Gillard - D