Will Albo be the first Australian PM since Menzies to voluntarily relinquish the position?

[brucejoel99]

Say, in 2029/30, if not later, or will he go down like all non-Caretaker PMs since Menzies: in death, a partyroom knifing, an election loss, or a confidence-&/or-supply-loss-induced dismissal?

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Gough Whitlam was controversially fired by the governor general.

[brucejoel99]

Gough Whitlam was controversially fired by the governor general.

Oof, how could I forget the Dismissal! Will edit the OP.

EDIT: also added "non-Caretaker" so nobody had the idea to bring McEwen up, & his commission as interim PM specifically expired upon the Liberals' election (of Gorton, who just took a day to be sworn-in) anyway; Albo's has no expiration date.

[CumbrianLefty]

I am sure he will be delighted that you are asking this question already

[Vosem]

Statistically speaking it seems rather unlikely, since no one has managed this since Menzies.

[Meclazine for Israel]

You probably need to travel to Australia to understand how chill the mood is.

[AustralianSwingVoter]

Statistically speaking it seems rather unlikely, since no one has managed this since Menzies.

And other than Menzies the only other PM to voluntarily leave at a time of their choosing is Edmund Barton. It’s more common in state politics but it’d be a highly unusual act federally.

[Ebowed]

God help us if he is still the Prime Minister in 2030.

[CumbrianLefty]

Mate, you had *Tony Abbott* as PM recently.

I think you will survive even two terms of Albo perfectly well in comparison.

[Ebowed]

Mate, you had *Tony Abbott* as PM recently.

Yes, and he was terrible.  Although I think Malcolm Turnbull was worse.