How long is the Prime Minster term in Australia? And for how many terms can he/she be elected?

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Answer 1

A term in Australia is 3 years. They can be reelected as many times as the public sees fit to reelect them. Technically speaking they are not elected, it's is the party that he public votes for and then the party nominates a prime minister (unlike the US where they vote for a specific person who is representative of a party)

Answer 2

We don't vote for the Prime Minister in the same way as the USA vote for the President.

The position of Prime Minister is held by the leader of the party in power.

Each political party elects their parliamentary leader, who if that party is in power, becomes the PM.

The parliamentary term (time between elections) is approx 3 years. There is no set date for our elections as there is in the USA.

We, the electors, vote for the party candidate of our choice in our electorate. When the results of the election are counted then the party in power elects their leader and we have the PM.

The person holding the position of PM can change by the party electing another parliamentary member to be their leader.

There is no legal limit on how long some one can be PM. It's up to the voters and the party how long they remain in power.

Longest serving PMs -

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies - 26 April 1939 to 26 August 1941 and 19 December 1949 to 26 January 1966.

John Howard  - 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007.

I hope my explanation has helped you.