Second Whitlam Ministry
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The Second Whitlam Ministry was the forty-ninth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 19 December 1972 to 12 June 1974.
Australian Labor Party
The order of seniority in the Whitlam Ministry was determined by the order in which members were elected to the Ministry by the Caucus on 18 December 1972, except for the four parliamentary leaders, who were elected separately.
Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
- Hon Gough WhitlamGough WhitlamEdward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC , known as Gough Whitlam , served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia. Whitlam led the Australian Labor Party to power at the 1972 election and retained government at the 1974 election, before being dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr at the climax of the...
, QC MP: Prime Minister. Minister for Foreign Affairs (to 6 November 1973) - Hon Lance BarnardLance BarnardLance Herbert Barnard AO , Australian politician, was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for most of the Labor government of Gough Whitlam....
, MP: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence. Minister for Supply (to 9 October 1973). Minister for the Army, Minister for the Navy, Minister for Air (to 30 November 1973) - Hon Dr Jim CairnsJim CairnsJames Ford "J. F." Cairns , Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government...
, MP: Minister for Overseas Trade. Minister for Secondary Industry (to 9 October 1973) - Hon Bill HaydenBill HaydenWilliam George "Bill" Hayden AC was the 21st Governor-General of Australia. Prior to this, he represented the Australian Labor Party in parliament; he was a minister in the government of Gough Whitlam, and later became Leader of the Opposition, narrowly losing the 1980 federal election to the...
, MP: Minister for Social Security - Hon Frank CreanFrank CreanFrank Crean was a senior minister in the Australian Labor Party government of Gough Whitlam from 1972 to 1975, and was Deputy Prime Minister for the last six months of the government's term....
, MP: Treasurer - Senator Hon Lionel MurphyLionel MurphyLionel Keith Murphy, QC was an Australian politician and jurist who served as Attorney-General in the government of Gough Whitlam and as a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1975 until his death.- Personal life :...
, QC: Attorney-General, Minister for Customs and Excise - Senator Hon Donald Willesee: Special Minister of State (to 30 November 1973). Vice-President of the Executive Council (to 30 November 1973). Minister assisting the Prime Minister (to 30 November 1973). Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs (to 6 November 1973). Minister for Foreign Affairs (from 30 November 1973)
- Senator Hon Doug McClelland: Minister for the Media
- Hon Dr Rex PattersonRex PattersonRex Alan Patterson is a former Australian politician and minister.Patterson was born in Bundaberg, Queensland and educated at the University of Queensland, the Australian National University, the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago.Patterson was elected as an Australian Labor...
, MP: Minister for Northern Development. Minister for the Northern Territory (from 19 October 1973) - Senator Hon Reg BishopReg BishopReginald Bishop AO was an Australian politician. He was born in Adelaide and left school at fifteen and became a clerk in the South Australian Railways at the Islington Railway Workshops. He was an official of the Australian Railways Union from 1937 until 1956 and Secretary of the South...
: Minister for Repatriation. Minister assisting the Minister for Defence - Hon Fred Daly, MP: Minister for Services and Property
- Hon Clyde CameronClyde CameronClyde Robert Cameron, AO , Australian politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for 31 years from 1949 to 1980, a Cabinet minister in the Whitlam government and a leading figure in the Australian labour movement for forty years.-Biography:Cameron was born in Murray Bridge,...
, MP: Minister for Labour - Hon Tom UrenTom UrenThomas Uren, AO was a Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party. He helped establish the heritage and conservation movement in Australia and, in particular, worked to preserve the heritage of inner Sydney.-Early life:...
, MP: Minister for Urban and Regional Development - Hon Charles JonesCharles Jones (Australian politician)Charles Keith Jones AO was an Australian politician and government minister.He was Minister for Transport and Minister for Civil Aviation in the Second Whitlam Ministry and Minister for Transport in the Third Whitlam Ministry.Commonly known as "Charlie",...
, MP: Minister for Transport. Minister for Civil Aviation (to 30 November 1973) - Hon Kim BeazleyKim Edward BeazleyKim Edward Beazley, AO , known as Kim Beazley during his career, Australian politician, was Minister for Education in the government of Gough Whitlam and a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives for 32 years, from 1945 to 1977.Beazley, the youngest of seven children, was born in...
, MP: Minister for Education - Hon Frank StewartFrank StewartFrancis Eugene "Frank" Stewart , a former Australian politician and rugby league footballer, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Lang between 1953 and 1977 and subsequently Grayndler between 1977 and 1979 for the Australian Labor Party. During his term in...
, MP: Minister for Tourism and Recreation. Minister assisting the Treasurer (from 15 February 1973) Vice-President of the Executive Council (from 30 November 1973) - Senator Hon Jim Cavanagh: Minister for Works (to 9 October 1973). Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (from 9 October 1973)
- Senator Hon Ken WriedtKen WriedtKenneth Shaw "Ken" Wriedt was an Australian politician and minister in the Whitlam government.Wriedt was born in Melbourne, of Danish ancestry. His early life included time spent as a seaman...
: Minister for Primary Industry - Hon Gordon BryantGordon BryantGordon Munro Bryant was an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he represented the Division of Wills from 1955 until his retirement in 1980....
, MP: Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (to 9 October 1973). Minister for the Capital Territory (from 9 October 1973) - Hon Rex ConnorRex ConnorReginald Francis Xavier "Rex" Connor , Australian politician, was a minister in the Whitlam government and promoted government investment to support national development...
, MP: Minister for Minerals and Energy - Hon Al GrassbyAl GrassbyAlbert Jaime Grassby, AM , Australian politician, was Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam Labor government. He initiated sweeping reforms in immigration, human rights, and is often known as the father of Australian "multiculturalism".-Early life and state politics:Born Albert Grassby in...
, MP: Minister for Immigration - Hon Les JohnsonLes JohnsonThe Honourable Leslie Royston "Les" Johnson AM is a former Australian politician, minister and High Commissioner.In his mid-twenties, Les Johnson was elected as a Councillor for Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, where he served for five years.Johnson was elected for the Australian Labor Party as...
, MP: Minister for Housing (to 30 November 1973). Minister for Works (9 October 1973 to 30 November 1973). Minister for Housing and Construction (from 30 November 1973) - Hon Kep EnderbyKep EnderbyKeppel Earl "Kep" Enderby QC is a former Australian politician and retired judge. Enderby was a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Australian Labor Party between 1970 and 1975, and became a senior cabinet minister in the Gough Whitlam government...
, QC MP: Minister for the Capital Territory (to 9 October 1973). Minister for the Northern Territory (to 19 October 1973). Minister for Secondary Industry (from 9 October 1973). Minister for Supply (from 9 October 1973) - Hon Lionel BowenLionel BowenLionel Frost Bowen AC , Australian politician, was a senior Labor Party figure, serving in the ministries of Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke...
, MP: Postmaster-General. Special Minister of State (from 30 November 1973). Minister assisting the Prime Minister (from 30 November 1973) - Hon Dr Doug EveringhamDoug EveringhamDouglas Nixon "Doug" Everingham is a former Australian politician and minister.Everingham graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Sydney in 1946 and worked in public and private hospitals and as a family doctor.Everingham was elected the Australian Labor Party...
, MP: Minister for Health - Hon Dr Moss CassMoss CassMoses Henry Cass is a former member of the Australian House of Representatives. Born in Narrogin, Western Australia, Cass was educated in state schools before graduating in Medicine from the University of Sydney and worked as a Research Fellow at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and as...
, MP: Minister for the Environment and Conservation - Hon Bill MorrisonBill Morrison (Australian politician)William Lawrence "Bill" Morrison AO , Australian former politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives and a Cabinet minister in the Whitlam government....
, MP: Minister for External Territories (to 30 November 1973). Minister for Science. Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in matters relating to Papua New Guinea (from 30 November 1973)
The order of seniority in the Whitlam Ministry was determined by the order in which members were elected to the Ministry by the Caucus on 18 December 1972, except for the four parliamentary leaders, who were elected separately.