First Chifley Ministry

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First Chifley Ministry
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32nd Ministry of Australia
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Group photo of the First Chifley Ministry
Date formed13 July 1945
Date dissolved1 November 1946
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge VI
Governor-GeneralThe Duke of Gloucester
Prime MinisterBen Chifley
No. of ministers20
Member partyLabor
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partyLiberal–Country coalition
Opposition leaderRobert Menzies
History
Outgoing election28 September 1946
Legislature term(s)17th
PredecessorForde Ministry
SuccessorSecond Chifley Ministry
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The First Chifley Ministry (Labor) was the 32nd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 16th Prime Minister, Ben Chifley. The First Chifley Ministry succeeded the Forde Ministry, which dissolved on 13 July 1945 following the election of Chifley as Labor leader after the death of former Prime Minister John Curtin. The ministry was replaced by the Second Chifley Ministry on 1 November 1946 following the 1946 federal election.[1]

Frank Forde, who died in 1983, was the last surviving member of the First Chifley Ministry; Forde was also the last surviving minister of the Scullin Government, the Curtin Government, and the Forde Government.

Ministry[]

Minister Portrait Portfolio
  (Rt) Hon Ben Chifley
(1885–1951)

MP for Macquarie
(1940–1951)

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  Rt Hon Frank Forde
(1890–1983)

MP for Capricornia
(1922–1946)

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  • Deputy Leader of the Labor Party (to 28 September 1946)
  • Minister for the Army
  • Minister for Defence (from 15 August 1946)
  Rt Hon Dr H.V. Evatt KC
(1894–1965)

MP for Barton
(1940–1958)

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  • Deputy Leader of the Labor Party (from 31 October 1946)
  • Attorney-General
  • Minister for External Affairs
  (Rt) Hon Jack Beasley
(1895–1949)

MP for West Sydney
(1928–1946)

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  Hon Norman Makin
(1889–1982)

MP for Hindmarsh
(1919–1946)

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  • Minister for the Navy (to 15 August 1946)
  • Minister for Munitions (to 15 August 1946)
  • Minister for Aircraft Production (to 15 August 1946)
  Hon Richard Keane
(1881–1946)

Senator for Victoria
(1938–1946)

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  Hon Jack Holloway
(1875–1967)

MP for Melbourne Ports
(1931–1951)

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  • Minister for Labour and National Service
  Hon Arthur Drakeford
(1878–1957)

MP for Maribyrnong
(1934–1955)

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  • Minister for Air
  • Minister for Civil Aviation
  • Minister for the Navy (from 15 August 1946)
  Hon William Scully
(1883–1966)

MP for Gwydir
(1937–1949)

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  • Minister for Commerce and Agriculture
  Hon Bill Ashley
(1881–1958)

Senator for New South Wales
(1937–1958)

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  Hon John Dedman
(1896–1973)

MP for Corio
(1940–1949)

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  • Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
  • Minister for Postwar Reconstruction
  • Minister for Trade and Customs (from 29 April 1946 to 18 June 1946)
  • Minister for Munitions (from 15 August 1946)
  • Minister for Aircraft Production (from 15 August 1946)
  Hon Joe Collings
(1865–1955)

Senator for Queensland
(1932–1950)

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  Hon Eddie Ward
(1899–1963)

MP for East Sydney
(1932–1963)

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  • Minister for Transport
  • Minister for External Territories
  Hon James Fraser
(1889–1961)

Senator for Western Australia
(1938–1959)

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  • Minister for Health (to 18 June 1946)
  • Minister for Social Services (to 18 June 1946)
  • Minister for Trade and Customs (from 18 June 1946)
  Hon Charles Frost
(1882–1964)

MP for Franklin
(1934–1946)

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  Hon Bert Lazzarini
(1884–1952)

MP for Werriwa
(1934–1952)

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  Hon Don Cameron
(1878–1962)

Senator for Victoria
(1938–1962)

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  • Postmaster-General
  Hon Arthur Calwell
(1896–1973)

MP for Melbourne
(1940–1972)

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  Hon Herbert Johnson
(1889–1962)

MP for Kalgoorlie
(1940–1958)

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  • Minister for the Interior
  • Minister assisting the Minister for Works and Housing
  Hon Nick McKenna
(1895–1974)

Senator for Tasmania
(1944–1968) (in Ministry from 18 June 1946)

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  • Minister for Health (from 18 June 1946)
  • Minister for Social Services (from 18 June 1946)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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