Second Holt Ministry
Second Holt Ministry | |
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42nd Ministry of Australia | |
Date formed | 14 December 1966 |
Date dissolved | 19 December 1967 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | Lord Casey |
Prime Minister | Harold Holt |
No. of ministers | 27 |
Member party | Liberal–Country coalition |
Status in legislature | Coalition majority government |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | Arthur Calwell Gough Whitlam |
History | |
Election(s) | 26 November 1966 |
Legislature term(s) | 26th |
Predecessor | First Holt Ministry |
Successor | McEwen Ministry |
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Term of Government (1966-1967)
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The Second Holt Ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 42nd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 17th Prime Minister, Harold Holt. The Second Holt Ministry succeeded the First Holt Ministry, which dissolved on 14 December 1966 following the federal election that took place in November. The ministry was replaced by the caretaker McEwen Ministry on 19 December 1967, following the disappearance of Holt.[1]
As of 20 December 2020, Ian Sinclair and Peter Nixon are the last surviving members of the Second Holt Ministry. James Forbes was the last surviving Liberal minister, and Allen Fairhall was the last surviving Liberal Cabinet minister.
Cabinet[]
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Liberal | Rt Hon Harold Holt (CH) (1908–1967) MP for Higgins |
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Country | Rt Hon John McEwen (1900–1980) MP for Murray |
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Liberal | Rt Hon William McMahon (1908–1988) MP for Lowe |
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Liberal | Rt Hon Paul Hasluck (1905–1993) MP for Curtin |
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Country | Rt Hon Charles Adermann (1896–1979) MP for Fisher |
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Liberal | Hon Allen Fairhall (1909–2006) MP for Paterson |
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Liberal | Hon Denham Henty (1903–1978) Senator for Tasmania |
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Liberal | Hon Alan Hulme (1907–1989) MP for Petrie |
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Liberal | Hon David Fairbairn DFC (1917–1994) MP for Farrer |
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Liberal | Hon John Gorton (1911–2002) Senator for Victoria |
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Liberal | Hon Les Bury (1913–1986) MP for Wentworth |
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Country | Hon Doug Anthony (1929–2020) MP for Richmond |
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Country | Hon Ian Sinclair (1929–) MP for New England |
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Outer ministry[]
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Country | Hon Charles Barnes (1901–1998) MP for McPherson |
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Liberal | Hon Gordon Freeth (1914–2001) MP for Forrest |
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Liberal | Hon Reginald Swartz MBE (1911–2006) MP for Darling Downs |
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Liberal | Hon Billy Snedden QC (1926–1987) MP for Bruce |
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Liberal | Hon Dr James Forbes MC (1923–2019) MP for Barker |
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Liberal | Hon Peter Howson (1919–2009) MP for Fawkner |
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Liberal | Hon Ken Anderson (1909–1985) Senator for New South Wales |
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Country | Hon Colin McKellar (1903–1970) Senator for New South Wales |
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Liberal | Hon Dame Annabelle Rankin DBE (1908–1986) Senator for Queensland |
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Liberal | Hon Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015) MP for Wannon |
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Liberal | Hon Nigel Bowen QC (1911–1994) MP for Parramatta |
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Liberal | Hon Don Chipp (1925–2006) MP for Higinbotham |
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Liberal | Hon Bert Kelly (1912–1997) MP for Wakefield |
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Country | Hon Peter Nixon (1928–) MP for Gippsland |
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See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
- Ministries of Elizabeth II
- Australian Commonwealth ministries
- 1966 establishments in Australia
- 1967 disestablishments in Australia
- Cabinets established in 1966
- Cabinets disestablished in 1967