McEwen cabinet

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The McEwen Cabinet was an Australian coalition government of Country Party and Liberal Party . It was formed on December 19, 1967 by Prime Minister John McEwen of the Country Party . It replaced the second Holt cabinet and remained in office until it was replaced by the first Gorton cabinet on January 10, 1968.

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The following ministers were members of the government:

Office Official Political party Beginning of the term of office Term expires
prime minister John McEwen Country party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Trade and Industry John McEwen Country party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Finance minister William McMahon Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Foreign minister Paul Hasluck Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Defense Minister Allen Fairhall Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Primary Industry John Douglas "Doug" Anthony Country party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Education and Science John Gorton Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Post Minister Alan Hulme Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Vice-President of the Executive Board Alan Hulme Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for National Development David Fairbairn Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister of Supply Denham Henty Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister of Labor and National Service Les Bury Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Social Services Ian Sinclair Country party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Shipping and Transport Gordon Freeth Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Territories of Australia Charles Barnes Country party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Civil Aviation Reginald Swartz Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Immigration Billy Snedden Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister of Health Jim Forbes Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Aviation Minister Peter Howson Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Customs and Excise Taxes Ken Anderson Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Repatriation Colin McKellar Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Housing Annabelle Rankin Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Army Minister Malcolm Fraser Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Attorney General Nigel Bowen Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Naval Minister Don Chipp Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Minister for Public Works Bert Kelly Liberal party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968
Interior minister Peter Nixon Country party December 19, 1967 January 10, 1968

The ministers in bold were members of the cabinet, while the other ministers were not officially members of the cabinet.

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