McEwen cabinet
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.
minister
The following ministers were members of the government:
Office | Official | Political party | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
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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.