Chifley II government

The Chifley II government ruled Australia from November 1, 1946 to December 19, 1949. It was a Labor Party government to which all ministers belonged.

The previous government was also provided by Labor. In the parliamentary election on December 10, 1949 , the Labor Party was defeated. It only provided 48 of the 123 MPs in the House of Representatives . The Liberal Party received 55 seats and the Country Party 19 seats. In the Senate , Labor was able to maintain its majority with 33 out of 60 senators. The new government was formed by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the Country Party. Prime Minister Robert Menzies , who held the office from 1939 to 1941.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Term of office	image
prime minister	Ben Chifley	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Treasury minister
Attorney General	Herbert Vere Evatt	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Foreign minister
Minister for Labor and Conscription	Jack Holloway	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister for the Air Force	Arthur Drakeford	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister for Aviation
Vice President of the Executive Council	William Scully	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister for Supply and Shipping	Bill Ashley	November 1, 1946 - April 6, 1948
Minister for Shipping and Fuel		April 6, 1948 - December 19, 1949
Defense Minister	John Dedman	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister for Post-War Reconstruction
Research Minister
Minister of transport	Eddie Ward	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister for the External Territories
Postmaster General	Don Cameron	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister for Immigration	Arthur Calwell	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Information minister
Interior minister	Herbert Johnson	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister of Health	Nick McKenna	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister of Social Affairs
Minister for Economy and Agriculture	Reg Pollard	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister for Construction and Housing	Nelson Lemmon	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Munitions Minister	John Armstrong	November 1, 1946 - April 6, 1948
Minister for Supply and Development		April 6, 1948 - December 19, 1949
Army minister	Cyril Chambers	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister for Trade and Customs	Ben Courtice	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Naval Minister	Bill Riordan	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949
Minister for Repatriation	Claude Barnard	November 1, 1946 - December 19, 1949

Web links

• Parliamentary Handbook for the 45th Parliament. (PDF; 13.4 MB) Part 6: Historical information on the Australian Parliament - Ministries and Cabinets. Parliament of Australia, p. 537 , accessed May 10, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ DB Waterson: Chifley, Joseph Benedict (Ben) (1885-1951) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 13. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1994, ISBN 0-522-84512-6 (English).
2. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 9, 35, 140 , accessed on May 10, 2019 .  
3. ^ AW Martin: Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894–1978) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 15. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 2000, ISBN 0-522-84843-5 (English).
4. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 259-262.