Curtin II government

The Curtin II government ruled Australia from September 21, 1943 to July 6, 1945. It was a Labor Party government to which all ministers belonged.

The previous government was a minority government of the Labor Party under Prime Minister John Curtin , which only had 32 of the 75 seats in the House of Representatives . In the parliamentary election on August 21, 1943 Labor received 49.9% of the vote and 49 of the 75 seats in the House of Representatives and 22 of the 36 seats in the Senate . Curtin remained prime minister of the new laboratory government. Curtin died on July 5, 1945, and was succeeded for a week by Frank Forde , previously Army Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Labor elected Ben Chifley as chairman, who then succeeded as prime minister.

List of ministers

minister
Office	minister	Term of office	image
prime minister	John Curtin	September 21, 1943 - July 5, 1945
Defense Minister
Army minister	Frank Forde	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Treasury minister	Ben Chifley	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Minister for Post-War Reconstruction		September 21, 1943 - February 2, 1945
	John Dedman	February 2, 1945 - July 6, 1945
Attorney General	Herbert Vere Evatt	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Foreign minister
Minister for Supply and Shipping	Jack Beasley	September 21, 1943 - February 2, 1945
	Bill Ashley	February 2, 1945 - July 6, 1945
Naval Minister	Norman Makin	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Munitions Minister
Minister for Trade and Customs	Richard Keane	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Minister for Labor and Conscription	Jack Holloway	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Minister for the Air Force	Arthur Drakeford	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Minister for Aviation
Minister for Economy and Agriculture	William Scully	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Postmaster General	Bill Ashley	September 21, 1943 - February 2, 1945
	Don Cameron	February 2, 1945 - July 6, 1945
Vice President of the Executive Council	Bill Ashley	September 21, 1943 - February 2, 1945
	Jack Beasley	February 2, 1945 - July 6, 1945
Minister of War Economics	John Dedman	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Research Minister		September 21, 1943 - February 19, 1945
Interior minister	Joe Collings	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Minister of transport	Eddie Ward	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Minister for the External Territories
Minister of Health	James Fraser	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Minister of Social Affairs
Minister for Repatriation	Charles Frost	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Minister for Veterans Housing
Minister of Homeland Security	Bert Lazzarini	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945
Building minister		February 2, 1945 - July 6, 1945
Minister for Aircraft Production	Don Cameron	September 21, 1943 - February 2, 1945
	Norman Makin	February 2, 1945 - July 6, 1945
Information minister	Arthur Calwell	September 21, 1943 - July 6, 1945

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. 534 f. , accessed on May 5, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Geoffrey Serle: Curtin, John (1885-1945) . 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. 8, 33, 139 , accessed on May 4, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Malcolm Saunders: Forde, Francis Michael (Frank) (1890-1983) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 17. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 2007, ISBN 978-0-522-85382-7 (English).
4. ^ 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).
5. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , p. 257 f.