Forde government

The Forde government ruled Australia from July 6, 1945 to July 13, 1945. It was a Labor Party government to which all ministers belonged.

The previous government was also provided by the Labor Party under Prime Minister John Curtin . 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 also succeeded a Labor government as Prime Minister from July 13th.

List of ministers

minister
Office	minister	Term of office	image
prime minister	Frank Forde	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Army minister
Treasury minister	Ben Chifley	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Attorney General	Herbert Vere Evatt	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Foreign minister
Defense Minister	Jack Beasley	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Vice President of the Executive Council
Naval Minister	Norman Makin	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Munitions Minister
Minister for Aircraft Production
Minister for Trade and Customs	Richard Keane	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Minister for Labor and Conscription	Jack Holloway	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Minister for the Air Force	Arthur Drakeford	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Minister for Aviation
Minister for Economy and Agriculture	William Scully	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Minister for Supply and Shipping	Bill Ashley	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Minister for Post-War Reconstruction	John Dedman	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Research Minister
Interior minister	Joe Collings	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Minister of transport	Eddie Ward	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Minister for the External Territories
Minister of Health	James Fraser	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Minister of Social Affairs
Minister for Repatriation	Charles Frost	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Minister for Veterans Housing
Minister of Homeland Security	Bert Lazzarini	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Building minister
Postmaster General	Don Cameron	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 1945
Information minister	Arthur Calwell	May 6, 1945 - May 13, 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. 535 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. ↑ 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).
3. ^ 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).
4. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , p. 257 f.