Government of Fraser II

The Fraser II government ruled Australia from December 22, 1975 to December 20, 1977. It was a coalition government of the Liberal Party (LP) and the National Country Party (NCP).

In the parliamentary election on December 13, 1975 , the Labor Party suffered a clear defeat. The Liberal Party received 68 of the 127 seats, the NCP 22 and Labor 36. Labor and the LP each had 27 of the 60 senators in the Senate, the NCP won 7 seats. The coalition of LP and NCP under Malcolm Fraser continued. In the early parliamentary elections on December 10, 1977 Labor was able to make slight profits at the expense of the ruling parties, but the government retained its absolute majority in both chambers of parliament. The subsequent government was again a coalition of LP and NCP under Prime Minister Fraser.

List of ministers

cabinet
Office	minister	Political party	Term of office	image
prime minister	Malcolm Fraser	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Deputy Prime Minister	Doug Anthony	NCP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Natural Resources
Minister for Overseas Trade
Treasury minister	Phillip Lynch	LP	November 11, 1975 - November 19, 1977
Finance minister			December 7, 1976 - November 19, 1977
Minister for Primary Industry	Ian Sinclair	NCP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Administrative Services	Reg Withers	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Vice President of the Executive Council
Minister for the Environment, Housing and Local Development	Ivor Greenwood	LP	December 22, 1975 - July 8, 1976
Minister for Industry and Trade	Bob Cotton	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Labor and Industrial Relations	Tony Street	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister of transport	Peter Nixon	NCP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister of Education	John Carrick	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Foreign minister	Andrew Peacock	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Defense Minister	James Killen	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister of Social Affairs	Margaret Guilfoyle	LP	July 8, 1976 - December 20, 1977
Assistant Minister in Assistance to the Prime Minister on Federal Affairs	John Carrick	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Assistant Minister in support of the Prime Minister in civil service matters	Tony Street	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Assistant Minister in Assistance to the Prime Minister on Women's Issues			August 16, 1976 - November 8, 1976
Junior minister
Treasury minister	John Howard	LP	November 19, 1977 - December 20, 1977
Minister for the Environment, Housing and Local Development	Kevin Newman	LP	July 8, 1976 - December 20, 1977
Minister of Social Affairs	Margaret Guilfoyle	LP	December 22, 1975 - July 8, 1976
Attorney General	Bob Ellicott	LP	December 22, 1975 - September 6, 1977
	Peter Durack	LP	September 6, 1977 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Commerce and Consumers	John Howard	LP	December 22, 1975 - July 17, 1977
	Whale fife	LP	July 19, 1977 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Special Trade Negotiations	John Howard	LP	July 17, 1977 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Post and Telecommunications	Victor Garland	LP	December 22, 1975 - February 6, 1976
	Eric Robinson	LP	February 6, 1976 - December 20, 1977
Minister of Health	Ralph Hunt	NCP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs	Michael MacKellar	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Aborigines	Ian Viner	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister for the Northern Territory	Evan Adermann	NCP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister for the Capital Territory	Eric Robinson	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 16, 1976
	Tony Staley	LP	December 16, 1976 - December 20, 1977
Building minister	John McLeay	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Repatriation	Kevin Newman	LP	December 22, 1975 - July 8, 1976
	Peter Durack	LP	July 8, 1976 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Veterans			October 5, 1976 - September 6, 1977
	Victor Garland	LP	September 6, 1977 - December 20, 1977
Science Minister	James Webster	NCP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Minister for Productivity	Ian Macphee	LP	November 8, 1977 - December 20, 1977
Assistant Minister in Support of the Prime Minister for Childcare	Margaret Guilfoyle	LP	December 22, 1975 - June 23, 1976
Assistant Minister in Support of the Prime Minister of Art	Tony Staley	LP	August 16, 1976 - December 20, 1977
Assistant Minister in Support of the Prime Minister for Women	Ian Macphee	LP	November 8, 1976 - December 20, 1977
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister	John Howard	LP	May 24, 1977 - December 20, 1977
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Natural Resources	Evan Adermann	NCP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977
Assistant Minister in the Treasury	Victor Garland	LP	December 22, 1975 - February 6, 1976
	Eric Robinson	LP	February 6, 1976 - December 7, 1976
	Ian Viner	LP	December 7, 1976 - December 20, 1977
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Labor and Industrial Relations	Ian Macphee	LP	November 8, 1976 - December 20, 1977
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Defense	John McLeay	LP	December 22, 1975 - December 20, 1977

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. 556 f. , accessed on May 25, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 10 f., 47, 141 , accessed on May 25, 2019 (English).  
2. ^ Prime Ministers of Australia. Malcolm Fraser. National Museum of Australia, accessed May 25, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 11, 46, 141 , accessed on May 25, 2019 .  
4. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 277-279