Government of Fraser III
The Fraser III government ruled Australia from December 20, 1977 to November 3, 1980. It was a coalition government of the Liberal Party (LP) and the National Country Party (NCP).
Malcolm Fraser had been Prime Minister of a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Country Party since November 11, 1975. 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 seats in the House of Representatives . In the Senate , Labor and the LP each provided 27 of the 60 senators, 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. In the parliamentary elections on October 18, 1980 , the governing coalition lost 11 seats, but was able to maintain an absolute majority with 74 (LP: 54, NCP: 20) out of 125 seats. The government lost its majority in the Senate. The subsequent government was again a coalition of LP and NCP under Prime Minister Fraser.
List of ministers
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| prime minister | Malcolm Fraser | LP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Deputy Prime Minister | Doug Anthony | NCP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Minister for Trade and Natural Resources | ||||
| Minister for Industry and Trade | Phillip Lynch | LP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Minister for Primary Industry | Ian Sinclair | NCP | December 20, 1977 - September 27, 1979 |
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| Peter Nixon | NCP | September 27, 1979 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Minister for Administrative Services | Reg Withers | LP | December 20, 1977 - August 7, 1978 |
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| John Carrick | LP | August 7, 1978 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Minister for Labor and Industrial Relations | Tony Street | LP | December 20, 1977 - December 5, 1978 |
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| Minister for Industrial Relations | December 5, 1978 - November 3, 1980 | |||
| Minister for Labor and Youth | Ian Viner | LP | December 5, 1978 - November 3, 1980 | |
| Minister of transport | Peter Nixon | NCP | December 20, 1977 - December 8, 1979 |
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| Ralph Hunt | NCP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Treasury minister | John Howard | LP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Minister of Education | John Carrick | LP | December 20, 1977 - December 8, 1979 | |
| Foreign minister | Andrew Peacock | LP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Defense Minister | James Killen | LP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Minister of Social Affairs | Margaret Guilfoyle | LP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 | |
| Finance minister | Eric Robinson | LP | December 20, 1977 - February 23, 1979 | |
| John Howard | LP | February 23, 1979 - February 27, 1979 |
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| Eric Robinson | LP | February 27, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Minister for Aborigines | Ian Viner | LP | December 20, 1977 - December 5, 1978 | |
| Minister for National Development and Energy | John Carrick | LP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | |
| Attorney General | Peter Durack | LP | August 25, 1978 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Minister for Special Commercial Representations | Ian Sinclair | NCP | August 19, 1980 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Assistant Minister in Assistance to the Prime Minister on Federal Affairs | John Carrick | LP | December 20, 1977 - August 25, 1978 | |
| Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister | Ian Viner | LP | December 20, 1977 - December 8, 1979 | |
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| Minister for Administrative Services | Peter Durack | LP | August 7, 1978 - August 25, 1978 |
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| Fred Chaney | LP | August 25, 1978 - December 5, 1978 |
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| John McLeay | LP | December 5, 1978 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Minister of Education | Whale fife | LP | December 5, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | |
| Minister for Aborigines | Fred Chaney | LP | December 5, 1978 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Minister of Health | Ralph Hunt | NCP | December 20, 1977 - December 8, 1979 | |
| Michael MacKellar | LP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs | December 20, 1977 - December 8, 1979 | |||
| Ian Macphee | LP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Minister for the Northern Territory | Evan Adermann | NCP | December 20, 1977 - September 28, 1978 | |
| Building minister | John McLeay | LP | December 20, 1977 - December 5, 1978 |
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| Minister for the Environment, Housing and Local Development | Ray Groom | LP | December 20, 1977 - December 5, 1978 | |
| Ministry of Housing and Construction | December 5, 1978 - November 3, 1980 | |||
| Minister for National Development | Kevin Newman | LP | December 20, 1977 - December 8, 1979 | |
| Science Minister | James Webster | NCP | December 20, 1977 - December 5, 1978 | |
| Minister for Science and the Environment | December 5, 1978 - December 8, 1979 | |||
| David Thomson | NCP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Minister for Post and Telecommunications | Tony Staley | LP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 | |
| Attorney General | Peter Durack | LP | December 20, 1977 - August 25, 1978 |
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| Minister for Productivity | Ian Macphee | LP | December 20, 1977 - December 8, 1979 | |
| Kevin Newman | LP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Minister for Commerce and Consumers | Whale fife | LP | December 20, 1977 - December 8, 1979 | |
| Victor Garland | LP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Minister for Special Commercial Representations | December 20, 1977 - December 8, 1979 | |||
| Douglas Scott | NCP | December 8, 1979 - August 19, 1980 | ||
| Minister for Veterans | Victor Garland | LP | December 20, 1977 - July 4, 1978 | |
| Evan Adermann | NCP | July 4, 1978 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Interior minister | Bob Ellicott | LP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 | |
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| Assistant Minister in Assistance to the Prime Minister on Federal Affairs | Whale fife | LP | August 25, 1978 - December 8, 1979 | |
| Kevin Newman | LP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister | Michael MacKellar | LP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | |
| Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Commerce and Natural Resources | Douglas Scott | NCP | December 8, 1979 - August 19, 1980 | |
| Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Industry and Trade | Ian Macphee | LP | December 5, 1978 - December 8, 1979 | |
| Victor Garland | LP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Basic Industries | Evan Adermann | NCP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 | |
| Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Labor and Industrial Relations | Ray Groom | LP | December 20, 1977 - December 5, 1978 | |
| Assistant Minister in the Treasury | Michael MacKellar | LP | August 25, 1978 - December 8, 1979 | |
| Ian Macphee | LP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 | ||
| Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Education | Fred Chaney | LP | August 25, 1978 - December 8, 1979 |
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| Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Defense | John McLeay | LP | December 20, 1977 - November 3, 1980 |
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| Assistant Minister in the Ministry of National Development and Energy | Fred Chaney | LP | December 8, 1979 - November 3, 1980 |
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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, pp. 559-561 , accessed May 26, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 10 f., 46, 141 , accessed on May 26, 2019 (English).
- ^ Prime Ministers of Australia. Malcolm Fraser. National Museum of Australia, accessed May 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 11, 47, 141 , accessed on May 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 11, 48, 141 , accessed on May 26, 2019 .
- ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 277-281
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