Gorton III government

The Gorton III government ruled Australia from November 12, 1969 to March 10, 1971. It was a coalition government of the Liberal Party (LP) and the Country Party (CP).

Prime Minister John Gorton also headed the previous government . In the parliamentary elections on October 25, 1969 , the governing parties suffered significant losses. The Liberal Party lost 15 House seats and received 46 seats, the Country Party lost 1 seat and had 20 MPs. Together, however, they still had a majority of 46 of the 124 seats. Gorton remained Prime Minister of an LP-CP coalition. Gorton increasingly lost support within his party. When he put the vote of confidence at a party meeting on March 10, 1971, the vote was a draw, whereupon he resigned. His successor as party chairman and prime minister was Secretary of State William McMahon .

List of ministers

cabinet
Office	minister	Political party	Term of office	image
prime minister	John Gorton	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister of Trade and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister	John McEwen	CP	November 12, 1969 - February 5, 1971
	Doug Anthony	CP	February 5, 1971 - March 10, 1971
Foreign minister	William McMahon	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister for Primary Industry	Doug Anthony	CP	November 12, 1969 - February 5, 1971
	Ian Sinclair	CP	February 5, 1971 - March 10, 1971
Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry
Postmaster General	Alan Hulme	LP	February 5, 1971 - March 10, 1971
Vice President of the Executive Council
Treasury minister	Les Bury	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister for Shipping and Transport	Ian Sinclair	CP	November 12, 1969 - February 5, 1971
	Peter Nixon	CP	February 5, 1971 - March 10, 1971
Minister of Supply	Ken Anderson	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Defense Minister	Malcolm Fraser	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 8, 1971
Minister for National Development	Reginald Swartz	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 8, 1971
Minister for Labor and Conscription	Billy Snedden	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 8, 1971
Minister for Education and Science	Nigel Bowen	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 8, 1971
Interior minister	Peter Nixon	CP	November 12, 1969 - February 5, 1971
Junior minister
Interior minister	Ralph Hunt	CP	February 5, 1971 - March 10, 1971
Minister for External Territories	Charles Barnes	CP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister of Health	Jim Forbes	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister for Housing	Annabelle Rankin	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister for Immigration	Phillip Lynch	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister of Social Affairs	Bill Wentworth	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Building minister	Reg Wright	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister for Aviation	Bob Cotton	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister for Customs and Excise Taxes	Don Chipp	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister for the Air Force	Tom Drake-Brockman	CP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Attorney General	Tom Hughes	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Minister for Repatriation	Mac Holten	CP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Army minister	Andrew Peacock	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Naval Minister	James Killen	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Assistant Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the Prime Minister's Office	Bill Wentworth	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Assistant Minister in Support of the Prime Minister	Andrew Peacock	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Assistant Minister for Tourism in the Ministry of Trade and Industry	Reg Wright	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971
Assistant Minister in the Treasury	Phillip Lynch	LP	November 12, 1969 - March 10, 1971

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. 547 , accessed May 18, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 10, 43 , accessed on May 17, 2019 .  
2. ^ Prime Ministers of Australia. John Gorton. National Museum of Australia, accessed May 18, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Julian Leeser: McMahon, Sir William (Billy) (1908–1988) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 18. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 2012. ISBN 978-0-522-86131-0 (English).
4. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , p. 266.