Hawke I government

The Hawke I government ruled Australia from March 11, 1983 to December 13, 1984. The government was provided by the Labor Party .

Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister of a coalition of the Liberal Party (LP) and the National Country Party (NCP) since November 11, 1975 . In the parliamentary elections on March 5, 1983 , the Labor Party won a clear majority with 75 out of 125 seats in the House of Representatives . Labor won 3 seats in the Senate , but missed a majority with 30 of 64 Senators. The new government put the Labor Party under Prime Minister Bob Hawke . In the early parliamentary elections on December 1, 1984 Labor was able to maintain the absolute majority with 82 of 148 seats in the enlarged House of Representatives, despite a slight loss of votes. In the also enlarged Senate, Laboratory provided 34 of the 76 Senators. Laboratory rule under Bob Hawke continued.

List of ministers

cabinet
Office	minister	Term of office	image
prime minister	Bob Hawke	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce	Lionel Bowen	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Industry and Commerce	John Button	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister of Social Affairs	Don Grimes	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Labor and Industrial Relations	Ralph Willis	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Treasury minister	Paul Keating	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Special Minister of State	Mick Young	March 11, 1983 - July 14, 1983
		January 21, 1984 - December 13, 1984
Vice President of the Executive Council		March 11, 1983 - July 14, 1983
	Lionel Bowen	July 14, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs	Stewart West	March 11, 1983 - November 4, 1983
		April 3, 1984-13. December 1984
Minister for Natural Resources and Energy	Peter Walsh	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Foreign minister	Bill Hayden	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Education and Youth	Susan Ryan	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Attorney General	Gareth Evans	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Defense Minister	Gordon Scholes	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Primary Industry	John Kerin	November 4, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Finance minister	John Dawkins	July 14, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Commonwealth and State Relations	Lionel Bowen	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Public Service	Ralph Willis	March 11, 1983 - June 28, 1983
	John Dawkins	July 14, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Industrial Public Service Affairs	Ralph Willis	June 28, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for the Status of Women	Susan Ryan	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Communications	John Button	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Junior minister
Special Minister of State	Kim Beazley	July 14, 1983 - January 21, 1984
Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs	Stewart West	November 4, 1983 - April 3, 1984
Minister of transport	Peter Morris	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Primary Industry	John Kerin	March 11, 1983 - November 4, 1983
Aviation Minister	Kim Beazley	July 14, 1983 - January 21, 1984
Minister for Housing and Construction	Chris Hurford	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Sport, Leisure and Tourism	John Brown	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Administrative Services
Finance minister	John Dawkins	March 11, 1983 - July 14, 1983
Minister of Health	Neal Blewett	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister of Science and Technology	Barry Jones	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister of Communication	Michael Duffy	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister of the Interior and Environment	Barry Cohen	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Aborigines	Clyde Holding	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Veterans	Arthur Gietzelt	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister for Territories and Local Government	Tom Uren	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Minister of Defense Support	Brian Howe	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Local Development and Regional Affairs	Tom Uren	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Public Service	John Dawkins	June 28, 1983 - July 14, 1983
Assistant Minister for Industry and Commerce	John Brown	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Assistant Minister in the Treasury	Chris Hurford	March 11, 1983 - December 13, 1984
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Defense	Kim Beazley	July 14, 1983 - January 21, 1984

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. 563 f. , accessed on May 31, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Prime Ministers of Australia. Malcolm Fraser. National Museum of Australia, accessed May 31, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 11, 49, 141 , accessed on May 31, 2019 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Prime Ministers of Australia. Bob Hawke. National Museum of Australia, accessed May 31, 2019 .  
4. ^ ^{A b} Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 278-285
5. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 11, 50, 141 , accessed on May 31, 2019 .