Government of Holt I

Government of Holt I

The Holt I government ruled Australia from January 26, 1966 to December 14, 1966. It was a coalition government of the Liberal Party (LP) and the Country Party (CP).

Robert Menzies , who had been Prime Minister of LP-CP coalition governments since 1949, resigned on January 26, 1966. His successor was the previous Minister of the Treasury Harold Holt . In the parliamentary elections on November 26, 1966 , the ruling coalition expanded its majority in the House of Representatives . The Liberal Party received 61 and the County Party 21 of the 124 seats. Holt remained Prime Minister of a coalition of LP and CP.

List of ministers

cabinet
Office	minister	Political party	Term of office	image
prime minister	Harold Holt	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for Trade and Industry	John McEwen	CP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Treasury minister	William McMahon	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Foreign minister	Paul Hasluck	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for Primary Industry	Charles Adermann	CP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Defense Minister	Allen Fairhall	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister of Supply	Denham Henty	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Postmaster General	Alan Hulme	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Vice President of the Executive Council
Minister for National Development	David Fairbairn	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for Territories	Charles Barnes	CP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Building minister	John Gorton	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for Labor and Conscription	Les Bury	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for Research assigned to the Prime Minister	John Gorton	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Junior minister
Minister for Shipping and Transport	Gordon Freeth	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for Immigration	Hubert Opperman	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for Aviation	Reginald Swartz	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Attorney General	Billy Snedden	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister of Health	Jim Forbes	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Interior minister	Doug Anthony	CP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Naval Minister	Fred Chaney	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for the Air Force	Peter Howson	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for Customs and Excise Taxes	Ken Anderson	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for Repatriation	Colin McKellar	CP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister of Social Affairs	Ian Sinclair	CP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Minister for Housing	Annabelle Rankin	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Army minister	Malcolm Fraser	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966
Assistant Minister in the Treasury	Peter Howson	LP	January 26, 1966 - December 14, 1966

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. 544 , accessed May 17, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ AW Martin: Menzies, Sir Robert Gordon (Bob) (1894–1978) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 15. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 2000, ISBN 0-522-84843-5 (English).
2. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 10, 42 , accessed on May 17, 2019 .  
3. ↑ IR Hancock: Holt, Harold Edward (1908-1967) . In: Douglas Pike (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . Volume 14. Melbourne University Press, Carlton (Victoria) 1996, ISBN 0-522-84717-X (English).
4. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , pp. 264-266.