McMahon government

The McMahon government ruled Australia from March 10, 1971 to December 5, 1972. It was a coalition government of the Liberal Party (LP) and the Country Party (CP).

Prime Minister John 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 . In the election on December 2, 1972 , the opposition Labor Party won an absolute majority with 67 out of 125 seats in the House of Representatives . A laboratory government under Gough Whitlam followed .

List of ministers

cabinet
Office	minister	Political party	Term of office	image
prime minister	William McMahon	LP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Foreign minister			March 10, 1971 - March 22, 1971
	Les Bury	LP	March 22, 1971 - August 2, 1971
	Nigel Bowen	LP	August 2, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister of Trade and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister	Doug Anthony	CP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Defense Minister	John Gorton	LP	March 10, 1971 - August 13, 1971
	David Fairbairn	LP	August 13, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for Primary Industry	Ian Sinclair	CP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Postmaster General	Alan Hulme	LP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Vice President of the Executive Council
Minister of Supply	Ken Anderson	LP	March 10, 1971 - August 2, 1971
Minister of Health			August 2, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Treasury minister	Les Bury	LP	March 10, 1971 - March 22, 1971
	Billy Snedden	LP	March 22, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for National Development	Reginald Swartz	LP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for Shipping and Transport	Peter Nixon	CP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for Labor and Conscription	Billy Snedden	LP	March 10, 1971 - March 22, 1971
	Phillip Lynch	LP	March 22, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for Education and Science	Nigel Bowen	LP	March 10, 1971 - March 22, 1971
	David Fairbairn	LP	March 22, 1971 - August 20, 1971
	Malcolm Fraser	LP	August 20, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Attorney General	Nigel Bowen	LP	March 22, 1971 - August 2, 1971
Junior minister
Minister of Supply	Victor Garland	LP	August 2, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for External Territories	Charles Barnes	CP	March 10, 1971 - January 25, 1972
	Andrew Peacock	LP	February 2, 1972 - December 5, 1972
Minister of Health	Jim Forbes	LP	March 10, 1971 - March 22, 1971
	Ivor Greenwood	LP	March 22, 1971 - August 2, 1971
Minister for Housing	Annabelle Rankin	LP	March 10, 1971 - March 22, 1971
	Kevin Cairns	LP	March 22, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for Immigration	Phillip Lynch	LP	March 10, 1971 - March 22, 1971
	Jim Forbes	LP	Mar. 22, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister of Social Affairs	Bill Wentworth	LP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Building minister	Reg Wright	LP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for Aviation	Bob Cotton	LP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for Customs and Excise Taxes	Don Chipp	LP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for the Air Force	Tom Drake-Brockman	CP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Attorney General	Tom Hughes	LP	March 10, 1971 - March 22, 1971
	Ivor Greenwood	LP	August 2, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for Repatriation	Mac Holten	CP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Army minister	Andrew Peacock	LP	March 10, 1971 - February 2, 1972
	Robert Katter	CP	February 2, 1972 - December 5, 1972
Naval Minister	James Killen	LP	March 10, 1971 - March 22, 1971
	Malcolm Mackay	LP	March 22, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Interior minister	Ralph Hunt	CP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Minister for the Environment, Aboriginal and Art	Peter Howson	LP	March 10, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Tourism Minister			May 31, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Assistant Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the Prime Minister's Office	Bill Wentworth	LP	March 10, 1971 - May 31, 1971
Assistant Minister in Support of the Prime Minister	Andrew Peacock	LP	March 10, 1971 - May 27, 1971
	Don Dobie	LP	August 20, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Assistant Minister for Tourism in the Ministry of Trade and Industry	Reg Wright	LP	March 10, 1971 - May 31, 1971
Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry	Mac Holten	CP	August 20, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Basic Industries	Robert King	CP	October 5, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Assistant Minister to the Postmaster General	Ian Robinson	CP	August 20, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Assistant Minister in the Treasury	Phillip Lynch	LP	March 10, 1971 - March 22, 1971
	Andrew Peacock	LP	May 27, 1971 - February 2, 1972
	Victor Garland	LP	March 21, 1972 - December 5, 1972
Assistant Minister for National Development	Don Chipp	LP	May 27, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Assistant Minister for Labor and Conscription	Tony Street	LP	August 20, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Assistant Minister of Health	John Marriott	LP	September 14, 1971 - December 5, 1972
Assistant Minister of Aviation	John McLeay	LP	August 20, 1971 - December 5, 1972

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. 550–552 , accessed May 19, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Prime Ministers of Australia. John Gorton. National Museum of Australia, accessed May 19, 2019 .  
2. ↑ 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).
3. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 10, 44 , accessed on May 19, 2019 .  
4. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , p. 266 f.