Whitlam I government

Lance Barnard (left) and Gough Whitlam (right)

The Whitlam I government ruled Australia from December 5, 1972 to December 19, 1972. It was an interim government provided by the Labor Party .

The previous government , a coalition of the Liberal Party (LP) and the Country Party (CP) under Prime Minister William McMahon lost the election to the House of Representatives on December 2, 1972 . The opposition Labor Party received an absolute majority with 67 out of 125 seats in the House of Representatives . Until the decision on the list of ministers by the parliamentary group of the Labor Party, party leader Gough Whitlam and the deputy group leader Lance Barnard formed a transitional government.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Term of office
prime minister	Gough Whitlam	December 5, 1972 - December 19, 1972
Foreign minister
Treasury minister
Attorney General
Minister for Customs and Excise Taxes
Minister for Trade and Industry
Minister for Shipping and Transport
Minister for Education and Science
Minister of Aviation
Minister for Housing
Building minister
Minister for External Territories
Minister for the Environment, Aboriginal and Art
Deputy Prime Minister	Lance Barnard	December 5, 1972 - December 19, 1972
Defense Minister
Minister of Supply
Army minister
Naval Minister
Minister for the Air Force
Postmaster General
Minister for Labor and Conscription
Minister of Social Affairs
Minister for Immigration
Interior minister
Minister for Primary Industry
Minister for Repatriation
Minister of Health
Minister for National Development

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. 552 , accessed May 24, 2019 .

↑ 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).
↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 10, 44 , accessed on May 24, 2019 .
^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , p. 273 f.
^ Prime Ministers of Australia. Gough Whitlam. National Museum of Australia, accessed May 24, 2019 .