Whitlam I government
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 | image |
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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 |
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. 552 , accessed May 24, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .