Whitlam II government

The Whitlam II government ruled Australia from December 19, 1972 to June 12, 1974. It was a Labor Party government .

The McMahon 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 from December 5th to 19th. In the parliamentary elections parliamentary election on May 18, 1974 Labor lost a seat in the House of Representatives, but retained an absolute majority with 66 of 127 seats. Labor won 3 seats in the Senate, with 29 out of 60 not having a majority. The next government was also placed by Labor under Prime Minister Whitlam.

List of ministers

Office	minister	Term of office	image
prime minister	Gough Whitlam	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Deputy Prime Minister	Lance Barnard	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Defense Minister
Naval Minister		December 19, 1972 - November 30, 1973
Army minister
Minister for the Air Force
Minister of Supply		December 19, 1972 - October 9, 1973
	Kep Enderby	October 9, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Foreign minister	Gough Whitlam	February 19, 1972 - November 6, 1973
	Don Willesee	November 6, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Minister for Overseas Trade	Jim Cairns	February 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for the Manufacturing Industry		December 19, 1972 - October 9, 1973
	Kep Enderby	October 9, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Minister of Social Affairs	Bill Hayden	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Treasury minister	Frank Crean	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Attorney General	Lionel Murphy	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for Customs and Excise Taxes
Special Minister of State	Don Willesee	December 19, 1972 - November 30, 1973
	Lionel Bowen	November 30, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Vice President of the Executive Council	Don Willesee	December 19, 1972 - November 30, 1973
	Frank Stewart	November 30, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Minister for the Media	Doug McClelland	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for the Development of the North	Rex Patterson	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for Repatriation	Reg Bishop	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for Services and Real Estate	Fred Daly	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister of Labor	Clyde Cameron	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for Rural and Regional Development	Tom Uren	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister of transport	Charles Jones	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister of Aviation		December 19, 1972 - November 30, 1973
Education Minister	Kim Beazley	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for Tourism and Recreation	Frank Stewart	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Building minister	Jim Cavanagh	December 19, 1972 - October 9, 1973
	Les Johnson	October 9, 1973 - November 30, 1973
Minister for Primary Industry	Ken Wriedt	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for Aborigines	Gordon Bryant	December 19, 1972 - October 9, 1973
	Jim Cavanagh	October 9, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Minister for Raw Materials and Energy	Rex Connor	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for Immigration	Al Grassby	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for Housing	Les Johnson	December 19, 1972 - November 30, 1973
Minister for Housing and Housing		November 30, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Minister for the Capital Territory	Kep Enderby	October 9, 1973 - October 9, 1973
	Gordon Bryant	October 9, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Minister for the Northern Territory	Kep Enderby	October 9, 1973 - October 19, 1973
	Rex Patterson	October 19, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Postmaster General	Lionel Bowen	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister of Health	Doug Everingham	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for the Environment and Nature Conservation	Moss Cass	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Science Minister	Bill Morrison	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Minister for External Territories		December 19, 1972 - November 30, 1973
Assistant Minister in Support of the Prime Minister	Don Willesee	December 19, 1972 - November 30, 1973
	Lionel Bowen	November 30, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Assistant Minister of Defense	Reg Bishop	December 19, 1972 - June 12, 1974
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Don Willesee	December 19, 1972 - November 6, 1973
Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Papua New Guinea	Bill Morrison	November 30, 1973 - June 12, 1974
Assistant Minister in the Sahatz Ministry	Frank Stewart	February 15, 1973 - June 12, 1974

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. 553 f. , accessed on May 24, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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).
2. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 10, 44 , accessed on May 24, 2019 .  
3. ^ Johannes H. Voigt : History of Australia. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-520-48801-9 , p. 273 f.
4. ^ Prime Ministers of Australia. Gough Whitlam. National Museum of Australia, accessed May 24, 2019 .  
5. ↑ Stephen Barber: Federal election results 1901–2016 — Reissue 2. (PDF; 2.9 MB) Parliament of Australia, pp. 10, 45, 140 , accessed on May 24, 2019 .