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| Ministries | 37. Gorton
| 37. Gorton Ministry
(LIB-CP Coalition) 10.1.1968 – 28.2.1968 |
| Following the disappearance
of Prime Minister Holt on 17.12.1967, the Liberal Party chose Senator
Gorton as its leader, and he was sworn in as Prime Minister on 10.1.1968.
Prime Minister Gorton resigned his Senate seat on 1.2.1968, in order
to seek election to the House of Representatives. Between 1.2.1968
and his election for the Division of Higgins on 24.2.1968, Mr Gorton
was a member of neither House but, as permitted by the Constitution,
was able to remain Prime Minister. |
| Ministers |
Assistant ministers/Parliamentary
secretaries |
| Prime Minister |
Gorton, Senator JG |
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| Minister for Education and
Science |
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| Deputy Prime Minister |
McEwen, J (CP) |
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| Minister for Trade and Industry |
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Minister assisting the
Minister for Trade and Industry |
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Sinclair, IMcC (CP) |
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Minister in charge of Tourist
Activities under the Minister for Trade and Industry |
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Chipp, DL |
| Treasurer |
McMahon, W |
Minister assisting
the Treasurer |
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Howson, P |
| Minister for External Affairs |
Hasluck, PMC |
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| Minister for Defence |
Fairhall, A |
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| Minister for Primary Industry |
Anthony, JD (CP) |
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| Postmaster-General |
Hulme, AS |
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| Vice-President of Executive
Council |
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| Minister for National Development |
Fairbairn, DE |
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| Minister for Supply |
Henty, Senator NHD |
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| Minister for Labour and National Service |
Bury, LHE |
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| Minister for Social Services
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Sinclair, IMcC (CP) |
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| Minister for Shipping and Transport |
Freeth, G |
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| Minister for Territories |
Barnes, CE (CP) |
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| Minister for Civil Aviation |
Swartz, RWC |
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| Minister for Immigration |
Snedden, BM |
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| Minister for Health |
Forbes, AJ |
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| Minister for Air |
Howson, P |
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| Minister for Customs and Excise |
Anderson, Senator KMcC |
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| Minister for Repatriation |
McKellar, Senator GC (CP) |
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| Minister for Housing |
Rankin, Senator AJM |
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| Minister for the Army |
Fraser, JM |
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| Minister for Works |
Kelly, CR |
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| Attorney-General |
Bowen, NH |
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| Minister for the Navy |
Chipp, DL |
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| Minister for the Interior |
Nixon, PJ (CP) |
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