First Curtin ministry

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First Curtin ministry
Ministry of Australia
Group photo of the First Curtin ministry
Date formed7 October 1941
Date dissolved21 September 1943
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge VI
Governor-GeneralLord Gowrie
Prime MinisterJohn Curtin
No. of ministers19
Member partyLabor
Status in legislatureMinority government
Opposition partyCountry–United Australia coalition
Opposition leaderArthur Fadden
History
Outgoing election21 August 1943
Legislature term16th
PredecessorFadden ministry
SuccessorSecond Curtin ministry
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John Curtin

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Government of Australia

The First Curtin ministry (Labor) was the 29th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 14th Prime Minister, John Curtin. The First Curtin ministry succeeded the Fadden ministry, which dissolved on 7 October 1941 after the independent crossbenchers Alexander Wilson and Arthur Coles withdrew their support for the Fadden government. The ministry was replaced by the Second Curtin ministry on 21 September 1943 following the 1943 federal election.[1]

Frank Forde, who died in 1983, was the last surviving member of the First Curtin ministry; Forde was also the last surviving minister of the Scullin government, Second Curtin ministry, Forde government, and the First Chifley ministry.

Ministry

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
  Labor (Rt) Hon John Curtin
(1885–1945)

MP for Fremantle
(1934–1945)

  Hon Frank Forde
(1890–1983)

MP for Capricornia
(1922–1946)

  Hon Ben Chifley
(1885–1951)

MP for Macquarie
(1940–1951)

  • Treasurer
  • Minister for Postwar Reconstruction
    (from 22 December 1942)
  (Rt) Hon Dr H. V. Evatt KC
(1894–1965)

MP for Barton
(1940–1958)

  Hon Jack Beasley
(1895–1949)

MP for West Sydney
(1928–1946)

  Hon Joe Collings
(1865–1955)

Senator for Queensland
(1932–1950)

  Hon Norman Makin
(1889–1982)

MP for Hindmarsh
(1919–1946)

  Hon Jack Holloway
(1875–1967)

MP for Melbourne Ports
(1931–1951)

  • Minister for Health
  • Minister for Social Services
  • Minister assisting the Minister for Munitions (from 21 February 1942)
  Hon Richard Keane
(1881–1946)

Victoria

(1938–1946)

  Hon Arthur Drakeford
(1878–1957)

MP for Maribyrnong
(1934–1955)

  Hon William Scully
(1883–1966)

MP for Gwydir
(1937–1949)

  • Minister for Commerce
    (to 22 December 1942)
  • Minister for Commerce and Agriculture
    (from 22 December 1942)
  Hon Bill Ashley
(1881–1958)

Senator for New South Wales
(1937–1958)

  Hon Eddie Ward
(1899–1963)

MP for East Sydney
(1932–1963)

  • Minister for Labour and National Service
  Hon George Lawson
(1880–1966)

MP for Brisbane
(1931–1961)

  • Minister for Transport
  • Minister assisting the
    Postmaster-General
  Hon Charles Frost
(1882–1964)

MP for Franklin
(1934–1946)

  • Minister for Repatriation
  • Minister in charge of War Service Homes
  Hon John Dedman
(1896–1973)

MP for Corio
(1940–1949)

  • Minister for War Organisation of Industry
  • Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
  Hon Bert Lazzarini
(1884–1952)

MP for Werriwa
(1934–1952)

  Hon James Fraser
(1889–1961)

Senator for Western Australia
(1938–1959)

  Hon Don Cameron
(1878–1962)

Victoria

(1938–1962)

Notes

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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