Second Holt ministry
Second Holt ministry | |
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Ministry of Australia | |
Date formed | 14 December 1966 |
Date dissolved | 19 December 1967 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | Lord Casey |
Prime Minister | Harold Holt |
No. of ministers | 27 |
Member party | Liberal–Country coalition |
Status in legislature | Coalition majority government |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | Arthur Calwell Gough Whitlam |
History | |
Election(s) | 26 November 1966 |
Legislature term(s) | 26th |
Predecessor | First Holt ministry |
Successor | McEwen ministry |
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Term of government (1966–1967)
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The Second Holt ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 42nd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 17th Prime Minister, Harold Holt. The Second Holt ministry succeeded the First Holt ministry, which dissolved on 14 December 1966 following the federal election that took place in November. The ministry was replaced by the caretaker McEwen ministry on 19 December 1967, following the disappearance of Holt.[1]
As of 20 December 2020,
Cabinet
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Liberal | CH ) (1908–1967) |
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Country | Rt Hon John McEwen (1900–1980) |
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Liberal | Rt Hon William McMahon (1908–1988) |
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Liberal | Rt Hon Paul Hasluck (1905–1993) |
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Country | Rt Hon Charles Adermann (1896–1979) |
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Liberal | Hon Allen Fairhall (1909–2006) |
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Liberal | Hon Denham Henty (1903–1978) |
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Liberal | Hon Alan Hulme (1907–1989) |
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Liberal | Hon David Fairbairn DFC (1917–1994) |
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Liberal | Hon John Gorton (1911–2002) Victoria (1950–1968) |
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Liberal | Hon Les Bury (1913–1986) |
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Country | Hon Doug Anthony (1929–2020) |
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Country | Hon Ian Sinclair (1929–) MP for New England |
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Outer ministry
Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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Country | Hon Charles Barnes (1901–1998) |
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Liberal | Hon Gordon Freeth (1914–2001) |
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Liberal | MBE (1911–2006) MP for Darling Downs |
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Liberal | QC (1926–1987) |
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Liberal | Dr James Forbes MC (1923–2019) |
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Liberal | Hon Peter Howson (1919–2009) |
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Liberal | Hon Ken Anderson (1909–1985) Senator for New South Wales |
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Country | Hon Colin McKellar (1903–1970) Senator for New South Wales |
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Liberal | DBE (1908–1986) Senator for Queensland |
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Liberal | Hon Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015) |
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Liberal | QC (1911–1994) MP for Parramatta |
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Liberal | Hon Don Chipp (1925–2006) MP for Higinbotham |
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Liberal | Hon Bert Kelly (1912–1997) MP for Wakefield |
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Country | Hon Peter Nixon (1928–) MP for Gippsland |
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Notes
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.