First Chifley Ministry
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The First Chifley Ministry was the thirty-third Australian Commonwealth ministry, and held office from 13 July 1945 to 1 November 1946.
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- Rt Hon Ben ChifleyBen ChifleyJoseph Benedict Chifley , Australian politician, was the 16th Prime Minister of Australia. He took over the Australian Labor Party leadership and Prime Ministership after the death of John Curtin in 1945, and went on to retain government at the 1946 election, before being defeated at the 1949...
, MP: Prime Minister, Treasurer - Rt Hon Frank FordeFrank FordeFrancis Michael Forde PC was an Australian politician and the 15th Prime Minister of Australia. He was the shortest serving Prime Minister in Australia's history, being in office for only eight days.-Early life:...
, MP: Minister for the Army. Minister for Defence (from 15 August 1946) - Hon Dr H.V. Evatt, KC MP: Attorney-General, Minister for External Affairs
- Hon Jack BeasleyJack BeasleyJohn Albert "Jack" Beasley was an Australian politician.-Early life:Beasley was born in Werribee, Victoria, but moved to Sydney with his family as a child. He had a primary education in Catholic schools then became an apprentice electrician...
, MP: Minister for Defence (to 14 August 1946) - Hon Norman MakinNorman MakinNorman John Oswald Makin AO , Australian politician, was a Cabinet minister, Speaker of the House of Representatives and diplomat.-Early life:...
, MP: Minister for the Navy, Minister for Aircraft Production, Minister for Munitions (to 15 August 1946) - Senator Hon Richard KeaneRichard KeaneRichard Valentine Keane was an Australian politician.Keane was born in Beechworth, Victoria and, after his police constable father was transferred to Melbourne, was educated at Christian Brothers College, St Kilda. When he was 16 he took a position as a clerk in the Victorian Railways...
: Minister for Trade and Customs (to 26 April 1946) - Hon Jack Holloway, MP: Minister for Labour and National Service
- Senator Hon Bill Ashley: Minister for Supply and Shipping
- Hon Eddie WardEddie WardEdward John "Eddie" Ward , Australian politician, was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives for 32 years from 1931 until his death....
, MP: Minister for Transport, Minister for External Territories - Hon William Scully, MP: Minister for Commerce and Agriculture
- Hon John DedmanJohn DedmanJohn Dedman was a Minister in the Australian Labor Party governments led by John Curtin and Ben Chifley. He was responsible for organising production during World War II, establishing the Australian National University, reorganising the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation ...
, MP: Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Minister for Postwar Reconstruction. Minister for Trade and Customs (29 April 1946 to 18 June 1946). Minister for Munitions, Minister for Aircraft Production (from 15 August 1946) - Hon Arthur DrakefordArthur DrakefordArthur Samuel Drakeford was an Australian politician and was the minister responsible for the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II...
, MP: Minister for Air, Minister for Civil Aviation. Minister for the Navy (from 15 August 1946) - Senator Hon James FraserJames Fraser (Western Australian politician)James McIntosh Fraser was an Australian trade unionist and politician.Fraser was born in Forres, Morayshire, Scotland and educated locally. He emigrated to Australia and married Ellen Simmons in April 1912 in Perth...
: Minister for Health, Minister for Social Services (to 18 June 1946), Minister for Trade and Customs (from 18 June 1946) - Hon Charles FrostCharles FrostCharles William Frost was an Australian politician.Frost was born in Hobart, Tasmania and educated at Koonya and Margate state schools, but left school at 13. He later worked at the Iron Blow mine near Queenstown...
, MP: Minister for Repatriation - Hon Hubert LazzariniHubert LazzariniHubert Peter Lazzarini was an Australian politician, holding the division of Werriwa as the Australian Labor Party member for most years from 1919 until his death....
, MP: Minister for Home Security (to 1 February 1946). Minister for Works and Housing - Senator Hon Don Cameron: Postmaster-General
- Hon Arthur CalwellArthur CalwellArthur Augustus Calwell Australian politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for 32 years from 1940 to 1972, Immigration Minister in the government of Ben Chifley from 1945 to 1949 and Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1960 to 1967.-Early life:Calwell was born in...
, MP: Minister for Information, Minister for Immigration - Senator Hon Joseph CollingsJoseph CollingsJoseph Silver Collings was a long-serving Australian politician. He was a hardworking Australian Labor Party bureaucrat with valuable writing and speaking talents, who was eventually rewarded by a five-year stint as a federal government minister.Collings was born in Brighton, England and...
: Vice-President of the Executive Council - Hon Herbert JohnsonHerbert Johnson (Australian politician)Herbert Victor Johnson was an Australian politician.Johnson was born in Northampton, Western Australia and educated at the local convent school. He worked as a shearer and became the first Western Australian shearer to join the Australian Workers' Union when it organized the shearers in 1908. ...
, MP: Minister for the Interior - Senator Hon Nick McKenna: Minister for Health, Minister for Social Services (from 18 June 1946)