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The First Curtin Ministry was the thirtieth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and held office from 7 October 1941 to 21 September 1943.
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The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
- Rt Hon John CurtinJohn CurtinJohn Joseph Curtin , Australian politician, served as the 14th Prime Minister of Australia. Labor under Curtin formed a minority government in 1941 after the crossbench consisting of two independent MPs crossed the floor in the House of Representatives, bringing down the Coalition minority...
, MP: Prime Minister. Minister for Defence Co-ordination (to 14 April 1942), Minister for Defence (from 14 April 1942) - 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 - 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: Treasurer. Minister for Postwar Reconstruction (from 22 December 1942) - Rt Hon Dr H. V. EvattH. V. EvattHerbert Vere Evatt, QC KStJ , was an Australian jurist, politician and writer. He was President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1948–49 and helped draft the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
, 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 Supply and Development (to 17 October 1942), Minister for Supply and Shipping (from 17 October 1942) - 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...
: Minister for the Interior - 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 Munitions - Hon Jack Holloway, MP: Minister for Health, Minister for Social Services
- 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, Vice-President of the Executive Council - 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 - Hon William Scully, MP: Minister for Commerce (to 22 December 1942), Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (from 22 December 1942)
- Senator Hon Bill Ashley: Postmaster-General, Minister for Information
- 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 Labour and National Service - Hon George LawsonGeorge Lawson (Australian politician)George Lawson was an Australian trade union official and politician.Lawson was born in South Pine River, near Caboolture, Queensland and educated at Warner State School. He fought in the Boer War South Africa with the 5th Contingent in 1901-02 and was mentioned in dispatches...
, MP: Minister for Transport - 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, Minister in charge of War Service Homes - 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 for War Organisation of Industry, Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - 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 - 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 External Territories - Senator Hon Don Cameron: Minister for Aircraft Production