Third Whitlam Ministry
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The Third Whitlam Ministry was the fiftieth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 12 June 1974 to 11 November 1975. It was dismissed in the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis.
Australian Labor Party
The order of seniority in the Whitlam Ministry was determined by the order in which members were elected to the Ministry by the Caucus on 10 June 1974, except for the four parliamentary leaders.
Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
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...
- Hon Gough WhitlamGough WhitlamEdward Gough Whitlam, AC, QC , known as Gough Whitlam , served as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia. Whitlam led the Australian Labor Party to power at the 1972 election and retained government at the 1974 election, before being dismissed by Governor-General Sir John Kerr at the climax of the...
, QC MP: Prime Minister. Minister for the Environment (2 July 1975 to 14 July 1975) - Hon Dr Jim CairnsJim CairnsJames Ford "J. F." Cairns , Australian politician, was prominent in the Labor movement through the 1960s and 1970s, and was briefly Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government...
, MP: Deputy Prime Minister (to 2 July 1975). Minister for Overseas Trade (to 11 December 1974). Treasurer (11 December 1974 to 6 June 1975). Minister for the Environment (6 June 1975 to 2 July 1975) - Hon Rex ConnorRex ConnorReginald Francis Xavier "Rex" Connor , Australian politician, was a minister in the Whitlam government and promoted government investment to support national development...
, MP: Minister for Minerals and Energy (to 14 October 1975) - Hon Bill HaydenBill HaydenWilliam George "Bill" Hayden AC was the 21st Governor-General of Australia. Prior to this, he represented the Australian Labor Party in parliament; he was a minister in the government of Gough Whitlam, and later became Leader of the Opposition, narrowly losing the 1980 federal election to the...
, MP: Minister for Social Security (to 6 June 1975). Treasurer (from 6 June 1975) - Senator Hon Lionel MurphyLionel MurphyLionel Keith Murphy, QC was an Australian politician and jurist who served as Attorney-General in the government of Gough Whitlam and as a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1975 until his death.- Personal life :...
, QC: Attorney-General, Minister for Customs and Excise (to 10 February 1975) - Senator Hon Donald Willesee: Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Senator Hon Ken WriedtKen WriedtKenneth Shaw "Ken" Wriedt was an Australian politician and minister in the Whitlam government.Wriedt was born in Melbourne, of Danish ancestry. His early life included time spent as a seaman...
: Minister for Agriculture (to 21 October 1975). Minister for Minerals and Energy (from 14 October 1975) - Hon Frank CreanFrank CreanFrank Crean was a senior minister in the Australian Labor Party government of Gough Whitlam from 1972 to 1975, and was Deputy Prime Minister for the last six months of the government's term....
, MP: Treasurer (to 11 December 1974). Minister for Overseas Trade (from 11 December 1974). Deputy Prime Minister (from 14 July 1975) - Hon Fred Daly, MP: Minister for Services and Property (to 7 October 1975). Minister for Administrative Services (from 7 October 1975)
- Senator Hon Doug McClelland: Minister for the Media (to 6 June 1975). Special Minister of State (from 6 June 1975)
- Hon Lance BarnardLance BarnardLance Herbert Barnard AO , Australian politician, was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for most of the Labor government of Gough Whitlam....
, MP: Minister for Defence (to 6 June 1975) - Hon Dr Rex PattersonRex PattersonRex Alan Patterson is a former Australian politician and minister.Patterson was born in Bundaberg, Queensland and educated at the University of Queensland, the Australian National University, the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago.Patterson was elected as an Australian Labor...
, MP: Minister for Northern Development, Minister for the Northern Territory (to 6 June 1975). Minister for Northern Australia (6 June 1975 to 21 October 1975). Minister for Agriculture (from 21 October 1975). - Hon Clyde CameronClyde CameronClyde Robert Cameron, AO , Australian politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for 31 years from 1949 to 1980, a Cabinet minister in the Whitlam government and a leading figure in the Australian labour movement for forty years.-Biography:Cameron was born in Murray Bridge,...
, MP: Minister for Labour and Immigration (to 6 June 1975). Minister for Science and Consumer Affairs (from 6 June 1975) - Hon Kim BeazleyKim Edward BeazleyKim Edward Beazley, AO , known as Kim Beazley during his career, Australian politician, was Minister for Education in the government of Gough Whitlam and a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives for 32 years, from 1945 to 1977.Beazley, the youngest of seven children, was born in...
, MP: Minister for Education - Hon Lionel BowenLionel BowenLionel Frost Bowen AC , Australian politician, was a senior Labor Party figure, serving in the ministries of Gough Whitlam and Bob Hawke...
, MP: Special Minister of State (to 6 June 1975). Minister assisting the Prime Minister in matters relating to the Public Service (to 6 June 1975). Minister for Manufacturing Industry (from 6 June 1975) - Senator Hon John WheeldonJohn WheeldonJohn Murray Wheeldon was an Australian federal politician and briefly a minister. He is mainly notable for his views on Australian foreign policy....
: Minister for Repatriation and Compensation. Minister for Social Security (from 6 June 1975). - Hon Tom UrenTom UrenThomas Uren, AO was a Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party. He helped establish the heritage and conservation movement in Australia and, in particular, worked to preserve the heritage of inner Sydney.-Early life:...
, MP: Minister for Urban and Regional Development - Senator Hon Reg BishopReg BishopReginald Bishop AO was an Australian politician. He was born in Adelaide and left school at fifteen and became a clerk in the South Australian Railways at the Islington Railway Workshops. He was an official of the Australian Railways Union from 1937 until 1956 and Secretary of the South...
: Postmaster-General - Hon Les JohnsonLes JohnsonThe Honourable Leslie Royston "Les" Johnson AM is a former Australian politician, minister and High Commissioner.In his mid-twenties, Les Johnson was elected as a Councillor for Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, where he served for five years.Johnson was elected for the Australian Labor Party as...
, MP: Minister for Housing and Construction (to 6 June 1975). Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (from 6 June 1975) - Hon Charles JonesCharles Jones (Australian politician)Charles Keith Jones AO was an Australian politician and government minister.He was Minister for Transport and Minister for Civil Aviation in the Second Whitlam Ministry and Minister for Transport in the Third Whitlam Ministry.Commonly known as "Charlie",...
, MP: Minister for Transport - Hon Dr Doug EveringhamDoug EveringhamDouglas Nixon "Doug" Everingham is a former Australian politician and minister.Everingham graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Sydney in 1946 and worked in public and private hospitals and as a family doctor.Everingham was elected the Australian Labor Party...
, MP: Minister for Health - Hon Kep EnderbyKep EnderbyKeppel Earl "Kep" Enderby QC is a former Australian politician and retired judge. Enderby was a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Australian Labor Party between 1970 and 1975, and became a senior cabinet minister in the Gough Whitlam government...
, QC MP: Minister for Manufacturing Industry (to 10 February 1975). Attorney-General (from 10 February 1975). Minister for Customs and Excise (from 10 February 1975 – 27 March 1975). Minister for Police and Customs (from 27 March 1975 – 6 June 1975). - Hon Gordon BryantGordon BryantGordon Munro Bryant was an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he represented the Division of Wills from 1955 until his retirement in 1980....
, MP: Minister for the Capital Territory - Hon Dr Moss CassMoss CassMoses Henry Cass is a former member of the Australian House of Representatives. Born in Narrogin, Western Australia, Cass was educated in state schools before graduating in Medicine from the University of Sydney and worked as a Research Fellow at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne and as...
, MP: Minister for the Environment and Conservation (to 21 April 1975). Minister for Environment (21 April 1975 to 6 June 1975). Minister for the Media (from 6 June 1975) - Senator Hon Jim Cavanagh: Minister for Aboriginal Affairs (to 6 June 1975). Minister for Police and Customs (from 6 June 1975)
- Hon Bill MorrisonBill Morrison (Australian politician)William Lawrence "Bill" Morrison AO , Australian former politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives and a Cabinet minister in the Whitlam government....
, MP: Minister for Science, Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in matters relating to Papua New Guinea (to 6 June 1975). Minister for Defence, Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs in matters relating to the Islands of the Pacific (from 6 June 1975), Minister for Science and Consumer Affairs (6 June 1975) - Hon Frank StewartFrank StewartFrancis Eugene "Frank" Stewart , a former Australian politician and rugby league footballer, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Lang between 1953 and 1977 and subsequently Grayndler between 1977 and 1979 for the Australian Labor Party. During his term in...
, MP: Minister for Tourism and Recreation, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister assisting the Treasurer - Senator Hon Jim McClelland: Minister for Manufacturing Industry (10 February 1975 to 6 June 1975). Minister for Labour and Immigration (from 6 June 1975)
- Hon Joseph Riordan, MP: Minister for Housing and Construction (from 6 June 1975)
- Hon Joseph Berinson, MP: Minister for Environment (from 14 July 1975)
- Hon Paul KeatingPaul KeatingPaul John Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1991 to 1996. Keating was elected as the federal Labor member for Blaxland in 1969 and came to prominence as the reformist treasurer of the Hawke Labor government, which came to power at the 1983 election...
, MP: Minister for Northern Australia (from 21 October 1975)
The order of seniority in the Whitlam Ministry was determined by the order in which members were elected to the Ministry by the Caucus on 10 June 1974, except for the four parliamentary leaders.