Second Chifley Ministry

Chifley Ministry
34th cabinet of Australia

Date formed	1 November 1946
Date dissolved	19 December 1949
People and organisations
Head of government	Ben Chifley
Head of state	George VI (represented by the Duke of Gloucester), later William McKell
Member party	Labor
Status in legislature	Labor Majority Government
Opposition cabinet	Liberal/Country Coalition
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Robert Menzies
History
Predecessor	Second Chifley
Successor	Fourth Menzies

The Second Chifley Ministry was the thirty-fourth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and held office from 1 November 1946 to 19 December 1949.^[1]

Australian Labor Party

Rt Hon Ben Chifley, MP: Prime Minister and Treasurer
Hon Dr H.V. Evatt, KC MP: Attorney-General, Minister for External Affairs
Hon Jack Holloway, MP: Minister for Labour and National Service
Senator Hon Bill Ashley: Minister for Supply and Shipping (to 6 April 1948), Minister for Shipping and Fuel (from 6 April 1948)
Hon Eddie Ward, MP: Minister for Transport, Minister for External Territories
Hon William Scully, MP: Vice-President of the Executive Council
Hon John Dedman, MP: Minister for Defence, Minister for Postwar Reconstruction, Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Hon Arthur Drakeford, MP: Minister for Air, Minister for Civil Aviation
Senator Hon Don Cameron: Postmaster-General
Hon Arthur Calwell, MP: Minister for Information, Minister for Immigration
Hon Herbert Johnson, MP: Minister for the Interior
Senator Hon Nick McKenna: Minister for Health, Minister for Social Services
Senator Hon John Armstrong: Minister for Munitions (to 6 April 1948), Minister for Supply and Development (from 6 April 1948)
Hon Claude Barnard, MP: Minister for Repatriation
Hon Cyril Chambers, MP: Minister for the Army
Senator Hon Ben Courtice: Minister for Trade and Customs
Hon Nelson Lemmon, MP: Minister for Works and Housing
Hon Reg Pollard, MP: Minister for Commerce and Agriculture
Hon Bill Riordan, MP: Minister for the Navy

Notes

↑ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.

Ministries of the Commonwealth of Australia

20th century	Barton Deakin 1 Watson Reid Deakin 2 3 Fisher 1 Deakin 4 Fisher 2 Cook Fisher 3 Hughes 1 2 3 4 5 Bruce 1 2 3 Scullin Lyons 1 2 3 4 Page Menzies 1 2 3 Fadden Curtin 1 2 Forde Chifley 1 2 Menzies 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Holt 1 2 McEwen Gorton 1 2 McMahon Whitlam 1 2 3 Fraser 1 2 3 4 5 Hawke 1 2 3 4 Keating 1 2 Howard 1 2

21st century	Howard 3 4 Rudd 1 Gillard 1 2 Rudd 2 Abbott Turnbull 1 2

Current ministry

Australian Labor Party

Leaders	Chris Watson Andrew Fisher Billy Hughes Frank Tudor Matthew Charlton James Scullin John Curtin Ben Chifley H. V. Evatt Arthur Calwell Gough Whitlam Bill Hayden Bob Hawke Paul Keating Kim Beazley Simon Crean Mark Latham Kim Beazley Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard Kevin Rudd Bill Shorten

Deputy leaders	Gregor McGregor Billy Hughes George Pearce Albert Gardiner James Scullin Arthur Blakeley Ted Theodore Frank Forde H. V. Evatt Arthur Calwell Gough Whitlam Lance Barnard Jim Cairns Frank Crean Tom Uren Lionel Bowen Paul Keating Brian Howe Kim Beazley Gareth Evans Simon Crean Jenny Macklin Julia Gillard Wayne Swan Anthony Albanese Tanya Plibersek

Governments	Watson Fisher Hughes Curtin Forde Chifley Whitlam Hawke Keating Rudd I Gillard Rudd II

Ministries	Watson Fisher 1 Fisher 2 Fisher 3 Hughes Scullin Curtin 1 2 Forde Chifley 1 2 Whitlam 1 2 3 Hawke 1 2 3 4 Keating 1 2 Rudd 1 Gillard 1 2 Rudd 2

Shadow cabinets	Whitlam (1967–72) Whitlam (1975–77) Hayden Hawke Beazley (1996–2001) Crean Latham Beazley (2005–06) Rudd Shorten

State branches	Australian Capital Territory New South Wales Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

Party institutions	National Conference National Executive Australian Young Labor Australian Fabian Society Australian Labor Party Caucus Chifley Research Centre

Factions	Labor Right Labor Left Ferguson Left

History	History of the Australian Labor Party 1916 split 1931 split 1955 split 1975 Australian constitutional crisis Faceless men Industrial Groups The light on the hill Tree of Knowledge

Leadership spills	1991 (Jun) 1991 (Dec) 1996 2001 2003 2005 2006 2010 2012 2013 (Mar) 2013 (Jun) 2013 (Oct)

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