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The Second Whitlam Ministry 1972

Whitlam became Prime Minister on December 5, 1972. He and his deputy, Lance Barnard, governed as a duumvirate until December 19, 1972. By this time, the election results were finalised and the ALP Caucus had met, in accordance with party rules, to elect the ministry. The following people were sworn into office on December 19, 1972.

  1. Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs - The Hon. Edward Gough Whitlam, QC

  2. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Defence, Minister for the Navy, Minister for the Army, Minister for Air and Minister for Supply - The Hon. Lance Herbert Barnard MP

  3. Minister for Overseas Trade and Minister for Secondary Industry - The Hon. James Ford Cairns MP

  4. Minister for Social Security - The Hon. William George Hayden MP

  5. Treasurer - The Hon. Frank Crean MP

  6. Attorney-General, Minister for Customs and Excise and Leader of the Government in the Senate - Senator the Hon. Lionel Keith Murphy, QC

  7. Special Minister of State, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister assisting the Prime Minister and Minister assisting the Minister for Foreign Affairs - Senator the Hon. Donald Robert Willesee

  8. Minister for the Media - Senator the Hon. Douglas McClelland

  9. Minister for Northern Development - The Hon. Rex Alan Patterson MP

  10. Minister for Repatriation and Minister assisting the Minister for Defence - Senator the Hon. Reginald Bishop

  11. Minister for Services and Property and Leader of the House - The Hon. Frederick Michael Daly MP

  12. Minister for Labour - The Hon. Clyde Robert Cameron MP

  13. Minister for Urban and Regional Development - The Hon. Thomas Uren MP

  14. Minister for Transport and Minister for Civil Aviation - The Hon. Charles Keith Jones MP

  15. Minister for Education - The Hon. Kim Edward Beazley MP

  16. Minister for Tourism and Recreation and Minister assisting the Treasurer - The Hon. Francis Eugene Stewart MP

  17. Minister for Works - Senator the Hon. James Luke Cavanagh

  18. Minister for Primary Industry - Senator the Hon. Kenneth Shaw Wriedt

  19. Minister for Aboriginal Affairs - The Hon. Gordon Munro Bryant ED MP

  20. Minister for Minerals and Energy - The Hon. Reginald Francis Xavier Connor MP

  21. Minister for Immigration - The Hon. Albert Jaime Grassby MP

  22. Minister for Housing - The Hon. Lelie Royston Johnson MP

  23. Minister for the Capital Territory and Minister for the Northern Territory - The Hon. Keppel Earl Enderby MP

  24. Postmaster-General - The Hon. Lionel Frost Bowen MP

  25. Minister for Health - The Hon. Douglas Nixon Everingham MP

  26. Minister for the Environment and Conservation - The Hon. Moses Henry Cass MP

  27. Minister for Science and Minister for External Territories - The Hon. William Lawrence Morrison MP

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