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Deputy Prime Minister of Australia | |
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since 24 June 2010 | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Quentin Bryce as Governor-General of Australia |
Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
Inaugural holder | John McEwen |
Formation | 10 January 1968 |
Website | www.treasurer.gov.au |
This article is part of a series on the |
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The Deputy Prime Minister of Australia is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Australia. The office of Deputy Prime Minister was created as a ministerial portfolio in 1968. The Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister.
The current Deputy Prime Minister is Labor politician Wayne Swan.
History
The office of Deputy Prime Minister was created in January 1968, as an honour for John McEwen, the long-serving leader of the Country Party (later renamed the National Party) and the immediately preceding caretaker Prime Minister. Prior to that time the term was sometimes used unofficially (without capital letters) for the second-highest ranking minister in the government.
In Labor governments, the Deputy Prime Minister is the party's deputy leader. In Liberal-National Coalition governments, the position has been held by the Leader of the National Party or its predecessors.
In November 2007, the Australian Labor Party won government and Julia Gillard became Australia's first female, and first foreign-born, Deputy Prime Minister.
Only two Deputy Prime Ministers have gone on to become Prime Minister: Paul Keating and Julia Gillard. In both cases, they succeeded incumbent prime ministers who lost the support of the Labor Party caucus mid-term.
Duties
The duties of the Deputy Prime Minister are to act on behalf of the Prime Minister in his or her absence overseas or on leave. The Deputy Prime Minister has always been a member of the Cabinet, and has always held at least one substantive portfolio. (It would be technically possible for a minister to hold only the portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister, but this has never happened.)
If the Prime Minister were to die, become incapacitated or resign, the Governor-General would normally appoint the Deputy Prime Minister as Prime Minister. If the governing or majority party had not yet elected a new leader, that appointment would be on an interim basis. Should a different leader emerge, that person would then be appointed Prime Minister.
Living former Deputy Prime Ministers
Eight former Deputy Prime Ministers of Australia are living:
- Doug Anthony (1971–72, 75-83)
- Paul Keating (1990–91)
- Brian Howe (1991–95)
- Kim Beazley (1995–96)
- Tim Fischer (1996–99)
- John Anderson (1999–2005)
- Mark Vaile (2005–07)
- Julia Gillard (2007–10).
List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Australia
Name | Picture | Term of Office | Political party and position | Ministerial Offices | Prime Minister | |||
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style="background-color: Template:National Party of Australia/meta/color" | | John McEwen | ![]() |
10 January 1968 | 5 February 1971 | Country Leader 1958-71 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Trade and Industry |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color" rowspan="2" | | John Gorton |
style="background-color: Template:National Party of Australia/meta/color" rowspan="2" | | Doug Anthony | ![]() |
5 February 1971 | 10 March 1971 | Country Leader 1971–84 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Trade and Industry | ||
10 March 1971 | 5 December 1972 | style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color" | | William McMahon | |||||
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Lance Barnard | ![]() |
5 December 1972 | 12 June 1974 | Labor Deputy Leader 1967-74 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Defence |
rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Gough Whitlam |
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Jim Cairns | ![]() |
12 June 1974 | 2 July 1975 | Labor Deputy Leader 1974-75 |
Deputy Prime Minister Treasurer | ||
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Frank Crean | File:Frankcrean.jpg | 2 July 1975 | 11 November 1975 | Labor Deputy Leader 1975 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Overseas Trade | ||
style="background-color: Template:National Party of Australia/meta/color" | | Doug Anthony | ![]() |
12 November 1975 | 11 March 1983 | Country National Leader 1971–84 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Trade and Industry |
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color" | | Malcolm Fraser |
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Lionel Bowen | File:Nbowen.jpg | 11 March 1983 | 4 April 1990 | Labor Deputy Leader 1977-90 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Trade Vice-President of the Executive Council Attorney-General |
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Bob Hawke |
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Paul Keating | ![]() |
4 April 1990 | 3 June 1991 | Labor Deputy Leader 1990-91 |
Deputy Prime Minister Treasurer | ||
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Brian Howe | ![]() |
3 June 1991 | 20 June 1995 | Labor Deputy Leader 1991-95 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Health Minister for Housing Minister for Community Services Minister for Local Government Minister for Regional Affairs |
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Paul Keating |
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Kim Beazley | ![]() |
20 June 1995 | 11 March 1996 | Labor Deputy Leader 1995-96 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Finance | ||
style="background-color: Template:National Party of Australia/meta/color" | | Tim Fischer | ![]() |
11 March 1996 | 20 July 1999 | National Leader 1990-99 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Trade |
rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party of Australia/meta/color" | | John Howard |
style="background-color: Template:National Party of Australia/meta/color" | | John Anderson | ![]() |
20 July 1999 | 6 July 2005 | National Leader 1999-2005 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Transport and Regional Development | ||
style="background-color: Template:National Party of Australia/meta/color" | | Mark Vaile | ![]() |
6 July 2005 | 3 December 2007 | National Leader 2005-2007 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Trade Minister for Transport and Regional Services | ||
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Julia Gillard | ![]() |
3 December 2007 | 24 June 2010 | Labor Deputy Leader 2006-2010 |
Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Minister for Education Minister for Social Inclusion |
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Kevin Rudd |
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Wayne Swan | ![]() |
24 June 2010 | Labor Deputy Leader 2010- |
Deputy Prime Minister Treasurer |
style="background-color: Template:Australian Labor Party/meta/color" | | Julia Gillard |
References
- "Deputy Prime Ministers of Australia" (PDF). Museum of Australian Democracy. Retrieved 1 April 2012.