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Housekeeping, plus a few corrections, plus an 11 day gap Pdfpdf (talk) 17:07, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

List of Ministers for Defence[edit]

There was a Minister for Defence from 1 January 1901 until 13 November 1939, with the exception of two small breaks. The separate titles of Minister for the Navy, Minister for the Army, and Minister for the Air were abolished in the second Whitlam Ministry on 30 November 1973, when the separate departments of Navy, Army and Air were also abolished. There had also been a separate Navy portfolio between 1915 and 1921.

The following have served as Minister for Defence:[1]

Order Minister Party Prime Minister Term start Term end Term in office
1 James Dickson MP   Protectionist Barton 1 January 1901 10 January 1901 9 days
2 John Forrest MP   Protectionist Barton 17 January 1901 10 August 1903 2 years, 205 days
3 Senator James Drake 10 August 1903 24 September 1903 45 days
4 Austin Chapman MP Deakin 24 September 1903 27 April 1904 216 days
5 Senator Anderson Dawson Labor Watson 27 April 1904 18 August 1904 113 days
6 James McCay MP Protectionist Reid 18 August 1904 5 July 1905 321 days
7 Senator Thomas Playford Deakin 5 July 1905 24 January 1907 1 year, 203 days
8 Thomas Ewing MP 24 January 1907 13 November 1908 1 year, 294 days
9 Senator George Pearce[n 1] Labor Fisher 13 November 1908 2 June 1909 201 days
10 Joseph Cook MP Free Trade Deakin 2 June 1909 29 April 1910 331 days
(9) Senator George Pearce[n 1] Labor Fisher 29 April 1910 24 June 1913 3 years, 56 days
10 Senator Edward Millen Commonwealth Liberal Cook 24 June 1913 17 September 1914 1 year, 85 days
(9) Senator George Pearce[n 1] Labor Fisher 17 September 1914 27 October 1915 7 years, 95 days
Hughes 27 October 1915 14 November 1916
National Labor 14 November 1916 13 June 1917[n 2]
Nationalist 13 June 1917 21 December 1921
11 Walter Massy-Greene MP[n 3] 21 December 1921 9 February 1923 1 year, 50 days
12 Eric Bowden MP Bruce 9 February 1923 16 January 1925 1 year, 342 days
13 Neville Howse MP 16 January 1925 2 April 1927 2 years, 76 days
14 Senator William Glasgow 2 April 1927 22 October 1929 2 years, 203 days
15 Albert Green MP Labor Scullin 22 October 1929 4 February 1931 1 year, 105 days
16 Senator John Daly 4 February 1931 3 March 1931 27 days
17 Ben Chifley MP 3 March 1931 6 January 1932 309 days
(9) Senator George Pearce[n 1] United
Australia 		Lyons 6 January 1932 12 October 1934 2 years, 279 days
18 Archdale Parkhill MP 12 October 1934 20 November 1937 3 years, 39 days
19 Joseph Lyons MP 20 November 1937 29 November 1937 9 days
20 Harold Thorby MP Country 29 November 1937 7 November 1938 343 days
21 Geoffrey Street MP United
Australia 		7 November 1938 7 April 1939 1 year, 6 days
Page 7 April 1939 26 April 1939
Menzies 26 April 1939 13 November 1939
22 Robert Menzies MP[n 4] 13 November 1939 29 August 1941 1 year, 328 days
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
23 John Curtin MP[n 4] Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 6 July 1945 3 years, 272 days
24 Jack Beasley MP Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945 1 year, 39 days
Chifley 13 July 1945 14 August 1946
25 Frank Forde MP 14 August 1946 1 November 1946 79 days
26 John Dedman MP 1 November 1946 19 December 1949 3 years, 48 days
27 Eric Harrison MP Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 24 October 1950 309 days
28 Philip McBride MP 24 October 1950 10 December 1958 8 years, 47 days
29 Athol Townley MP 10 December 1958 18 December 1963 5 years, 8 days
30 Paul Hasluck MP 18 December 1963 24 April 1964 128 days
31 Senator Shane Paltridge 24 April 1964 19 January 1966 1 year, 270 days
32 Allen Fairhall MP Holt 19 January 1966 12 December 1967 3 years, 297 days
McEwen 12 December 1967 10 January 1968
Gorton 10 January 1968 12 November 1969
33 Malcolm Fraser MP 12 November 1969 8 March 1971 1 year, 116 days
11 days
34 John Gorton MP McMahon 19 March 1971 13 August 1971 147 days
35 David Fairbairn MP 13 August 1971 5 December 1972 1 year, 114 days
36 Lance Barnard MP Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 6 June 1975 2 years, 183 days
37 Bill Morrison MP 6 June 1975 11 November 1975 158 days
38 James Killen MP Liberal Fraser 12 November 1975 7 May 1982 6 years, 176 days
39 Ian Sinclair MP National Country 7 May 1982 11 March 1983 308 days
40 Gordon Scholes MP Labor Hawke 11 March 1983 13 December 1984 1 year, 277 days
41 Kim Beazley MP 13 December 1984 4 April 1990 5 years, 112 days
42 Senator Robert Ray 4 April 1990 20 December 1991 5 years, 342 days
Keating 20 December 1991 11 March 1996
43 Ian McLachlan MP Liberal Howard 11 March 1996 21 October 1998 2 years, 224 days
44 John Moore MP 21 October 1998 30 January 2001 2 years, 101 days
45 Peter Reith MP 30 January 2001 26 November 2001 300 days
46 Senator Robert Hill 26 November 2001 20 January 2006 4 years, 55 days
47 Brendan Nelson MP 20 January 2006 3 December 2007 1 year, 317 days
48 Joel Fitzgibbon MP Labor Rudd 3 December 2007 9 June 2009 1 year, 188 days
49 Senator John Faulkner 9 June 2009 24 June 2010 1 year, 97 days
Gillard 24 June 2010 14 September 2010
50 Stephen Smith MP 14 September 2010 27 June 2013 3 years, 4 days
Rudd 27 June 2013 18 September 2013
51 Senator David Johnston Liberal Abbott 18 September 2013 incumbent 3867 days
  1. ^ a b c Australian Parliamentary Library. "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook (32nd ed.). Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  2. ^ "The National Government: Agreement Reached". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 14 February 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
  3. ^ "'Win the War' Party". Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld. 7 April 1917. p. 9. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  4. ^ "'Fusion' Campaign: Joint Committee to Fight Labor". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 4 April 1917. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Fawkner's New Member, Mr. Maxwell's Resolution". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 June 1917. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  6. ^ "'Straight Ahead' for Nationalists". The Daily News. Perth. 14 June 1917. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  7. ^ "The Federal Cabinet". Geraldton Guardian. Geraldton, WA. 22 December 1921. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Reconstructed Cabinet: Mr Massy Greene's Responsibilities". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 26 December 1921. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  9. ^ Billy Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia (28 June 1922). http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;db=HANSARD80;id=hansard80%2Fhansardr80%2F1922-06-28%2F0009;orderBy=_fragment_number,doc_date-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansardr,hansardr80%20Decade%3A%221920s%22%20Year%3A%221922%22%20Month%3A%2206%22%20Day%3A%2228%22;rec=1;resCount=Default. Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: House of Representatives. {{cite book}}: |chapter-url= missing title (help)


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