McEwen ministry

See also: John McEwen

McEwen ministry

43rd Ministry of Australia
Governor-General Lord Casey with the newly sworn in McEwen ministry
Date formed19 December 1967
Date dissolved10 January 1968
People and organisations
MonarchElizabeth II
Governor-GeneralLord Casey
Prime MinisterJohn McEwen
No. of ministers25
Member partyCountry–Liberal coalition
Status in legislatureCoalition majority government
Opposition partyLabor
Opposition leaderGough Whitlam
History
Legislature term26th
PredecessorSecond Holt ministry
SuccessorFirst Gorton ministry

The McEwen ministry (Country–Liberal Coalition) was the 43rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 18th prime minister, John McEwen. The McEwen ministry succeeded the Second Holt ministry, which dissolved on 19 December 1967 following the disappearance of former prime minister Harold Holt – the third and most recent occasion where a sitting prime minister died in office. Since McEwen was the head of the Country Party, it was a caretaker ministry until the senior partner in the Coalition, the Liberal Party, could elect a new leader. John Gorton was ultimately elected on 9 January 1968, and he was sworn in as prime minister along with his ministry the following day.[1]

As of 1 May 2025, Ian Sinclair is the last surviving member of the McEwen ministry; Sinclair is also the last surviving minister of the Menzies, Holt, Gorton, and McMahon governments, as well as the First Fraser ministry. James Forbes, who died in 2019, was the last surviving Liberal minister, and Allen Fairhall, who died in 2006, was the last surviving Liberal Cabinet minister.

Cabinet

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
Country John McEwen
(1900–1980)

MP for Murray
(1949–1971)

Liberal William McMahon
(1908–1988)

MP for Lowe
(1949–1982)

Liberal Paul Hasluck
(1905–1993)

MP for Curtin
(1949–1969)

Liberal Allen Fairhall
(1909–2006)

MP for Paterson
(1949–1969)

Liberal Denham Henty
(1903–1978)

Senator for Tasmania
(1950–1968)

Liberal Alan Hulme
(1907–1989)

MP for Petrie
(1963–1972)

Liberal David Fairbairn
(1917–1994)

MP for Farrer
(1949–1975)

Liberal John Gorton
(1911–2002)

Senator for Victoria
(1950–1968)

Liberal Les Bury
(1913–1986)

MP for Wentworth
(1956–1974)

Country Doug Anthony
(1929–2020)

MP for Richmond
(1957–1984)

Country Ian Sinclair
(1929–)

MP for New England
(1963–1998)

Outer ministry

Party Minister Portrait Portfolio
Country Charles Barnes
(1901–1998)

MP for McPherson
(1958–1972)

Liberal Gordon Freeth
(1914–2001)

MP for Forrest
(1949–1969)

Liberal Reginald Swartz
(1911–2006)

MP for Darling Downs
(1949–1972)

Liberal Billy Snedden
(1926–1987)

MP for Bruce
(1955–1983)

Liberal James Forbes
(1923–2019)

MP for Barker
(1956–1975)

Liberal Peter Howson
(1919–2009)

MP for Fawkner
(1955–1969)

Liberal Ken Anderson
(1909–1985)

Senator for New South Wales
(1953–1975)

Country Colin McKellar
(1903–1970)

Senator for New South Wales
(1958–1970)

Liberal Dame Annabelle Rankin
(1908–1986)

Senator for Queensland
(1947–1971)

Liberal Malcolm Fraser
(1930–2015)

MP for Wannon
(1955–1983)

Liberal Nigel Bowen
(1911–1994)

MP for Parramatta
(1964–1973)

Liberal Don Chipp
(1925–2006)

MP for Higinbotham
(1960–1969)

Liberal Bert Kelly
(1912–1997)

MP for Wakefield
(1958–1977)

Country Peter Nixon
(1928–2025)

MP for Gippsland
(1961–1983)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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