Second Gorton ministry | |
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45thMinistry of Australia | |
Governor-GeneralSir Paul Hasluck with first arrangement of newly appointed ministers to the Second Gorton ministry | |
| Date formed | 12 November 1969 |
| Date dissolved | 10 March 1971 |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor-General | SirPaul Hasluck |
| Prime Minister | John Gorton |
| Deputy Prime Minister | John McEwen Doug Anthony |
| No. of ministers | 27 |
| Member party | Liberal–Countrycoalition |
| Status in legislature | Coalition majority government |
| Opposition party | Labor |
| Opposition leader | Gough Whitlam |
| History | |
| Election | 25 October 1969 |
| Legislature term | 27th |
| Predecessor | First Gorton ministry |
| Successor | McMahon ministry |
TheSecond Gorton ministry (Liberal–CountryCoalition) was the 45thministry of theGovernment of Australia. It was led by the country's 19thPrime Minister,John Gorton. The Second Gorton ministry succeeded theFirst Gorton ministry, which dissolved on 12 November 1969 following thefederal election that took place in October. The ministry was replaced by theMcMahon ministry on 10 March 1971 following theresignation of Gorton.[1]
As of 1 May 2025,Ian Sinclair is the last surviving member of the First Gorton ministry; Sinclair is also the last surviving minister of theMenzies,Holt,McEwen, andMcMahon governments, as well as theFirst Gorton and theFirst Fraser ministries.Tom Hughes was the last surviving Liberal minister, andMalcolm Fraser was the last surviving Liberal Cabinet minister.
| Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| Liberal | John Gorton (1911–2002) | |||
| Country | John McEwen (1900–1980) |
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| Liberal | William McMahon (1908–1988) |
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| Country | Doug Anthony (1929–2020) |
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| Liberal | SirAlan Hulme (1907–1989) | |||
| Liberal | Les Bury (1913–1986) | |||
| Country | Ian Sinclair (born 1929) MP forNew England |
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| Liberal | SirKen Anderson (1909–1985) Senator forNew South Wales | |||
| Liberal | Malcolm Fraser (1930–2015) |
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| Liberal | Reginald Swartz (1911–2006) MP forDarling Downs | |||
| Liberal | Billy Snedden (1926–1987) | |||
| Liberal | Nigel Bowen (1911–1994) MP forParramatta | |||
| Country | Peter Nixon (1928–2025) |
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| Party | Minister | Portrait | Portfolio | |
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| Country | Charles Barnes (1901–1998) | |||
| Liberal | James Forbes (1923–2019) | |||
| Liberal | DameAnnabelle Rankin (1908–1986) Senator forQueensland | |||
| Liberal | Phillip Lynch (1933–1984) |
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| Liberal | Bill Wentworth (1907–2003) | |||
| Liberal | Reg Wright (1905–1990) | |||
| Liberal | Don Chipp (1925–2006) | |||
| Liberal | Bob Cotton (1915–2006) Senator forNew South Wales |
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| Country | Tom Drake-Brockman (1919–1992) Senator forWestern Australia | |||
| Country | Mac Holten (1922–1996) | |||
| Liberal | Tom Hughes (1923–2024) | |||
| Liberal | James Killen (1925–2007) | |||
| Liberal | Andrew Peacock (1939–2021) |
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| Country | Ralph Hunt (1928–2011) |
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