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1947


First ministry

On 7 March 1946, the Governor, Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, designated 10 principal executive offices of the Government, appointed Harold Collins to the Executive Council to fill the vacancy left by Cooper's resignation, and appointed the following Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland to the Ministry as follows:

Office Minister

Premier
Chief Secretary

Ned Hanlon

Deputy Premier
Minister for Transport

Ted Walsh

Secretary for Health
Secretary for Home Affairs

Tom Foley
Secretary for Public Works Harry Bruce
Secretary for Public Lands Arthur Jones
Attorney-General David Gledson
Treasurer James Larcombe

Secretary for Labour and Employment
Secretary for Mines

Vince Gair
Secretary for Public Instruction Thomas Lewis Williams
Secretary for Agriculture and Stock Harold Collins

Second ministry

On 15 May 1947, following the state election, the Governor, Sir John Lavarack, designated 10 principal executive offices of the Government, appointed William Powerand Jack Duggan to the Executive Council to fill the vacancy left by Walsh's loss of his parliamentary seat and Williams's retirement, and appointed the following Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland to the Ministry as follows:

Office Minister

Premier
Chief Secretary

Ned Hanlon

Deputy Premier
Secretary for Labour and Industry

Vince Gair
Secretary for Agriculture and Stock Harold Collins

Secretary for Public Lands
Secretary for Mines (until 17 March 1949)
Minister for Irrigation (from 17 March 1949)

Tom Foley

Secretary for Health
Secretary for Home Affairs

Arthur Jones
Attorney-General David Gledson
(until 14 May 1949)
Treasurer James Larcombe
Secretary for Public Instruction Harry Bruce
Minister for Transport Jack Duggan

Secretary for Public Works
Secretary for Housing
Secretary for Local Government

William Power

Secretary for Mines
Secretary for Immigration

Bill Moore (from 17 March 1949)
Attorney-General George Devries
(from 9 June 1949)