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The McEwen
Ministry was
the 44th Australian Commonwealth ministry,
and ran from 19 December 1967 to 10 January 1968. It was a
caretaker ministry headed by Country
Party leader John
McEwen until
the senior partner in the Coalition,
the Liberal
Party of Australia, could choose a
replacement for Harold
Holt.
Liberal
Party of Australia–Australian
Country Party Coalition
Cabinet
- Rt Hon John
McEwen, MP: Prime Minister, Minister for Trade and Industry (CP)
- Rt Hon William
McMahon, MP: Treasurer
- Hon Paul
Hasluck, MP: Minister
for External Affairs
- Hon Allen
Fairhall, MP: Minister
for Defence
- Senator Hon Denham
Henty: Minister
for Supply
- Hon Alan
Hulme, MP: Postmaster-General, Vice-President
of the Executive Council
- Hon David
Fairbairn, MP: Minister for National
Development
- Senator Hon John
Gorton: Minister for Education and
Science
- Hon Leslie Bury, MP: Minister for Labour and
National Service
- Hon Doug
Anthony, MP: Minister for Primary Industry (CP)
- Hon Ian
Sinclair, MP: Minister
for Social Services, Minister assisting
the Minister for Trade and Industry (CP)
Junior
ministry
- Hon Charles
Barnes, MP: Minister
for Territories (CP)
- Hon Gordon
Freeth, MP: Minister for Shipping and
Transport
- Hon Reginald
Swartz, MBE (Mil) MP: Minister for
Civil Aviation
- Hon Billy
Snedden, QC MP: Minister for
Immigration
- Hon Dr James Forbes, MP:
Minister for Health
- Hon Peter Howson, MP:
Minister for Air, Minister assisting the
Treasurer
- Senator Hon Ken Anderson: Minister
for Customs and Excise
- Senator Hon Colin
McKellar: Minister for Repatriation
(CP)
- Senator Hon Dame Annabelle
Rankin, DBE: Minister for Housing
- Hon Malcolm
Fraser, MP: Minister for the Army
- Hon Nigel
Bowen, QC MP: Attorney-General
- Hon Don
Chipp, MP: Minister for the Navy,
Minister in charge of Tourist Activities
- Hon Bert
Kelly, MP: Minister for Works
- Hon Peter
Nixon, MP: Minister for the Interior
(CP)
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