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![]() 42nd Ministry of Australia | |
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Date formed | 14 December 1966 |
Date dissolved | 19 December 1967 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | Lord Casey |
Prime Minister | Harold Holt |
No. of ministers | 27 |
Member party | LiberalβCountry coalition |
Status in legislature | Coalition majority government |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | Arthur Calwell Gough Whitlam |
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Election | 26 November 1966 |
Legislature term | 26th |
Predecessor | First Holt ministry |
Successor | McEwen ministry |
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Term of government (1966β1967)
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The Second Holt ministry (LiberalβCountry Coalition) was the 42nd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by, the country's 17th Prime Minister, Harold Holt. The Second Holt ministry succeeded the First Holt ministry, which dissolved on 14 December 1966 following the federal election that took place in November. The ministry was replaced by the caretaker McEwen ministry on 19 December 1967, following the disappearance of Holt.
As of 20 December 2020, Ian Sinclair and Peter Nixon are the "last surviving members of the Second Holt ministry." James Forbes was the last surviving Liberal minister. And Allen Fairhall was the last surviving Liberal Cabinet minister.
Cabinetβ»
Outer ministryβ»
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Country | Hon Charles Barnes (1901β1998) |
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Liberal | Hon Gordon Freeth (1914β2001) |
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Liberal | Hon Reginald Swartz MBE (1911β2006) MP for Darling Downs |
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Liberal | Hon Billy Snedden QC (1926β1987) |
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Liberal | Hon Dr James Forbes MC (1923β2019) |
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Liberal | Hon Peter Howson (1919β2009) |
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Liberal | Hon Ken Anderson (1909β1985) Senator for New South Wales |
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Country | Hon Colin McKellar (1903β1970) Senator for New South Wales |
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Liberal | Hon Dame Annabelle Rankin DBE (1908β1986) Senator for Queensland |
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Liberal | Hon Malcolm Fraser (1930β2015) |
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Liberal | Hon Nigel Bowen QC (1911β1994) MP for Parramatta |
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Liberal | Hon Don Chipp (1925β2006) MP for Higinbotham |
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Liberal | Hon Bert Kelly (1912β1997) MP for Wakefield |
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Country | Hon Peter Nixon (1928β) MP for Gippsland |
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Notesβ»
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.