- Second Curtin Ministry
The Second Curtin Ministry was the thirty-first Australian Commonwealth ministry, and held office from
21 September 1943 to6 July 1945 .Australian Labor Party *Rt Hon
John Curtin , MP: Prime Minister, Minister for Defence
*Rt HonFrank Forde , MP: Minister for the Army
*Rt HonBen Chifley , MP: Treasurer. Minister for Postwar Reconstruction (to2 February 1945 )
*Rt Hon DrH.V. Evatt , KC MP: Attorney-General, Minister for External Affairs
*HonJack Beasley , MP: Minister for Supply and Shipping (to2 February 1945 ), Vice-President of the Executive Council (from2 February 1945 )
*Senator HonJoseph Collings : Minister for the Interior
*HonNorman Makin , MP: Minister for the Navy, Minister for Munitions. Minister for Aircraft Production (from2 February 1945 )
*HonTed Holloway , MP: Minister for Labour and National Service
*Senator HonRichard Keane : Minister for Trade and Customs
*HonArthur Drakeford , MP: Minister for Air, Minister for Civil Aviation
*Hon William Scully, MP: Minister for Commerce and Agriculture
*Senator Hon William Ashley: Postmaster-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council (to2 February 1945 ), Minister for Supply and Shipping (from2 February 1945 )
*HonEddie Ward , MP: Minister for Transport, Minister for External Territories
*HonCharles Frost , MP: Minister for Repatriation, Minister in charge of War Service Homes
*HonJohn Dedman , MP: Minister for War Organisation of Industry (to19 February 1945 ), Minister in charge of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Minister for Postwar Reconstruction (from2 February 1945 )
*HonHubert Lazzarini , MP: Minister for Home Security
*Senator Hon James Fraser: Minister for Health, Minister for Social Services
*Senator Hon Donald Cameron: Minister for Aircraft Production (to2 February 1945 ), Postmaster-General (from2 February 1945 )
*HonArthur Calwell , MP: Minister for Information
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