Governor-General Lord Casey with first arrangement of newly appointed ministers to the Gorton ministry
Date formed
10 January 1968
Date dissolved
12 November 1969
People and organisations
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor-General
Lord Casey Sir Paul Hasluck
Prime Minister
John Gorton
Deputy Prime Minister
John McEwen
No. of ministers
30
Member party
Liberal–Country coalition
Status in legislature
Coalition majority government
Opposition party
Labor
Opposition leader
Gough Whitlam
History
Outgoing election
25 October 1969
Legislature term
26th
Predecessor
McEwen ministry
Successor
Second Gorton ministry
This article is part of a series about John Gorton
Early life
World War II service
Mystic Park speech
Senator for Victoria (1950–1968)
Member for Higgins (1968–1975)
Minister for the Navy
Minister for the Interior
Minister for Works
Minister for Education and Science
VIP aircraft affair
1968 Liberal Party leadership election
Minister for Defence
1972 Liberal Party leadership election
Resignation from the Liberal Party
Prime Minister of Australia
Term of government (1968–1971)
Australia Council for the Arts
National Film and Television Training School
Copyright Act 1968
Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant proposal
1969 Liberal Party leadership spill
Metric Conversion Act 1970
Reduced involvement in the Vietnam War
Australian Industry Development Corporation
Commonwealth ownership of offshore seabed
Resignation of Malcolm Fraser
1971 Liberal Party leadership spill
Ministries
First Ministry
Second Ministry
Elections
1969
1970 (Half-Senate)
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The First Gorton ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 44th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 19th Prime Minister, John Gorton. The First Gorton ministry succeeded the McEwen ministry, which dissolved on 10 January 1968 following the election of Gorton as Liberal leader after the disappearance of former Prime Minister Harold Holt. The ministry was replaced by the Second Gorton ministry on 12 November 1969 following the 1969 federal election.[1]
As of 20 December 2020, Ian Sinclair and Peter Nixon are the last surviving members of the First Gorton ministry. James Forbes was the last surviving Liberal minister, and Malcolm Fraser was the last surviving Liberal Cabinet minister.
^"Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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