Governor-General Lord Casey with the newly sworn in McEwen ministry
Date formed
19 December 1967
Date dissolved
10 January 1968
People and organisations
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor-General
Lord Casey
Prime Minister
John McEwen
No. of ministers
25
Member party
Country–Liberal coalition
Status in legislature
Coalition majority government
Opposition party
Labor
Opposition leader
Gough Whitlam
History
Legislature term
26th
Predecessor
Second Holt ministry
Successor
First Gorton ministry
The McEwen ministry (Country–Liberal Coalition) was the 43rd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 18th prime minister, John McEwen. The McEwen ministry succeeded the Second Holt ministry, which dissolved on 19 December 1967 following the disappearance of former prime minister Harold Holt – the third and most recent occasion where a sitting prime minister died in office. Since McEwen was the head of the Country Party, it was a caretaker ministry until the senior partner in the Coalition, the Liberal Party, could elect a new leader. John Gorton was ultimately elected on 9 January 1968, and he was sworn in as prime minister along with his ministry the following day.[1]
As of 20 December 2020, Ian Sinclair and Peter Nixon are the last surviving members of the McEwen ministry. James Forbes, who died in 2019, was the last surviving Liberal minister, and Allen Fairhall, who died in 2006, 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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