Governor-General Sir Paul Hasluck with first arrangement of newly appointed ministers to the Second Whitlam ministry
Date formed
19 December 1972
Date dissolved
12 June 1974
People and organisations
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governor-General
Sir Paul Hasluck
Prime Minister
Gough Whitlam
Deputy Prime Minister
Lance Barnard
No. of ministers
27
Member party
Labor
Status in legislature
Majority government
Opposition party
Liberal
Opposition leader
Billy Snedden
History
Outgoing election
18 May 1974
Legislature term
28th
Predecessor
First Whitlam ministry
Successor
Third Whitlam ministry
This article is part of a series about Gough Whitlam
Early life
World War II service
Member for Werriwa (1952–1978)
Deputy Labor leadership
Labor Party spills
1967
1968
1976
May 1977
Prime Minister of Australia
Term of government (1972–1975)
Vietnam War withdrawal
National Sewerage Program
Medibank
Advance Australia Fair
1973 Murphy raids
1973 referendum
Gair Affair
1974 referendum
Loans affair
Papua independence
Family Law reform
Racial Discrimination Act
1975 Australian constitutional crisis
Palace letters
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The Second Whitlam ministry (Labor) was the 48th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 21st Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. The Second Whitlam ministry succeeded the first Whitlam ministry, which dissolved on 19 December 1972 after the final results of the federal election that took place on 2 December became known and the full ministry was able to be sworn in. The ministry was replaced by the Third Whitlam ministry on 12 June 1974 following the 1974 federal election.[1]
The order of seniority in the second Whitlam ministry was determined by the order in which members were elected to the Ministry by the Caucus on 18 December 1972, except for the four parliamentary leaders, who were elected separately.
As of 21 October 2023, Doug McClelland is the last surviving member of the second Whitlam ministry.
^"Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
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