Second Curtin ministry

Second Curtin ministry

30th Ministry of Australia
Group photo of members of the Second Curtin ministry
Date formed21 September 1943
Date dissolved6 July 1945
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge VI
Governor-GeneralLord Gowrie
The Duke of Gloucester
Prime MinisterJohn Curtin
No. of ministers19
Member partyLabor
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partyUnited Australia/LiberalCountry coalition
Opposition leaderArthur Fadden
Robert Menzies
History
Election21 August 1943
Legislature term17th
PredecessorFirst Curtin ministry
SuccessorForde ministry

The Second Curtin ministry (Labor) was the 30th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 14th Prime Minister, John Curtin. The Second Curtin ministry succeeded the First Curtin ministry, which dissolved on 21 September 1943 following the federal election that took place in August. The ministry was replaced by the Forde ministry on 6 July 1945 following the death of Curtin - the second of three occasions where a sitting Prime Minister died in office.[1]

Frank Forde, who died in 1983, was the last surviving member of the Second Curtin ministry; Forde was also the last surviving minister of the Scullin government, First Curtin ministry, Forde government, and the First Chifley ministry.

  1. ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.