Second Curtin ministry

Second Curtin ministry
30th Ministry of Australia
Group photo of members of the Second Curtin ministry
Date formed	21 September 1943
Date dissolved	6 July 1945
People and organisations
Monarch	George VI
Governor-General	Lord Gowrie The Duke of Gloucester
Prime Minister	John Curtin
No. of ministers	19
Member party	Labor
Status in legislature	Majority government
Opposition party	United Australia/Liberal–Country coalition
Opposition leader	Arthur Fadden Robert Menzies
History
Election	21 August 1943
Legislature term	17th
Predecessor	First Curtin ministry
Successor	Forde ministry

This article is part of a series about John Curtin
Early life Early political career Victorian Socialist Party Member for Fremantle (1928–1931) Member for Fremantle (1934–1945) 1935 Labor leadership spill Prime Minister of Australia Term of government (1941–1945) Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 Department of Post-War Reconstruction Domestic policies WWII leadership Ministries First Second Elections 1937 1940 1943
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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.