Second Holt ministry

Second Holt ministry
42nd Ministry of Australia
The Second Holt ministry at their swearing-in
Date formed	14 December 1966
Date dissolved	19 December 1967
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor-General	Lord Casey
Prime Minister	Harold Holt
No. of ministers	27
Member party	Liberal–Country coalition
Status in legislature	Coalition majority government
Opposition party	Labor
Opposition leader	Arthur Calwell Gough Whitlam
History
Election	26 November 1966
Legislature term	26th
Predecessor	First Holt ministry
Successor	McEwen ministry

This article is part of a series about Harold Holt
Early life Member for Fawkner (1935–1949) Member for Higgins (1949–1967) Minister without portfolio World War II service Minister for Labour and National Service (1940–41) Child Endowment Act 1941 Minister for Labour and National Service (1949–58) Minister for Immigration Treasurer of Australia Reserve Bank Act 1959 Credit squeeze and recession of 1960–61 1966 Liberal Party leadership election Prime Minister of Australia Term of government (1966–1967) Decimalisation and dollar introduction Migration Act 1966 1967 Indigenous referendum All the way with LBJ Australian involvement in the Vietnam War Royal Commission into the Melbourne–Voyager collision VIP aircraft affair Disappearance Ministries First ministry Second ministry Elections 1966 1967 (Half-Senate)
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The Second Holt ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 42nd ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 17th Prime Minister, Harold Holt. The Second Holt ministry succeeded the First Holt ministry, which dissolved on 14 December 1966 following the federal election that took place in November. The ministry was replaced by the caretaker McEwen ministry on 19 December 1967, following the disappearance of Holt.^[1]

As of 20 December 2020, Ian Sinclair and Peter Nixon are the last surviving members of the Second Holt ministry. James Forbes was the last surviving Liberal minister, and Allen Fairhall was the last surviving Liberal Cabinet minister.