User:Pdfpdf/Sortable list of Australian Defence-related Ministers

# Minister Party Prime
Minister
Term start Term end Term in office
1 James Dickson MP Protectionist Barton 1 January 1901 10 January 1901 9 days
vacant Protectionist Barton 10 January 1901 17 January 1901
2 John Forrest MP Protectionist Barton 17 January 1901 10 August 1903 2 years, 205 days
3 Senator James Drake Protectionist Barton 10 August 1903 24 September 1903 45 days
4 Austin Chapman MP Protectionist Deakin 24 September 1903 27 April 1904 216 days
5 Senator Anderson Dawson Labor Watson 27 April 1904 18 August 1904 113 days
6 James McCay MP Protectionist Reid 18 August 1904 5 July 1905 321 days
7 Senator Thomas Playford Protectionist Deakin 5 July 1905 24 January 1907 1 year, 203 days
8 Thomas Ewing MP Protectionist Deakin 24 January 1907 13 November 1908 1 year, 294 days
9 Senator [[George Pearce}}[n 1] Labor Fisher 13 November 1908 2 June 1909 201 days
10 Joseph Cook MP Free Trade Deakin 2 June 1909 29 April 1910 331 days
10 Senator Edward Millen Commonwealth
Liberal
Cook 24 June 1913 17 September 1914 1 year, 85 days
11 Walter Massy-Greene MP Nationalist Hughes 21 December 1921 9 February 1923 1 year, 50 days
12 Eric Bowden MP Nationalist Bruce 9 February 1923 16 January 1925 1 year, 342 days
13 Neville Howse VC MP Nationalist Bruce 16 January 1925 2 April 1927 2 years, 76 days
14 Senator William Glasgow Nationalist Bruce 2 April 1927 22 October 1929 2 years, 203 days
15 Albert Green MP Labor Scullin 22 October 1929 4 February 1931 1 year, 105 days
16 Senator John Daly Labor Scullin 4 February 1931 3 March 1931 27 days
17 Ben Chifley MP Labor Scullin 3 March 1931 6 January 1932 309 days
18 Archdale Parkhill MP United
Australia
Lyons 12 October 1934 20 November 1937 3 years, 39 days
19 Joseph Lyons MP United
Australia
Lyons 20 November 1937 29 November 1937 9 days
20 Harold Thorby MP Country Lyons 29 November 1937 7 November 1938 343 days
21 Geoffrey Street MP United
Australia
Lyons 7 November 1938 7 April 1939
21 Geoffrey Street MP United
Australia
Page 7 April 1939 26 April 1939
21 Geoffrey Street MP United
Australia
Menzies 26 April 1939 13 November 1939
22 Robert Menzies MP United
Australia
Menzies 13 November 1939 29 August 1941
22 Robert Menzies MP United
Australia
Fadden 29 August 1941 7 October 1941
23 John Curtin MP[n 2] Labor Curtin 7 October 1941 6 July 1945 3 years, 272 days
24 Jack Beasley MP Labor Forde 6 July 1945 13 July 1945
24 Jack Beasley MP Labor Chifley 13 July 1945 14 August 1946
25 Frank Forde MP Labor Chifley 15 August 1946 1 November 1946 79 days
26 John Dedman MP Labor Chifley 1 November 1946 19 December 1949 3 years, 48 days
27 Eric Harrison MP Liberal Menzies 19 December 1949 24 October 1950 309 days
28 Philip McBride MP Liberal Menzies 24 October 1950 10 December 1958 8 years, 47 days'
29 Athol Townley MP Liberal Menzies 10 December 1958 18 December 1963 5 years, 8 days
30 Paul Hasluck MP Liberal Menzies 18 December 1963 24 April 1964 128 days
31 Senator Shane Paltridge Liberal Menzies 24 April 1964 19 January 1966 1 year, 270 days
32 Allen Fairhall MP Liberal Holt 26 January 1966 12 December 1967
32 Allen Fairhall MP Liberal McEwen 12 December 1967 10 January 1968
32 Allen Fairhall MP Liberal Gorton 10 January 1968 12 November 1969
33 Malcolm Fraser MP Liberal Gorton 12 November 1969 8 March 1971 1 year, 116 days
34 John Gorton MP Liberal McMahon 19 March 1971 13 August 1971 147 days
35 David Fairbairn MP Liberal McMahon 13 August 1971 5 December 1972 1 year, 114 days
36 Lance Barnard MP Labor Whitlam 5 December 1972 6 June 1975 2 years, 183 days
37 Bill Morrison MP Labor Whitlam 6 June 1975 11 November 1975 158 days
38 James Killen MP Liberal Fraser 12 November 1975 7 May 1982 6 years, 176 days
39 Ian Sinclair MP National Country Fraser 7 May 1982 11 March 1983 308 days
40 Gordon Scholes MP Labor Hawke 11 March 1983 13 December 1984 1 year, 277 days
41 [[KimBeazley {{{last}}}]] MP Labor Hawke 13 December 1984 4 April 1990 5 years, 112 days
42 Ray|Robert Ray (Australian politician)}} Labor Hawke 4 April 1990 20 December 1991
42 Senator [[Robert Ray (Australian politician)|Robert Ray}} Labor Keating 20 December 1991 11 March 1996
43 [[Ian McLachlan {{{last}}}]] MP Liberal Howard 11 March 1996 21 October 1998 2 years, 224 days
44 John Moore (Australian politician) John Moore MP Liberal Howard 21 October 1998 30 January 2001 2 years, 101 days
45 [[Peter Reith {{{last}}}]] MP Liberal Howard 30 January 2001 26 November 2001 300 days
46 Senator [[Robert Hill (Australian politician)|Robert Hill}} Liberal Howard 26 November 2001 20 January 2006 4 years, 55 days
47 [[Brendan Nelson {{{last}}}]] MP Liberal Howard 20 January 2006 3 December 2007 1 year, 317 days
48 [[Joel Fitzgibbon {{{last}}}]] MP Labor Rudd 3 December 2007 9 June 2009 1 year, 188 days
49 Senator [[John Faulkner}} Labor Rudd 9 June 2009 24 June 2010 1 year, 97 days
49 Senator [[John Faulkner}} Labor Gillard 24 June 2010 14 September 2010
50 [[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith}} MP Labor Gillard 14 September 2010 27 June 2013
50 [[Stephen Smith (Australian politician)|Stephen Smith}} MP Labor Rudd 27 June 2013 18 September 2013
51 Senator [[David Johnston (politician)|David Johnston}} Liberal Abbott 18 September 2013 incumbent 4082 days


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