Seventh Menzies Ministry | |
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Date formed | 11 January 1956 |
Date dissolved | 10 December 1958 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor-General | Sir William Slim |
Prime Minister | Robert Menzies |
No. of ministers | 24 |
Member party | Liberal–Country coalition |
Status in legislature | Coalition majority government |
Opposition party | Labor |
Opposition leader | H. V. Evatt |
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Election(s) | 10 December 1955 |
Outgoing election | 22 November 1958 |
Legislature term(s) | 22nd |
Predecessor | Sixth Menzies Ministry |
Successor | Eighth Menzies Ministry |
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Prime Minister of Australia First term of Government (1939–1941) Second term of Government (1949–1966)
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The Seventh Menzies Ministry (Liberal–Country Coalition) was the 37th ministry of the Government of Australia. It was led by the country's 12th Prime Minister, Robert Menzies. The Seventh Menzies Ministry succeeded the Sixth Menzies Ministry, which dissolved on 11 January 1956 following the federal election that took place in the previous December. It is the first ministry to consist of a two-tier ministry, with only senior ministers being members of Cabinet, while the other ministers are in the outer ministry. With the exception of the Whitlam Government and the caretaker First Fraser Ministry, this practice has endured to this day. The ministry was replaced by the Eighth Menzies Ministry on 10 December 1958 following the 1958 federal election.[1]
Allen Fairhall, who died in 2006, was the last surviving member of the Seventh Menzies Ministry; Fairhall was also the last surviving member of the Ninth Menzies Ministry. Hugh Roberton was the last surviving Country junior minister, and Paul Hasluck and John McEwen were the last surviving Liberal and Country Cabinet ministers respectively.
Cabinet
Outer ministry
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Country | Hon Walter Cooper MBE (1888–1973) Senator for Queensland |
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Country | Hon Charles Davidson OBE (1897–1985) |
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Liberal | Hon Dr Donald Cameron OBE (1900–1974) |
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Liberal | Hon Allen Fairhall (1909–2006) |
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Liberal | Hon Frederick Osborne DSC & Bar VRD (1909–1996) |
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Liberal | Hon John Cramer (1896–1994) MP for Bennelong |
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Country | Hon Hugh Roberton (1900–1987) MP for Riverina |
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Liberal | Hon Denham Henty (1903–1978) Senator for Tasmania |
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Liberal | Hon Alexander Downer (1910–1981) |
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See also
- First Menzies Ministry
- Second Menzies Ministry
- Third Menzies Ministry
- Fourth Menzies Ministry
- Fifth Menzies Ministry
- Sixth Menzies Ministry
- Eighth Menzies Ministry
- Ninth Menzies Ministry
- Tenth Menzies Ministry
Notes
- ^ "Ministries and Cabinets". Parliamentary Handbook. Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2010.